Operation Help & Hope for Military Families

Our military men and women and their families face the struggles of everyday life compounded by the pressures of extended and frequent deployment 365 days a year. The Department of Veteran's Affairs and the Department of Defense have expressed serious concern about the mental health and well being of our troops and about the lack of available resources for them. In response to the call for help and hope for these precious warriors and their families we produced the Coming Home from War audio CD. Participants in these interviews are active and retired military who frankly address how families and couples can better prepare for and survive deployment. We confront the challenges of War and Marriage, War and the Family and The Demons of War. Because of the generous gifts of our supporters, we have distributed thousands of these resources FREE of charge to our troops and their families. Military families face the same daily challenges as non-military but deployment and long term separations magnify their struggles. In addition to the three-part Coming Home from War series, we are offering help and hope to our military families by providing full sets of the Learning to See When the Lights Go Out CD library to chaplains and military base family counseling centers. Our military families serve us every day. We want to serve them by giving them these resources that offer help and hope. You can serve our military families with your donation that will help underwrite these gifts.

Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4. Since the founding of our country, citizens enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness because of the sacrifices of thousands upon thousands of American citizens who gave their lives physically and emotionally to protect our freedom of religion, worship, and speech. Throughout our history, Americans have battled to not only protect our freedoms but the freedoms of citizens in other countries. None of our freedoms are truly free. They are ours because others protect them for us. A soldier or their loved ones will tell us that for those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know. To paraphrase the words of a Vietnam Veteran, A soldier will see and hear what others who have not fought will never see or hear; A soldier will smell and taste what others who have not fought will never smell or taste; A soldier will feel, sense and always remember what others who have not fought will never know.

MARKINC Ministries has a history of supporting our military men, women and their families and salutes those who have served and are now serving to protect our freedoms and the country we love. But, a salute is not enough. As Americans look forward to celebrating Independence Day on July 4, we are launching Operation Help and Hope for Military Families. Our goal is to not only provide the Coming Home from War audio resources to our military families, but to also distribute the entire Learning To See When the Lights Go Out CD library to chaplains and military base family counseling centers free of charge to the recipients. Just as someone paid the price for our freedoms, someone must underwrite the cost of producing and distributing these resources to our military heroes. Can you help? For every gift of $35 or more, we will send the entire set of these CDs to a chaplain or military family counseling center and you will receive a thank you gift from MARKINC Ministries. For every gift of $100 we will send three full sets of these CDs and you will receive a thank you gift as well. Our military families serve us 24/7. Let's serve them by providing help and hope for their daily lives.

In His grip,

Sharon