These folks have taken on the task of supporting deployed military chaplains all over the world. Their ministry is growing daily: in their first 18 months, they mailed 1000 care packages; in the next 6 months, another 1000 packages; package #3000 came 6 weeks later, in February 2007; this morning, they mailed package #4000! 
That special package is being sent to the head chaplain who coordinates all chaplain services for the 4000 Marines and Corpsmen serving in western Iraq. The commanding general (and a publicity crew) will be on hand when package #4000 arrives in Iraq, and Kelly, Kevin and I were there to see it mailed. Kelly was photographed handing box #4000 to the supervisor of the Saratoga Post Office! It was an exciting, heart-warming, and greatly encouraging morning. Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone at Adopt-a-Chaplain for your devotion and service to the Lord and to our troops.
Dave's chaplain, Lt. Charles Johnson, is now among those being supported by Adopt-a-Chaplain. This morning's packing included boxes for Chaplain Johnson and even a special box for our own Dave, and we were blessed with the opportunity to write letters to include in these boxes. Wow, what a day!
"Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand."
Philippians 4:6
2 comments:
That's such a great idea! I bet they appreciate those packages a lot. :-)
-Jonathan H.
Praise God! That is a blessing.
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