Kyle's Graduation

For those of you who couldn't make it to our friend Kyle's graduation from Basic Training, I went on your behalf. Columbus is only about 2 hours from IHOP, so I drove down on Thursday and stayed with Kyle's sweet mom, Tracey. Friday morning (after the sleepless night that Lou prophesied on the conference call - it renewed my beliefs in prophetic declarations) we rose and went to the graduation.

It all started with a firearms demonstration set to the wonderful American classic "Bad to the Bone". Just a few selected troops did this demonstration and the whole time all I could do is cry. I tried to turn off the intercessor in me, but it just didn't work. The demo was highly realistic and all I could think about was what it would be like for our troops (Kyle especially) as the events of the End Times unfold. All that to say, it was not such a joyful occasion as I had hoped, but at least I was able to put on a smile for Kyle. I did cry and intercede all the way back to Atlanta, though. We HAVE to pray for our troops!

Later that afternoon I stopped by the airport to say hello to my dear friends April & Eddie Brown as they had a layover here on their way to Moravian Falls. While there I saw a number of our Army men leaving for Iraq (I know this because I asked) and got all teary again. I felt the Lord moving so I asked a couple of guys if I could pray for them. I think that it shocked them. Their names were Brown and Stephens. Please pray for them by name. They were so receptive to prayer and they may have even had a tear in their eye when we parted. I guess all my crying was good for something.