Today my friend, Doug Grace, chaplain for the USMC called. He's recently been on leave and was sttling back into the office, and gave me a call. I was so glad to talk with him. He and his wife are doing well, and he is enjoying the ministry there. He is expecting deployment sometime between November and January for about seven to nine months. So keep him and his wife, Michelle, in your prayers.
One of the things he called for was to thank the church for the care package that they received. Over the last several months we've collected a handful of stuff and sent out to them. They particularly enjoyed the pictures of the kids. He made it clear that they consider SRC their home church even though they're away. We miss them very much. Doug was the first person that I told about my dream of a new church. He and his wife were extremely instrumental in the formation of our church, and we miss them.
It was good to talk to him, he's hoping for a visit before his deployment. But we'll see.
--Ben
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