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Rob
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Dear
Family and Friends,
I wanted to send a thank you message to all of the folks who
have supported our troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The
encouragement from home and outspoken kindness has meant more to
the soldiers over here than many of you will likely ever know.
Myself and my fellow armed forces
members have been well-trained, well-equipped, and more aptly
prepared than our enemy; and it is in large part to the network
of spouses, children, brothers/sisters, mothers, fathers,
cousins, friends and co-workers whom we have endeavored to
defend.
We
have also liberated an oppressed people who
lacked the very basics of medical care, easy access to food and
water, and the common civil liberties that we experience in
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Celebrating
our homecoming
My
Dh will be on his way home very soon and will be in our arms on
Thursday as long as there are no transport delays! We are so
excited we can hardly stand it! I am going to try to get to the
spa before he gets home and try to get beautiful and then he
gets 4wks off that we will spend reconnecting as a family! Our
Move to TravisAFB is scehduled for October where Dh will finally
be doing his dream job teaching at the residency there. I dread
saying goodbye to our church, but know this is the Lord's will.
THanks for all
the support ladies and I will try to be back on more regularly
as we try to get back to "normal" around here.
Love Jennifer
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For
12 years Iraqi children and citizens suffered at the hand of a
small group of narrow-minded, cruel men. The United States
Military with our coalition forces have shown me personally:
incredible bravery, selfless dedication to
purpose, and a reverence for the higher value of human life and
liberty God granted us all.
I
am incredibly proud to serve my country and my God in what I
have seen FIRST-HAND as the removal of evil and wickedness from
a desolate land. I am also remarkably humbled at the cost by
which we have made this stand. I will never know the full
sacrifice of many of my brothers and sisters-in-arms have paid.
I have personally spoken with
people who have lost their mother or father at home while they
were deployed. Children have run away from home, Divorces have
been filed, firstborn children have come into the world without
daddy's guiding voice and comfort to his spouse. My heart aches
at the sorrow
I
have seen among my comrades...But my soul soars at the faces of
hope and the promise of a tomorrow that has been bought with the
blood of 12 years of Iraqi martyrs and hundreds of United States
soldiers.
Please
don't trivialize the contribution you have made to this victory.
We fight for you. We fight because of you. We fight for the
chance to give to the Iraqis what has been passed to us simply
by our citizenship within the greatest nation on Earth. It rings
true when I hear the words..."One Team...One
Fight"...This is the Right thing to do. We have been gifted
by
God with the Ability to impact a planet in a way no other nation
has EVER been able to. The responsibility is beyond
comprehension.
To
appropriately intervene without overstepping our bounds is a
delicate decision. But be assured; there was no second guessing
here; there was no war for oil; there was NO DOUBT that we had a
duty and an ability to help a people suffering
beyond many of our comprehension levels. "To whom much is
given, much is expected..." If you aren't familiar with
that phrase; check your Bibles.
I
am proud of my performance in this war. I am more proud of my
fellow soldiers. I am most proud of the way of life all of you
represent to us. Thank you for your open support. Thank you for
your letters and packages.
Thank you for your prayers. We are well. We have worked hard. We
will be home soon.
In God's Love,
Capt Robert
xxxxxx, DO, United States Air Force
Ground Combat Support Air Forces, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ps: When you
hear that voice of dissent, that outward protestation from the
people we meet everyday; remember God's love for each and
everyone of us and just be comfortable in the knowledge we have
done well. If you must respond; be kind; and simply remind them
the very right to express their opinion that day has been bought
by the blood of thousands;
and then tell
them "our soldiers say: your welcome."
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Awesome post Jennifer gave us!!
Do you ever wonder how/when did you get "here"
I was thinking the other day after watching Grant read and do his
math WOW, I have taught my child how to do these things. I look
back to when I was in college and knew all the answers and was
extremely outspoken against homeschooling, I look back 3 years and
see me struggling with the commitment to go through with the
conviction, I look back a year and see me looking for the easy
path to take in homeschooling, and now here I am using a very
eclectic curriculum and speaking out with confidence and knowledge
to our families watching my children learn.
I went from against
homeschooling to having a heart to do it but fear that I was
somehow suddenly unqualified to teach my child now that they were
older to feeling really at peace and seeing the benefits. This
truly is just an example of the many ways the Lord has changed my
life over the last 9 years, building one Bible study on another,
one friendship on another, continually walking through a storm to
see HIS calm at the other end. When did I get here? I got here
slowly one step after another walking with my Savior it just snuck
up on me.
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This post shows what a sweet heart Jennifer
has:
My heart is aching for all the families on Parentsoup....
I think families of Parentsoup have lost 8 children starting on
Christmas day till now. My heart aches as the holidays wil never
be the same for these families. I am looking at my children in a
whole new light, but that cannot possibly be the lesson behind so
much pain.
I cried out to the Lord last night for these families and as I was
praying for them not being able to even comprehend how much pain
they must be in it hit me. Our Heavenly father also saw His child
die under horrible circumstances, and He knows the pain of these
families better than anyone and can offer the most comfort.
So I pray that these families are able to see the face of the Lord
during these horrible moments and that we are able to share His
Word with them...
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Jennifer's words of
wisdom
Umm ok, about ministry callings, may I say a word?
This is a topic I have read on and feel really convicted on. I
believe we all have a calling that is affected by the season of
ife we are in. I feel this is also echoed in titus proverbs and
other places.
I think we fall prey to society's ideas in this ministry area and
forget that our first and foremost ministry would be to our
family, husband children.....
If we are not meeting those needs I think we have no buisness
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This is hard cause we get our
accolades from the public ministries, but really it is the quiet
ones that are most important.
I recommend Woman of Splendor, A heart like His.
I hope I do not start something on this party day. I just want
everyone on this board to know that they are part of ministry, a
life to life evangelism that takes place everyday and has a HUGE
impact on everyone around them! The most important ministry you
will ever have is your life and leading it in a manner that it
reflects Christ to others. Your heart, your life, your home is
your ministry that can show Christ to others in real life everyday
ways that people need to see.
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Encouragement for those facing trials:
[Ruglet and
others facing trials....]
Can I please share what the Lord has blessed me with during these last
year: 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 "Praise be to the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the father of compassion and and the God of all
comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort
those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from
God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so
alos through Christ our comfort overflows...we know just as you share in
our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort...we are under great
pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of
life. Indeed in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this
happened to us that we might not rely on ourselves but on God..."
From a study by Kay Arthur... "What is the most important thing
anyone could ever see in you in the middle of a trial, stress,
suffering, rejection? It is Jesus. His Life. He is seen and not you. He
alone gets the glory...There is one reason, only one reason, that we experience
these things: so that His life might be dramatically seen in our
deathlike circumstances. Listen to His life giving words, *For we who
live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so
that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh*2
Corinthians 4:11"
I have found comfort and purpose for the trials we are enduring right
now. Believe me more than once they have been more than I could endure,
but now I realize what glory I can give to my Lord by how I chose to go
about these trials. Romans 8:36-39 speaks about how we are more than
conquerors, we have a greater power within so we need not whine and
complain about these things but try to have a heart for our Lord and be
a light unto to the world during these walks in the desert. I cannot
tell you the freedom I am now experiencing during the trials we are
experiencing having the realization of their greater purpose. I still
get crabby, but I am soon convicted to be joyful and to let these
circumstances glorify the Lord and not my whining.
I hope sharing this helps someone and does not sound pushy I really
meant it as a blessing.
Hugs
Jennifer
(who oops just yelled at the kids. See I am still working on this LOL)
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Count your blessings
name them one by one!
DH and I have had a week
of adversity. The praise is that we are so happy we have been beaming
and unable to contain ourselves. I honestly cannot even convey our
emotions, they are supernatural surrounded by all this chaos. We have
coined the term "happy chaos" this week. The Lord is with us
and among us. I can only say this is a gift from God and an answer to
prayer! Praise Him! Thank you for all the prayers!
Hugs a smiley and ever so happy
Jennifer
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How did Jennifer choose
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"Easily explained:
Mom of G.rant R.iley E.mma W, illiam = momofgrew" |
