Just two weeks ago I received a phone call from my son in Afghanistan letting me know that they had move up his time to redeploy to the 10th of March. That's tomorrow. That was good news. I have to cancel a trip to Egypt and start making a number of adjustments to my life, but none of them seemed to matter since my son from returning from the front lines of the War on Terror. I felt a lot like the father in the story of the prodigal....standing there watching and waiting. It has almost been like time had stood still over the past fifteen months.
Well tomorrow is the 10th and I received another call at 2:00 am last night confirming that they were adjusting the time again. He will be leaving in 13 days, for now I will stay at home and wait for that call, "I'm headed home". I have learned that that is how the military mostly works...sort of a hurry up and wait kind of operation.
For the next 13 days he will be mostly outside the wire, which is one of the reasons I'm writing this post. It seems as we get closer and closer to him coming home the stakes keep going up. I would really appreciate your prayers for him and the troops. There are 5 flights that will be headed back to Fort Bragg filled with some of the bravest and most outstanding men in the world. They are our hero's. Many of them or most of them have endured things that are unimaginable. I know my son has. Pray for their safety and their re-entry into the US. It will be tough for all, tougher for some.
The last time I checked there are some 20 something young men who are not returning home others have pay a great price. Please pray for my son over the next 13 days...once again he couldn't tell me a lot about what he would be doing, only that he would be out everyday. If you want to know how to pray for him and others read Psalm 91 and pray it as a prayer over our troops.
We can't wait....thanks for your faithful prayers....so many of you have taken time to remind me that you are praying. Love to all....david
I'm praying for Dave specifically and you and Tami. Love to your family!
Posted by: Renee | March 09, 2008 at 01:58 PM
Just keep thinking about the moment he walks off that plane...continuing to pray..
Please add my friend Ben to your list of soldiers to pray for--25 yr old in Bahrain, and just beginning to deal with the death of his brother last summer. Message today was that he connected with a Christian counselor and opened up. Thanks!!!
Posted by: Rindy Walton | March 09, 2008 at 04:10 PM
Praying for your son--for the protection of the Most High. Blessings!
Posted by: Terry | March 09, 2008 at 09:04 PM