My
Dearest Love,
Just a few lines this
morning before the children get up to let you
know how much we love and miss you. The
children are fine and growing so fast and it
seems like all I do right now is buy them new
clothes. David Jr. as you know is now 8 and he is so
handsome just like you and is the "little
man" now that you are in Iraq again.
He helps so much with the twins and Sarah is
such a blessing that I do not know what I would
do with out them. All five of our children
are a blessing from God to us and we know that
He has only loaned them to us. David is
really starting to ask questions now about Jesus and how
He died for our sins. I just pray that you
are here when he accepts Christ as His personal
Savior. It is so important to us that we
do not miss Sunday School or worship
services. I know that my soul is fed
during these times and many in the congregation
share the same cares and concerns that I
do. Sarah's beautiful blonde hair is now
below her shoulders and with her blue eyes we
receive so many compliments on her beauty, as I
tell many beauty comes from the heart, not from
outward appearance. Sarah's love for her
brothers and sister as well as us is never
ending. She is like a little busy mother
with her sister Rebekah who has hair like mine
is really growing fast, it seems hard to believe
that she is now two and how proud you were when
she was born, knowing that God was with us in
the delivery room your hand of assurance in
mine. The twins Matthew and Mark are hard for
everyone to tell apart and they both look like
you which makes them very handsome at such a
young age.
We are anxiously awaiting your return and our
move back to Fort Bliss, TX to see many of our
friends that we have made there. On our
last visit when we heard Pastor Himes preach
about how Jesus was the sacrifice for man kinds
sins and how He had to die as the sacrificial
Lamb. It was so
uplifting to hear Brother Lennie's teaching and
preaching. It was such a blessing to us
that when he prayed with us for your safe return
and that God would protect you and your fellow
soldiers. He was such a blessing and a
letter I received we are told that he now has
left the church, many of the congregation wept
when he announced his resignation. Oh how
he could preach and teach and there is no doubt
that the hand of God was upon him. There
is such a peaceful bliss and assurance knowing
that people are praying for you and your fellow
soldiers. We
still pray for his healing daily during
our family time of bible study and prayer at our Family Altar.
We are so proud of you on your selection for
promotion to Sergeant First Class another
blessing from God and answered prayer, our
church family and us have been praying for you
and your soldiers protection as well as this
promotion. God does answer prayers and
your grandfather is so proud of you and your
service to our great nation. Our parents
and grandparents are such a blessing and help to
us. The children are anxiously awaiting
your return so we can visit them, but they also
know on our move to Texas that it will be harder
to visit with them. Speaking of the
children I hear the twins waking up and I must
go and take care of them it will be breakfast
time. I am sure that you are surprised by
the stationary, it is from a photo that you took
after we were first married when I was painting
a picture of you. My how time does fly as
we have been married nine years now and
God has blessed us through all of the good and
bad times. We are constantly learning to
lean on Him more and more. We close every
night in prayer at our Family Altar with the
song Learning To Lean playing in the
background. The children are now starting
to sing this song, what a blessing. Oh
David often
it is hard to mask the tears from fear, doubt, uncertainties
and worry about your safety, but we know that
God is in control and He will take care of you.
Darling we love and miss you, the children send
their hugs and kisses. Remember that our church
family is praying for you and your fellow
soldiers safe trip home to us!
All
our love,
Mary and the children
Written
from
the
heart
and
dedicated
to
all
members
of
the
United
States
Armed
Forces
and
their
families.
You
are
in
our
prayers,
God
Bless
you.
Our thanks to you
for
your
service
and
the sacrifices
to
our
great
nation.
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