SUUPORT OUR TROOPS

Unfortunately, our community has just gotten another hero.
Luke Emch, 21 years old, died in Iraq from a bombing just one day before he was supposed to jump on a plane and come home. Luke was a Tallmadge High School 04 graduate. He had a dad, mom, and sister. His mom is a teacher at Tallmadge Middle School, and may i say that she is the BEST teacher at Tallmadge Middle School.
It is events like these that make me want to fast-forward 20 years till when (Lord-willing) I am on the mission field.
Whether you support the war or not, there are hundreds of soldiers out there overseas fighting for us. There are millions of people who sacrifice their lives everyday, and we don't even think about it. I don't even think about it. I enjoy my days, and I joke with my friends, and I play piano and I do my homework and I watch American Idol and I watch House and I shower, do my devotions and sleep (and I also write run-on sentences). The people over in Iraq get up and train and fight. They don't know if they will get food. They don't know if they will even see tomorrow; they don't even know if they will experience the next five minutes. They don't know if they will get to go back to bed at night!
They leave behind their whole lives. They take a step back for a year or two, and they fight for us over in the U.S. If it were not for them, what would we have as a country?
I can't say that I know what it's like to lose someone over in Iraq, but I do know what its like to know someone over there. Someone I love as much as Luke was loved by his family, probably not. but someone I love. I can't even imagine what life is like for the Emch family. I know that I love Stephen and Jimmy, mom and dad, and Beckie, more than ANYTHING. God has blessed me immensely with the opportunity to even KNOW them. I am thankful that they are in my life.
Mrs. Emch: if you ever read this, I want you to know that I love you and your family, and I have been praying for you everyday since i heard the news. Hold on.