My little brother Brian, left for boot camp for the Marines this week. It's so hard for me to call him my little brother since he's now a whole head taller than me. He has grown into a wonderful young man, he is very excited about his new adventure. We are all so proud of him. He is at boot camp in the beautiful San Diego, but I don't think he will be seeing much of it till after boot camp. And of course we're excited to go visit him.
When we were telling Will about Brian leaving to be a solider, he was trying to figure out exactly what a solider does. He kept saying "Brian is going to fight the bad guys". But, I guess he picked up on the fact that there is some danger involved in being a solider. Because after a few minutes he had his head down and I could tell that he was deep in thought. I asked him what was going on and he looked up at me and said: "We need to pray for Brian." So, of course we stopped and prayed for Brian.
Then Will said "I want to take him my verse, we can get it from my bed and take it to him." We wrote out Joshua 1:9 for Will to read to him at night when he is scared. He has learned the verse by now and can say it back to us. So, when we went to Brian's going away reception Will took the verse to Brian and recited it to him. It was such a tender moment, so touching to my heart to see Will make the connections.
Brian with Will and Luke
When we were telling Will about Brian leaving to be a solider, he was trying to figure out exactly what a solider does. He kept saying "Brian is going to fight the bad guys". But, I guess he picked up on the fact that there is some danger involved in being a solider. Because after a few minutes he had his head down and I could tell that he was deep in thought. I asked him what was going on and he looked up at me and said: "We need to pray for Brian." So, of course we stopped and prayed for Brian.
Then Will said "I want to take him my verse, we can get it from my bed and take it to him." We wrote out Joshua 1:9 for Will to read to him at night when he is scared. He has learned the verse by now and can say it back to us. So, when we went to Brian's going away reception Will took the verse to Brian and recited it to him. It was such a tender moment, so touching to my heart to see Will make the connections.
Joshua 1:9 - "Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Brian with Will and Luke
Brian and me, see he's just not so little anymore...
At Brian's swearing in
Brian, we are praying for your safety!
3 comments:
We will pray for him too!
i love Will's heart for his uncle... so sweet and such an amazing verse to give away.
OK, CRY. sooo sweet. i love will's tender childlike heart. That must be what Jesus means... "Unless you become like one of these..." You'll never forget that moment. Good job blogging it Momma!
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