[TruthNtegrity]

I have another prayer request.

When I was waiting for Sgt. Gerald Santos to return from physical therapy, I met the two others in the room. It turns out that one of them was on the Chinook that was shot down on Nov. 2. He was headed "home" for two weeks of R&R. Ricardo Diaz has serious head injuries and was Medivac'd to a Minnesota VA Hospital that specializes in brain injuries. He doesn't remember anything about the accident and only remembers waking up in Walter Reed.

The day he was supposed to leave, he had to return as there was something wrong with the plane. Now you can imagine (or maybe not) the feelings he was having, after being shot down and then delayed on a flight due to mechanical problems. I offered to pray with him, for a safe journey, and for healing at this new facility, and he gladly accepted.

Please keep this wonderful guy in your prayers. His family is in Oklahoma, so once again he will be where there are no friends or family to visit. I am praying that he gets a better social worker there than he did at Walter Reed, and that he gets one who will go to the Red Cross office and get clothes and other items for him. I have already mailed some prepaid phonecards, that I was given, to him.

Godspeed, Ric Diaz.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, Dear Lord, for protecting our 4th Infantry Division troops, for leading them to Saddam Hussein, for delivering Saddam Hussein into the hands of Coalition forces without a shot being fired.

Thank you, God, for your light which shines in our Soldiers, and please continue to protect our troops and civilians in Iraq, that your light may continue to encourage and inspire us, that we may rise to be worthy of You and the sacrifices of our troops, and to inspire and encourage the Iraqi people, and all your children around the world.

Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

[amom]

Special prayer for Ric and his family in Oklahoma.

TruthNtegrity you are so special.

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks again for your post 153, TruthNtegrity. Prayers are continuing for Sgt. Gerald Santos, Ricardo Diaz, and all our injured young heroes.

I encourage all to check out the Joe Galloway Holiday Appeal thread posted by ALOHA RONNIE if you have not done so. It is a thread already listed as Prayer Warrior Field Trip destination. TNT has been reporting on her visits to these outstanding young heroes.

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