Being married to a soldier sometimes makes it easy to opt-out of other opportunities. Often times I hear wives say, I've already adopted a soldier, I married one! Yes, in fact, I did marry one, but I also know how much it would mean to my husband to receive support from a stranger who appreciates him! And who better knows how to support a soldier than an Army Wife?!?
Now, I'm not saying you must be an Army Wife to do this...if you have about 5 spare mintues and $.44 for a stamp a week, you should do this! It costs absolutely NOTHING to sign up..just a valid email addy. You can send emails, write letters, send newspapers from where you're from, send magazines, send care packages, or simply add them to your prayer list! If you are a teacher then your classroom could adopt a soldier..or if you have kids let them adopt a soldier and make things for him/her, draw pictures, crafts, etc! Even a small group at your church or sunday school class!
I'm on my second email with my soldier and working on finding out his likes/dislikes. I just now mentioned to him that I am an Army Wife, but do you wanna hear something really crazy and cool?? I sent him my first email introducing who I am and where I live now, but also where I am moving to and how I recently got married in July. Keep in mind that when you are signing up for this you don't have to mention anything about who you are...they don't match you with someone that you will have something in common with. They simply send you a random soldier's contact information. Well, I got up this morning and checked my email to find a response from Jason {my soldier}. Guess where Jason is stationed at?!? THE SAME STATE WE ARE MOVING TO and..he's a newlywed, he got married in August!! How completely ironic and a total gift from God! He told me that if I have any questions about the area to just let him know! He also told me that he had signed up to be sponsored before & had gotten a 3rd grade class to support him! He said that it helped out so much during his time away from home! I am just over the moon excited to have this opportunity!
Please, please, please get a group of people together or just you and your spouse go visit this website and get the information for a soldier. I know the soldiers, the military community, and especially the loved ones of the soldier would appreciate it far more than you will EVER know! They are giving you the freedom..so use it to support them! :)
