Willie Aufmkolk - An Angel That You Should Know

Posted By Blackfive

While David Kaspar and team at Davids Medienkritik expose the immense insanity of the German media (ours is mostly insane, too), you don't always see some of the very good work of the fine people of Germany. Ladies and Gentlemen (and Harvey), I present a letter to you from Wilhelmine ("Willie") Aufmkolk, a Soldiers' Angel of Germany. She writes of her experiences working with Patti and the rest of Soldiers' Angels and what it means to love our soldiers:

We Will Never Forget Our American Friends

As I met Patti in 2003 I was looking in the internet for information about the Iraq war, because a good friend from me from Forth Biehler, Wiesbaden, Germany went in May 2003 to Iraq to help the Iraqi people to rebuild their country. For me and my husband Rudi were this it a great opportunity to do something for my American friends, to give something back to our friends who have given us so much over the last 59 years.

On Good Friday 2004 Irene and Manfred Kilp and me we visited for the first time wounded and injured Soldiers and Marines in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and brought them greetings from the Soldiers Angels. Since this time our visits were every time truly overwhelming to us all, to go to the war wounded who had just returned from combat from Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan or from Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, give them your hand, a smile and to say to them:

Thank you for fighting the war against every art from the terrorism.

Thank you for bringing more freedom to the people of Iraq.

Thank you for keeping our world a little bit safer and bring more freedom in our world.

This time it was our first visit in a military hospital. We have seen, our wounded Soldiers and Marines need our all help, since the war against the terrorism started, day for day wounded arrive at the greatest US military hospital in Europe, here in Landstuhl. And how we have seen, they need backpacks! On this day the first 60 backpacks which arrived from the Soldiers Angels we have been dispatched on the wounded directly. A lot of good things were in it - all things they need so much: hooded sweat shirt, T-Shirt, sweat pants package of boxers and socks, 120 minute ATT calling card, CD Player (w/extra batteries), Stick Deodorant, shave gel, shampoo and body bath, disposable razors, toothbrush, with bristle cover, tube of toothpaste and more goodies.

Willie and the backpacks in the Fisher House

Since this time a lot of Angels, friends and other people have donated money, backpacks and a lot of things and their time to make the backpacks ready. They have written together with students so much Get Well Soon cards which we have done all in the backpacks, so the greetings from home went directly to the wounded. All the wonderful handmade blankets of hope, we brought to the wounded will help him to find “a way” for a fast recovery, to lift his spirit and to express our love and appreciation for his toll he has paid. Until today we were this year eight times in the hospital and brought to wounded over 280 backpacks, over 100 gift bags with T-shirt, underpants and socks, over 40 German/English cooking books for the nurses and the Fisher House and much more. This was only possible through the help from Kathy Gregory, manager from the Fisher House Landstuhl and Chaplain (LTC) William T. Young from the Chaplains office Landstuhl, our hero Sgt. Leecharde R. Bersamina, 1st AD and all the wonderful and hard-working Angels who sent so many boxes to Germany.

The most of our visits we started together with the Fisher House, Kathy Gregory. She welcome us always with a kind and friendly reception to made us feel very welcome and at ease. She has given us their time to go with us and the backpacks over the wards to give it out. A great thankyou to Chaplain (LTC) William T. Young and Chaplain (MAJ) R. Coggins, too, who have given their time to go with us to the wounded, too. Until today, we visited a lot of Soldiers and Marines, seldom females wounded. I am so sad to say this, but the most of them suffer extensive injuries and wounds, on their bodies, in their faces, arms and legs or have lost limbs – lost this for every. On the wards Kathy or the Chaplains introduced us as, “Hello, the Fisher House and members from the Soldiers Angels, Germans who support their American friends in overseas bring you a backpack and greetings from home”.

Willie and Irene with the backpacks for the Fisher House

To say, "Hi, how are you? How you are going?” to meet our all heroes with a warm smile and a firm handshake is a wonderful feeling which we will never miss. To see how young they there! Walking over the wards seeing young men and sometimes women often 19, 20, 21 years old, often kids, is as you will see your own daughter or son there. And if you look them in their eyes, you see the strength, courage and patriotism in them. It is hard not to go to each of them to give them greetings and say a great thank you to them. To see a hero sitting in a wheelchair, above-knee amputated, is ready to continue his recovery to go further to other hospitals in the States and will lacerate your heart. They smiled so brightly, and their eyes so full of love, they are full of admiration for what we all do.

Often they say only a word, thanks and sometimes more, but you can see in their eyes that they would say more if they can. Their morale was great and all expressed a desire to get back to their buddies! They talked about their fellow Soldiers with honour and sincere admiration. They spoke of their loved ones and how they missed home. Then, they expressed their gratitude for our visit, and how much it meant to them.

Kathy, Andrew, and Willie, with Manfred in front

We are glad that we have the courage to do that, to support our wounded American friends here in Germany and the Angels in the States. All the time when we left the hospital we couldn't stop talking about how we related to each individual and what they said that affected us so directly.

The important matter is: They have seen that they are not alone. That we believe in them and that we will never forget them. They all are on our minds, in our hearts, and in our prayers.

God Bless our both countries.

Wilhelmine Aufmkolk, Germany
02. November 2004

"May No Soldier Go Unloved“
http://www.soldiersangels.com

Someday, Willie, I'm going to get back to Germany (haven't been there since 1999). When I do, I'm going to give you a big hug and buy you (and all the Angels in Germany) a bier!

Ernst mach' dein' Sach
dann trink' und lach!

You can help support Willie and the other Angels here in the states by buying backpacks for our wounded soldiers here.

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Comments

[davod]

If the truth be known there are probably far more people on Germany who like the USA and its military than the media ever lets on. Jus like in America, the working man or woman is ofne forgotten.

[Harvey]

Just wanted to say that it's nice to be included.

And excellent post :-)

[night heron]

I hope they do remember the berlin airlift and how the USA as well as britain flew food to them when the russians tried to starve them into submission yes we were willing to help out a WW II enemy and help them recover from what hitler brought to their country

[Patti Bader]

Thanks Matt and all who love our heroes who stand for freedom,
Patti
PS How do you do trackback
:?)

[Jack Burton]

What a nice bunch of folks. If you're reading this, thank you.

[Ed REDSECKER]

I am of German decent and served in Bamberg and Wurtzburg Gemanany just as the Berlin wall was going up and during the Cuban missel crises.The Geman people then and i beleive now truely are wonderfully good friends of The USA and I personaly thank them for their compassion and friendship to our all of our military wounded or not .

[Wilhelmine Aufmkolk]

Operation Christmas From Home

- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from home -

to all wounded and injured Soldiers, Civilian and Patients in the US Hospitals.

On the 15th December 2004, a wonderful winter morning with blue sky and white frosted trees, we started with 2 cars our trip to Landstuhl. It was so cold, but no rain and snow! A great day began. So let me tell you: Our day in Landstuhl was, I cannot tell you, overwhelming. It was a large moment to see, that someone is so far away from home and you can treat to him and you see that he is overjoyed and his eyes beam with joy.

This is a story you don’t believe if you have everything what you like to have to live! Rudi told me he has never seen that someone was so happy to get a shower gel! He told me, “Tell me how anyone can be happy only over a shower gel! As I set up an open box with personal hygiene items at the entrance of the Kleber Barracks because I had something left in my car. I saw as I came back that a soldier in uniform was standing nearby the box and looking in it! ” As my husband saw him the Soldier looked at Rudi and asked him: “Sir, can I have this shower gel, only the shower gel please?” Rudi looked so surprised and said, ”Yes sure! All the things we have with us are for the soldiers, Sir.” In this moment the Soldier, he has been arrived in Kleber today, looked perfectly happy and he said so many thanks to Rudi. So a shower gel is sometimes such more as an expensive gift what you do not need at the moment!

First I must say “Thank you” to all the wonderful people who donated so much good things for the 60 backpacks, 25 sport backs, and all the Christmas stockings which arrived here in Germany for to hand out to wounded Soldiers and Marines in LRMC and in the Kleber Barracks. Our new Angel Mary Ann, an American from Munich, came with us with additional 47 filled backpacks, 20 CD player and 20 special backpacks for wounded women. And so it is the Soldiers Angels hope that we can bring the wounded service members - who are far away from home and loved ones in this holiday season - holiday greetings and a little bit of comfort.

The Fisher House is “a home away from home”

Irene and Manfred Kilp, Mary Ann and I we met us at 9:30 am in Landstuhl on gate 3. At first we had an invitation to a wonderful musical program at the Fisher House! The Officers' wifes' Club from Ramstein AB were coming to present their Christmas program. They sung Christmas songs for guests of the Fisher House.

Here we met John, a wounded Airborne Division soldier with his wife. John is an outpatient and stays with his wife for recovery in the Fisher House. We wished both a wonderful Christmas under this specific circumstance this year. For his wife we had a nice German/English cooking book and for him a backpack with a handmade blanket and a large Christmas stocking.

A great thank you to Kathy Gregory, manager from the Fisher House Landstuhl for to give us her time to go with us to the wounded soldiers. We don’t know how it could works without Kathy and the Fisher House! Read more here about the Fisher House and how you can help: http://soldiersangels.homestead.com/Fisher-House-Germany.html

LRMC is about eight miles away from Ramstein and is the largest U.S. Medical Center in Europe. It operates with outpatient clinics - one of them is in Kaiserslautern – the Kleber Kaserne. Landstuhl has a capacity of 230 beds or more if it is necessary. Here you have inpatients who can have battle injuries with gun shot wounds, burns, amputations, or other non battle injuries as heart attacks and so on. And here are outpatients, who can go by themselves and do not need to lay down in a bed for recovery.

As we went to the hospital with Kathy, the manager from Fisher House and SPC W. from the Family Assistance Center with 60 filled backpacks with handmade blankets. Our sewing circles gave their time and sew the blankets for the wounded. These blankets will bring hope to so many of our wounded heroes. The Clair E. Gale Junior High School, ID as well as, Joyce from AZ, Paul and Berta from CA, Rosi from Idaho, Sarah from FL and the students from the East Hill Christian School 1st and 4th grade Pensacola, Fl and other Angels and friends have sent us to fill in the backpacks wonderful Christmas cards. A lot of other Angels have donated T-shirts, socks, underpants, candies, items for personal hygiene, books and more goodies. And we here in Germany have filled all the backpacks and sportbags. And without the personal help from Sgt. Leecharde R. Bersamina from the 1st AD this would not be possible, too.

The 150 Christmas stockings from the Soldiers Angels were a gift bag of goodies filled with reading materials, stationary, pens, socks, and selected toiletry items such as bath gels, shampoos, lotions, razors, dental products, or more goodies.

As we handed out the first Christmas stockings in the Hospital the both wounded were so surprised that someone from home was thinking on them. Both asked me at once, "Who has made the wonderful Christmas stockings?" I told them, “…two great ladies, Sarah and Becky, worked over months to make this ready for you!” A doctor who was standing beside the bed of one wounded hero told me, “…it is a great thing that so much people from home spend their time and money to bring our heroes a so great Christmas gift. They must know that they are not alone…” You can believe me the both guys had tears in their eyes!

Christmas messages

Later we met Chaplain Young on the floor too and he told me, “…please give all Angels and friends a great thank you for all the good things the Soldiers Angels are doing for the wounded soldiers here in Landstuhl and Merry Christmas to you all…." The eight Christmas books we have with us, with - Christmas messages from home - we have let one in the Fisher House and the others in the Hospital and Kleber. Later as we were on the way to lunch I met Lt. Col. S. R., one of the chief nurses of the Landstuhl nursing staff and she said, “… you all are doing a great work! Thank you again and Merry Christmas…”

Wounded Guardman

A Deputy Public Affairs Officer from Oregon National Guard asked me,” Please look for Staff Sgt. C. who will arrive soon from Iraq. We have heard he shattered the bones in his legs enroute to his base station in Iraq and was at the hospital in Baghdad due to be sent to Landstuhl for stabilisation prior to travelling to Army Hospital in the States….” For the wounded Guardman we had a special backpack with a pair of trousers, t-shirt, underpants, socks, sweater, personal hygiene items, blanket and candies and more. It was not possible to visit him in person and talk to him. The security is very high at the moment! A nurse has brought in our name this backpack with a nice Get Well card to him and has given him out best wishes for a fast recovery! This is the most of the time normal I must say. Sometimes we can go and talk with the wounded soldiers and other times it is not possible like here. We are not sad about this! Security is very important today, terrible that we must say this.

Operation Christmas From Home

Our Angels Sarah LaPage, FL and Becky Morton, NC started in fall the project “Operation Something From Home” to bring some love and cheer to the wounded soldiers in Landstuhl and other main military hospitals in the States. A lot of students and people from companies have helped to make 500 Stockings ready with a lot of personal items and goodies and more. And over 140 are arrived in Landstuhl and donated amongst other things from:

The Soldiers’ Angels Foundation and Hershey Foods, PA. Hershey Foods sent the following message to our Herous: “Please relay to the men and women that it is people like them who have made our great country what it is today, and we at Hershey Foods thank them for their dedication. Our hearts go out to them for so bravely serving our nation.” Cindy and Caley Trujillo, Kennesaw, GA. Caley is in the Girl Scouts, and chose Operation Christmas from Home as her service project! She and her mom Cindy contributed over 70 stockings to the project with assistance from: Girl Scout Troop 2161.

The many, many Soldiers’ Angels who wrote Christmas cards and sent them to Sarah and Becky to stuff in the stockings for the heroes. There are too many of them for to thank here! Four schools in Pensacola, FL whose students wrote Christmas cards especially for our project. Despite being delayed in their lessons for several weeks due to Hurricane Ivan, these schools still took the time to do something special for our wounded soldiers: Little Flower Catholic School, East Hill Christian School, Alethia Christian Academy and Trinitas Christian Academy. If you have more questions about the Christmas Project 2004 or if you are interested to work with us for the next Christmas project 2005 please contact: Sarah LaPage: Soldiers’ Angels, PO Box 699, Cantonment, FL 32533 e-mail: sarah_ruth_81@yahoo.com or Becky Morton, Soldiers’ Angels, PO Box 375, Graham, NC 27253, email: rpmorton375@yahoo.com.

Santa`s for Soldiers

You do not believe it! More Christmas Stockings were coming! From the project “Santa`s for Soldiers”, from students of the Lewisville High School, 1098 W. Main, Lewisville, Texas 75067 came 145 stockings in 13 boxes to me for to bring it in their name to the wounded soldiers. All students don’t have a lot of money, but they have big hearts. In all the stockings the soldiers didn’t found expensive stuff, but what they used so much, personal items and goodies.

"May No Soldier Go Unloved“

From Colorado we received wonderful 38 handmade ornament Christmas stockings from clients of Bernina Sewing Center which are donated over the Bernina store, Co. The filling was donated and suffered by church members, friends and family of Joan Pignon or others. From the Colorado Angels we had to talk to all wounded soldier: “Thank you for sacrificing the comforts we are enjoying to go away from your family and friends, your hobbies and interests so that we can maintain our liberties. Thank you for going without creature comforts and for enduring extreme environments, hostile people, monotonous work, horrible scenes and repetitive meal selections. Thank you for sharing the generosity and concern of Americans with those who question our movies dislike our interventions. Again, thank you for your service to our country! We are praying for your health, safety, and optimism and for your family.”

Our visit in the Kleber Barracks in Kaiserslautern.

On our trip to Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern a medical facility from Landstuhl came Darla and Jane with us. This was the first time that we were here. As we arrived in Kleber, at first SSG G. told us something about the Kleber Kaserne.

Here it is where soldiers stay who not requiring hospital beds but evacuated to Landstuhl stay here during appointments and medical treatment. The soldiers travel normally 30-40 minuets each way by bus to LRMC to have here their medical treatment. The barracks can hold 356 Soldiers, but average only 150. If necessary, up to 410 Soldiers could be accommodated in the second building they have. Here is a place where transient Soldiers can relax and recharge their batteries as they wait for their wounds to heal. At the moment every week 110 wounded come or leave Kleber. The average stay for a Soldier — before returning to duty lasted not more than 15 days. The soldiers told us a stay at Kleber are short term and relatively comfortable. Here the soldiers have a pool table, library, free Internet access, movie rooms, reading room, Ping-Pong table, air hockey table, two day rooms, each with its own wide-screen television, a kitchenette and a telephone room where Soldiers can call their families for free. The soldiers here in Kleber do not need a phone card! The library has a lot of donated books and new magazines. Soldiers who come here receive two sets of desert battle-dress uniforms, a Gore-Tex jacket and a pair of gloves and a $250 AAFES gift card so they can purchase some civilian clothing. SSG G. showed us his full storage. He was glad that he has now enough uniforms for the soldiers.

After the lesson from SSG G. our hard work started! At first we all together brought the Christmas stockings in the large hall on the first floor. We all drove a lot of nails into the wall and have hung up all Christmas stockings on the wall. So all soldiers could take a wonderful Christmas gift by themself. A younger and an older soldier were coming to us and say thank you for the stockings. And Kathy introduced us Germans working together with the Soldiers Angels to make this ready for them. They asked us if they can make pictures of our group and we said “sure”. And so they beamed with joy! All the soldiers who were coming in or went out, or were sitting in the TV room we have given a Christmas stocking. They asked us currently, "Who has made these wonderful Christmas stockings". They all were so surprised that we have brought such gifts for them.

Let us hope that the next year will bring us more peace and freedom in our world.

And thank you to all the women and men to fight for us the war against the terrorism.

Wilhelmine Aufmkolk, Germany

"May No Soldier Go Unloved“

http://www.soldiersangels.com
e-mail: JosephineFS@aol.com

[Willie]

Impressions from our visit in Landstuhl on the 19th January 2005

It was so cold on this morning and the streets were frozen. I arrived early this morning at on the Gate 3 the main entrance for visitors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. I had with me 36 backpacks and 4 bags and a handmade pillow from a school in Texas. Kathy Gregory from Fisher House Landstuhl picked with me up. My car was full! This was possible through all the donations from a lot of members and friends from the Soldiers Angels as Paul and Berta W., CA; Janette M., SC; Lauren Eve P., Ca; Jana D., TX; Pam D., CO; Audri C., MA; Sahron W., MN and Julia M. and her German and American friends here Germany. Kathy told me that in the first January weeks 35 until 45 wounded arrived in the Hospital weekly, but this can change daily. I was glad to hear this.

After a strong coffee in the Fisher House we looked for SPC W. from the Family Assistance Center. We met him on the parking lot and saw 2 dark blue ambulance busses with white crosses on the front and rear were parking there. SPC W. helps us to unloaded all the things we had with us. So SPC W., Kathy and I we walked to the side entrance.

The wounded are ready for Ramstein

In the entrance hall we saw that a lot of wounded troops are waiting for the bus there, for transportation to Ramstein Airbase. I saw a lot of soldiers in and outside who helped the wounded to step into the waiting bus. From Landstuhl the bus drives only a few miles away to Ramstein Air Force Base. Ramstein is the largest US Air Force base here in southwest Germany. The base is near Landstuhl and Kaiserslautern in the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz and opened since 1952 and is the headquarters of the United States Air Forces Europe and is also a NATO installation (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

From Ramstein the wounded warriors are flown off rapidly to an other medical facility in the States to get more the care they need. A soldier told me later, “…from Ramstein they all are going to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., or Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio Texas, National Navy Medical Center, Bethesda, MD or other hospitals for further medical treatment. An air evacuation soldiers provided medical care to the wounded soldiers during the 9 1/2-hour flight from here to Andrews. From there ambulances transported the patients further….”.

In the entrance hall one seriously injured patient was lying on a stretcher and placed on a gurney. A nurse was standing by her for waiting to carry her on the bus to go home in another hospital for more medical treatment. The most wounded we saw there they able to move on their own. Others were standing on crutches there or sitting in wheelchairs. So Kathy asked them all, “Anyone needs a backpack? Backpacks from the Soldiers Angels! ” The most of them said, “Thank you ma`am, at the moment I have what I use!” So we wished all a safe flight back to the States, a fast recovery and said thank you to them for fighting the war for more freedom.

Walking around

So we went to the wards. The most wounded we saw this time appeared us that they had injuries on legs, feet, arms and hands.

One wounded was sitting in a wheelchair to go with a nurse to the ambulance busses. I asked him if he can use a backpack and he asked me back, “can I have a blanket it is so cold out side? I have a bag.”

On the first ward another wounded was waiting in a wheelchair for a nurse to go out to the ambulance bus, too. He could use our backpack, he had nothing! This time a lot of beds were empty. This week not so many wounded arrived from downrange or the other soldiers were under surgery. The nurses told us the names and the rooms from the wounded so we took the backpacks on their bed.

Three wounded women we visited there. We are looking now that we have all the time a few special bags for wounded ladies with us. As we went in the rooms we saw that a lot of soldiers have injured on their legs. A young man come out this room as we would in, he had both arms injured. And said, “I am happy that I have still my life” And on his face was a smile, you could see it that he was under his circumstance a lucky man.

All the time you could see that a backpack is great thing for soldiers must stay in bed. They all are so happy for a backpack with all the things they use. If you see how they open it, then you see in their eyes they are happy, that a friend is thinking on them. These wounded hero they cannot leave their bed to go into the storage to look for things they need.

In one room we found another hero downrange. We gave him a backpack and gave him the best greetings for a fast recovery from the Soldiers Angels and said thank you for fighting the war. I gave him my business card, so he can call me if he or any comrade from him needs help. An older Lady asked me surprisedly, “do you from the Red Cross?” As I started to explain her that I am from the Soldiers Angels, so began to speak German. She told me that she was with her sick husband here and took care for him. She said further, “I have heard from the Soldiers Angels! I have adopted a soldier, too.

We found our hero in the last minute!

A Deputy PAO from the Oregon National Guard asked me, “Please look for a PFC M.B. He was injured in an IED attack yesterday in Iraq and I am told he was transferred to Landstuhl. Please let me know if you are able to locate him. Thanks for being such caring, wonderful and throughtful people. The world is a better place!”

You would not believe that, we have found him - in the last minute. We looked around and he was not longer on the ICU. Someone told us that he is going to Ramstein for transportation to the States. As we arrived on the buses a soldier told us, sorry he is off with the first bus. A few minutes later we saw that the first bus was parking in front of the second bus. So we asked if we can go into the bus. And here we found PFC M.B. He was lying on a stretcher for carry him and others wounded soldiers to the Ramstein to go further to another hospital.

As Kathy and I found him in the bus and told him that we have greetings from his Deputy Public Affairs Officer from the Oregon National Guard, he had tears in his eyes. We show him his backpack filled with a blanket and all the things he could used and the special pillow "from a Texas Highschool". He tried to give us his hand! He was so overjoyed and you could see that he may no treat assured that someone was in Germany to look for him. I must say, my words cannot say it what was happened in this moment in us three. To find someone in the last minute and to give him the feeling what he is not alone was great for us all. In this few minutes something has changed in us! We had not the time to speak with him. The bus driver told as that we must go out of the bus. The bus is ready for Ramstein.

Oregon is so far from the main hopitals, I do not know if someone could visit him. I asked our Angel Lynette Frascella, Wounded TLC Team if someone from our group can visit him. It looked that he was not doing fine. He looked so asthenic! He could not give us his hand he was to powerless. (see page 8: http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/AGPA/docs/Sentinel/2005/JanFeb-05-WEB.pdf Oregon Sentinel from the Oregon National Guard, "German citizen brings warmth to wounded Oregion soldier")

A special request for a wounded hero

On the 01.12.05 I received an e-mail from Lynette, Wounded TLC Team. She told me Shellyn one of our angels who visits our heroes in Walter Reed asked me to look for a special soldier in Landstuhl on the 01.19.05. He was injured on 01.10.05 in Iraq when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near his vehicle. CPT Daniel Gade was with the 2/72nd Armor Battalion in Iraq. He was evacuated to LRMC and was at the ICU there. On the 01.13.05 we received the message from a friend that he is on his way to Walter Reed, yet. There he was in serious condition. So I wrote to him on the 01.13.05, “Dear CPT Gade, I heard from friends from you that you are wounded in Iraq! I am always so sad to hear this bad news. I must say you were faster back in the States as I could go to Landstuhl and bring you a backpack with a wonderful handmade blanket……”

Please feel free to sign his guestbook and leave our Hero a note there: http://www2.caringbridge.org/dc/danielgade/index.htm

At last we said SPC W. and the Family Assistance Center thank you for his help and we told him, “We are back on the 28th January, and if you have time it would be great if you can go with us again”. A Great thank you to the Fisher House Landstuhl, too and to Kathy Gregory to give us her time so we can support the wounded troops there.

Wilhelmine Aufmkolk, Germany

"May No Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine Go Unloved"
http://www.soldiersangels.com
e-mail: JosephineFS@aol.com

[rc]

Willie,
Thank you so much for the love and care you have given our heros! You have more friends than you can count. May God bless you and if there is anything loyal Americans can do to help YOU, please don't hesitate to ask! We love you Willie, and pray to God that there are blessed souls like you in abundance!

May God's eternal Blessing be upon You.

[Pat Hodges]

The wounderful things that I read here,are not
found in the News Papers ,anywhere. Not are these
antidotes seen or heard on TV.
Yet,it is these loving, and giving people,
who execute the generosity of others that help
our military so much.
These Angels do so much good. Not only for
the wounded, but for the 50 people who are also
affected by each services persons wounds. It has
been proven that prayers do have a powerfu and positive affect on those prayer for.
May God bless each and every person involved
in this ministery. You also have my adrmaration.
As I am on SSI; which is so far below the
$25,000.proverty it goes off the chart, I am unable to contribute minancially to any of the worthy causes that I ocassionally stumble across.
I will keep you and your good work in you
in my prayers, however.
My God and his angels continue to
love and protect you and your work.
Pat

[Pat Hodges]

The wounderful things that I read here,are not
found in the News Papers ,anywhere. Not are these
antidotes seen or heard on TV.
Yet,it is these loving, and giving people,
who execute the generosity of others that help
our military so much.
These Angels do so much good. Not only for
the wounded, but for the 50 people who are also
affected by each services persons wounds. It has
been proven that prayers do have a powerfu and positive affect on those prayer for.
May God bless each and every person involved
in this ministery. You also have my adrmaration.
As I am on SSI; which is so far below the
$25,000.proverty it goes off the chart, I am unable to contribute financially to any of the worthy causes that I ocassionally stumble across.
I will keep you and your good work in you
in my prayers, however.
My God and his angels continue to
love and protect you and your work.
Pat

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