While in Arizona a couple of weeks ago the missionary there told us of one of the young Apache girls who graduated High School last year, and would soon be graduating from her Army training. She told us the training was in SC and that she would love it if some of us could go to her graduation because none of her family or friends could make it. We told her we would go if she would send us the information on the graduation.
We didn't know how soon the graduation was...
Wednesday my best friend received an email from the missionary at around 5:30 saying the graduation was Friday (the 28th) at 9:00 am. So in 5 hours we got a group of people together and we left at 3:30 yesterday morning to go to the graduation.
We had no idea what the girl looked like, only her name. She had no idea who we were and no idea that we were coming. After the graduation we went to find her, and we found her Colonel as well as some of the girls and guys in her infantry. We found her cell phone number, saw a picture of her so we could know who we were looking for, and we never found her. We did however, leave a card for her that we had made, and also left her messages on her cell phone. Last night she called one of our guys back and informed us that she heard us yell her name at the graduation, and that she got her card.
Some people would say we failed but I say we accomplished what we went for. No, we never met the girl in person, but she knew we went....she had people excited for her that we were there...and it was exciting. I feel blessed, and I know we accomplished a lot =)
To God be the glory!
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