Dear Church Family,
Below is an email I have received several times in the past few days. As I am sure many of you have received it as well.
This was such an awesome idea. I was going to include this in the next newsletter so I double checked the accuracy first. I do this with most of the military related emails I receive. I just went to the Walter Reed website, and they CANNOT accept packages or letters addressed to "any" or "a recovering soldier", etc. There has to be a specific name, or it is considered undeliverable. The same goes for packages overseas. Since 9-11 several changes have been made for security/terrorism reasons, and this was one of them.
If any of you know of any military personnel recovering at Walter Reed, or any other medical facility and wouldn't mind sharing their information and address, we would be more than happy to send as many letters to them as possible!
So please be aware that ANY email you might receive this holiday season that asks for mail to be sent to a soldier, and no names are specified, it is considered undeliverable mail by our U.S. government.
May they ALL come home safely,
Lisa Wahle
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Email Alert
Dear Church Family,
As the holiday season approaches, we are sent many well wishes and prayer requests from those we know, and some we don't know. The email about Cindy and Gary Hogan who supposedly is serving in Iraq is one such false story. This story is true on one front, the wife mentioned in it did have cervical cancer in 2001. As of 2006, she is still cancer free. However, this is not the wife of someone serving in Iraq. I do ask you to please continue to pray for Cindy to stay cancer free and for her family, but wanted you to have all the information available about her story. Please go to www.snopes.com and look up Gary Hogan and the whole story is available for you to read.
Thank you for being a church that cares and prays for those in need.
Many blessings during this holiday season,
Lisa Wahle
As the holiday season approaches, we are sent many well wishes and prayer requests from those we know, and some we don't know. The email about Cindy and Gary Hogan who supposedly is serving in Iraq is one such false story. This story is true on one front, the wife mentioned in it did have cervical cancer in 2001. As of 2006, she is still cancer free. However, this is not the wife of someone serving in Iraq. I do ask you to please continue to pray for Cindy to stay cancer free and for her family, but wanted you to have all the information available about her story. Please go to www.snopes.com and look up Gary Hogan and the whole story is available for you to read.
Thank you for being a church that cares and prays for those in need.
Many blessings during this holiday season,
Lisa Wahle
Packing Christmas Boxes
Please join Serving Our Soldiers this Wednesday, December 2nd, at 6:30 pm in the Family Life Center as we pack Christmas boxes for soldiers. See you there!
Welcome Home!!
SOS would like to Welcome Home Kyle Cook. Kyle is the son of a coworker of Barb Duncan. Thank you Kyle for your service, and sacrifices for our freedom. God Bless you!
