Finally!
The first planes were supposed to arrive last week and they kept getting bumped a day at a time. But UE#5 has just texted to let me know our North Carolina National Guard troops who have been in Iraq for what seems like 10 years are walking off planes this morning and kissing American soil!
We will have pictures soon. Chaplain Tommy Watson is back for sure. We’re awaiting word on the others.
I gotta tell you, it puts tears in my eyes to think about these men and women and all they have sacrificed. I pray every night for these wars to end and for the world to find peace. Children shouldn’t have to wonder if daddy or mommy will be blown up and never come home. Husbands and wives have enough on their plates without dealing with a war some power hungry jackass started after killing thousands of innocents, only to then run off and hide in caves.
I’m fairly certain that peace will never happen. But I pray anyway.
I’ll update you soon on the reunions happening right now and over the next few days.
In the meantime… we may not have peace, but we can still live peace… I’m trying, MR
Chaplain Watson, Cody Fowler and SSG Daniel Blasky all are in GA with so many more brave soldiers of ours. Continue to lift our soldiers and families in your prayers.
We have some soldiers still in Iraq they will not be home til Feb. Continue to lift these soldiers and their families in your prayers.
It seems like they all been over there forever. Thank you Mike and Anna for walking thru this journey with us. Now the second part of the journey begins, the transition part.