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Got some unexpected help today
By mamahawk

A former student of mine who is now in Special Forces dropped in to see me today. He's leaving for duty in the Middle East in a couple of weeks. He spent some time with my class explaining that it's part of his job to help
keep them safe. He told them how after the attacks on 9/11 he wanted to help his country stay strong. He was terrific. No scary stories just good solid words that rang of his personal strength. The kids told him they would write to him and pray for him and his friends.

BTW the kids asked him if he was always tall. He told them no he was really short in the third grade. He picked

out my shortest boy and told him that he had been about his size. My little one's eyes got real big and he was standing tall all the rest of the day. He also explained that his job involved lots of report writing and he uses math to do his calculations for shooting weapons. He told them how important it was to study both math and English to be a good soldier. He's got the medals to prove it - riffle marksman and grenade launcher. Kids were VERY impressed.

Please pray for him and his unit. He told us his unit was one of the first units into Iraq and that they would probably be one of the last ones to leave. He's so young...