A few days ago, I wrote about my frustration with the lack of attention paid to the humanitarian relief provided by our troops. Yesterday, I ran across the story of one "Gentle Warrior" which deserves some attention.
Got a tough, but heartwarming story and a picture of John Gebhardt in Iraq.
For those that did not know John, he was our former Med Group Chief…Dave Nordel replaced him.
Anyway, his wife talked with mine last evening and sent this picture. Mindy related that this little girl’s entire family was executed…they intended to execute her also and shot her in the head…but they failed to kill her. She was cared for by John’s hospital and healing up, but has been crying and moaning. The nurses said John is the only one she seems to calm down with, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both sleep in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.
John comes home in early October.
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Oh, hand me the Kleenex! The daily lives of these children touches my heart like nothing else and when I see things like this, where someone goes above and beyond for the most vulnerable among us, I am humbled.
Thanks for posting this, Andi.
Andi, thank you so much for linking. I do not have anyone serving other than the soldiers I have adopted, but I do get very frustrated that there is little to no coverage of all the great things our troops are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan (and everywhere they are stationed). I try to post positive stories often, so I hope you will visit again.
Thank you, Anna!
awwwwwwwwwww
God bless them both!
I have looked at this picture everyday since I found it on this site. My husband is in Iraq right now and it makes it a lot easier when you can see what they are working so hard to change. Much better than the media photos. Thank you so much for posting this picture.