Newsletter 4/1/08

Newsletter - April 1, 2008


Text of the day:

    Isaiah 58: 5-11

        Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

        Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

        Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.

         Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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The following is a missive from Pastor Philip Willis, jr, who is currently serving in the Iraq War as a Chaplain from the Michigan National Gaurd.

Dear Friends,

After 85 days of challenging training at Fort Hood, Texas I will be leaving again for the second time in less than three years for Iraq.  The Lord must need me there to spiritually support the young men and women at this pivotal time in their life. 

Many things are different about this tour.  This time I will live in Kuwait but work in Iraq.  I will be the installation chaplain responsible for the following:
1. Installation chapel management
2. Provide religious support for over 1,400 soldiers
3. Provide religious coverage for incoming and outgoing transient units 
4. Supervise 3-4 chaplains that will also be present on the base. 

The purpose of our units mission will be to provide convoy security for military vehicles as well as civilian vehicles throughout Iraq.

The challenges again are great.  As the seasonal temperatures are rising so is the incidence of sectarian violence, suicide bombers and improvised explosives.  Romans 5:20 states "But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." 

I look forward to seeing God do mighty things as He did before with me in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005-2006.  Keep us in your prayers as we move forward to minister to the living, care for the wounded and honor the dead.

Pastor P. C. Willis Jr.


My address:

Chaplain (CPT) Philip Willis Jr.
HHT 1-126 CAV SQDN
Camp Virginia
APO AE 09327

 

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