Remember the Stranger

My ministry has been fundraising at a Walmart supercenter since May.
The funds are being used to commemorate military crash sites thereby honoring fallen airmen.
The response of the public has been overwhelming for which I am grateful. I am also grateful for the individuals who have confided in me-often with tears, stories of their loved ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free. Here are some of their stories:

A grandfather who was shot down over Italy in World War ll.
A brother who died in an army helicopter crash during peacetime in the Philippines.
A friend whose jet never returned from a mission over Vietnam and to this day his fate is unknown.
A friend who witnessed the crash of an air force plane with eleven of his friends on board who were burned to death-Panama, Central America, during peacetime.
A grandfather who helped his crew bail out safely and because of saving his crew didn't have time to bail out himself and went down with his plane-World War ll.
A friend of an army soldier on an anti-drug mission in Central America who was shot by a drug smuggler and bled to death in the arms of a fellow soldier.

Jesus wants us to remember the stranger. It is important we don't forget our fallen and that without their ultimate sacrifice we would not live in the freeest country in the world.