Happy Veterans Day
to
All the Veterans I know
On a weekend
that the worst typhoon
in history
strikes
the Philippines
It is 1965 and He just learned he was being stationed in
The Philippines. Last year he bought "Sweet Pea"
and didn't want to leave her behind so he decided
to bring her with him overseas.
With his sons and brother by his side, off they went
to the Port to deliver Sweet Pea. One son so
small he stood in the seat between everyone else
as they made their way.
Before you know it, he had to leave his family
and report to duty while he waited for
his Sweet Pea to arrive.
All seemed well until the accident.
A friend of his decided to play the old
"cover the drivers eyes" while
a jeep full of drunk airmen traveled
a steep mountain road in The Philippines.
No, they weren't in Sweet Pea, but
the jeep careened down the mountain,
throwing all four of them out and seriously
injuring all of them. While they lay unconscious,
a young village boy snuck in and started to
pick pocket his wallet, bringing him back to consciousness.
He grabbed the boys arm and twisted it hard
before letting go, relieved he didn't get the wallet.
With several broken bones and a hole in his cheek,
the Air Force shipped him home suddenly
leaving Sweet Pea behind in another country.
The six year old son was sitting in the living room
back in St. Martin, reading his story Bible,
asking God "please bring my Dad home"
when the front door flew open and there stood his Dad.
At that very moment he asked for something,
he received it
and he has always trusted God since then,
no questions asked, just firm Faith.
Poor Sweet Pea made it home months later,
a true miracle for that to happen.
She had been abused on the journey home
but made it in one piece.
To think she stayed in a country
so far away is amazing.
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