And The Award Goes To....

Don't let the title of this blog fool you.  In no way do I think I deserve an award.  However, I do want to give the thank you speech that people give after they win the award.

So just imagine me standing in front of a microphone looking all surprised....

 

 I could never begin to name names because there are way too many. 

There were so many of you who emailed me to get Steven’s mailing address to send him cards/packages.  There were many churches and organizations that sent loads (and I do many loads) of care packages to Steven and the Soldiers he was with.  There was so much given to them that they began to call it the Free-X (for those non-military, the PX is where we do our shopping on post).  There were churches/organizations that just through word of mouth and knowing someone we know, sent care packages.  If I could, I would travel to all of you and thank you in person for giving of your time and money to send things to Soldiers that you didn't even know.

So many times I received a text or an email from friends that was sent at the right time.  Whether it was something funny or to let me know they were praying for me, it meant so much.  I had many people that let me know that they were praying for Steven, the Soldiers that are deployed and their families.  Imagine me giving you all a great big hug. 

So for all those things, I thank you.

 Most of all I thank God for his protection over Steven.   I began to think the other of the day of the things He has protected Steven from not only during this deployment, but during his other deployments as well. That led me to the think of the things that He has protected Steven from that we don’t even know about.  I thank Him for that.

 

We have song anthems in our life at different times and for different reasons.  During this deployment (and will continue after) my theme song was this, Jesus At the Center.