tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23441132.post8806491691396788747..comments2008-08-16T01:23:58.973-04:00J. Matthew Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11262209386028151466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23441132.post-78579575896582336512008-08-16T01:23:00.000-04:002008-08-16T01:23:00.000-04:00Hi Matt,<BR/><BR/>We haven't ever met before, but I've seen your wife sing with the worship team many times at Blue Ridge Community Church. I saw a picture of you and your family on your wife's profile on Facebook and from there found your blog. I recognized the dress blues you were wearing at your OCS graduation, because I've also worn dress blues.<BR/><BR/>I have read your blog and it brought back a lot of memories of when I was in the Air Force. I was enlisted and stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and I worked in Finance as a Disbursing Technician. It was a great assignment and I really enjoyed my time in the service. My time was cut short, because I was medically discharged in 2006, because I have a medical condition that put me on a permanent profile and I couldn't deploy. Although it didn't end as I thought it was going to end, I had a great time and all the stuff I was able to do made the trying and stressful and really bad stuff worth it. I go to experience some amazing fellowship and was challenged all the time by God.<BR/><BR/>Reading your blog also encouraged me to continue being faithful through this season of my life. It has again taken a very trying, stressful, and extremely frustrating turn, but I know just as God was with me through the season of the Air Force he's with me again now. A couple of things that you wrote, God said to me, "See you are not the only one going through a trial," and "Remember those core values, try putting them into play." I have also read Amber's blog and her blog to was very encouraging and uplifting.<BR/><BR/>I felt God impressing on me to e-mail you to share this and also to say thank-you for sharing you blog. I also want to tell you that I'm praying for you and Amber and your beautiful girls. I hope that this is an encouragement to you and your family.<BR/><BR/>I hope to be at Blue Ridge this Sunday. I haven't been a lot lately because I was on a mission trip to Toronto, Canada, for 2 weeks in July, and got really sick after I came home. I finally feel like myself again and I hope to be 100% ASAP and be back at Blue Ridge.<BR/><BR/>Thank-you again for sharing your blog and for your service.<BR/><BR/>Many Blessings,<BR/><BR/>Sarah BonnerSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05918215242239409956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23441132.post-86440663854978492812008-08-12T12:12:00.000-04:002008-08-12T12:12:00.000-04:00Thanks Matt! I've enjoyed all the posts and the pictures. I am currently applying to the Air Force Chaplain Candidate Program, and this helped my wife get a better understanding of what we are in for. Also, I am a student at Liberty Seminary as well, in the MRE-Chaplaincy program DLP. We (wife/child)are considering moving up to Lynchburg for the benefits of being in community and, if I get hired at Liberty, the benefits of working there. Since you've already done this, and made that leap, I was wondering if you had any insight into how to make it work and would you recommend doing it. If you want shoot me an email: wlfairchild@gmail.com I'd like to hear how God provided for you guys and how your experience has been. <BR/><BR/>-BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23441132.post-31849463884650981882008-08-01T08:14:00.000-04:002008-08-01T08:14:00.000-04:00Thanks Matt for sharing how your trip is going. Congratulations on your graduation, and I hope the rest of your trip goes as well as.<BR/><BR/>Jeff DemersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com