Friday, November 19, 2004
DAVID
It's pretty typical for a bunch of us to have lunch together on Sundays after church. But this Sunday proved to be different. We met David, an 18year-old Marine who was in training at Camp Pendleton and would be shipping out next month to parts unknown.
He was a graduate of Mark Keppel, a good looking guy, tall and thin. But that's not what you noticed. Instead, you couldn't help but stare at the seemlingly impossible juxtaposition of Marine fatigues with boyish youth. Something wasn't right. When you think of a Marine, you think of strength, strong will, determination. Sure, David had all those things. He was full of integrity and interacted EXTREMELY proper when talking with people, even us! And we are his peers!
But it just didn't seem right to send someone that young into military training, let alone giving him a very probable ticket to Fallouja or Baghdad.
But that just got me thinking that those are EXACTLY some of the guys we have over there now, fighting on our behalf. So, I shouldn't be so shallow or so insensitive as to skip over the obituaries page of fallen military or change the channel. These are our BOYS out there. So, thank you.
Good luck, David. We are praying for you.
It's pretty typical for a bunch of us to have lunch together on Sundays after church. But this Sunday proved to be different. We met David, an 18year-old Marine who was in training at Camp Pendleton and would be shipping out next month to parts unknown.
He was a graduate of Mark Keppel, a good looking guy, tall and thin. But that's not what you noticed. Instead, you couldn't help but stare at the seemlingly impossible juxtaposition of Marine fatigues with boyish youth. Something wasn't right. When you think of a Marine, you think of strength, strong will, determination. Sure, David had all those things. He was full of integrity and interacted EXTREMELY proper when talking with people, even us! And we are his peers!
But it just didn't seem right to send someone that young into military training, let alone giving him a very probable ticket to Fallouja or Baghdad.
But that just got me thinking that those are EXACTLY some of the guys we have over there now, fighting on our behalf. So, I shouldn't be so shallow or so insensitive as to skip over the obituaries page of fallen military or change the channel. These are our BOYS out there. So, thank you.
Good luck, David. We are praying for you.
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