January 19, 2005

Here's BlackFive--who's been hitting on all cylinders--on an email prayer request from one of our Army chaplains in Iraq:
BLACKFIVE: Chaplain Requests Help With Spiritual Warfare

Received the email below via Seamus. Chaplain (Captain) Lyle Shackleford asks for prayers for the transportation unit delivering voting machines and ballots throughout Iraq.  Obviously, the transporters are high value targets to the insurgents...

As a transportation battalion, my unit will be delivering the voting machines and the ballots to villages and cities throughout Iraq during the upcoming elections. (January 30/31) Our convoys are prime targets for the insurgents because they do not want the equipment to arrive at the polling stations nor do they want the local Iraqi citizens to have the chance to vote; timely delivery must occur so that the elections occur.
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My soldiers are at the nerve center of the logistic operation to deliver the voting machines and election ballots. They will be driving to anand entering the arena of the enemy. This is not a game for them it is a historical mission that is extremely dangerous. No voting machines or ballots. No elections. Your prayer support and God's intervention are needed to give democracy a chance in this war torn country.

I remember our troops in my prayers, but I'll be sending up extra ones for Capt./Chaplain Shackleford and his soldiers who are truly doing the Lord's work in more ways than one!
May God give them divine protection and may He bless and protect these fine men and women who are serving God and Country and the Liberty-loving people of Iraq who want to vote in this election!