Soldier Responds to Life’s Most Important Question
Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on April 24, 2009
Grace Brethren Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Jeff Mason is currently stationed in Iraq with the 157th Combat Service and Support Brigade. He sent a report this week from the field, where it is 95 degrees and getting warmer. His company anticipates returning to the U.S. in three months.
The ministry is going very well. I have had a lot of opportunities to talk with David. He is one of my soldiers who has been going through a lot of difficult issues. The other night he came to me to talk around midnight and we ended up talking until almost 2 a.m.
Please continue praying for him. One night as I talked with him we got onto the subject of God and I asked him if he were to stand before God and was asked why he should be let into heaven. He was not able to give me an answer. I went through the booklet “Life’s Most Important Question.” After going through it and coming to the page with the prayer we spend some time talking about it. He then told me that he had prayed to receive Christ when he was younger. But because of some situations growing up he rarely got to church. I read to him some verses so that he could know with confidence that he was saved. I rejoiced that night knowing that he had accepted Christ.
He and his wife have been talking about the desire to find a church and attend regularly. Please pray that they will find one when they get to Colorado (that is where his next assignment is). Please also pray for both of them (David and Liz). They both have gone through some terrible events that they are trying to deal with. Pray that Liz will be able to find someone that she can talk with. Pray that I will be able to continue to spend time with David. He has opened up a lot to me and we have a close friendship.
Pray also for my soldiers as some of them get ready to go home. My company and one other company will be leaving within 1 week of each other. Pray for smooth transitions.
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