There are only two airports in the country that receive the international flights of our soldiers coming home, DFW and Atlanta. There is one flight every day that arrives at DFW and every day there is a big group of people gathered in the terminal to wave flags, hold up signs, shake their hands, and say thank you for protecting our freedom. What a great way to say thank you directly to the men and women serving our country. Today we met up with Reese and Emma Rae at the airport. There were signs everywhere in the terminal, home made and professionally made, welcoming the troops home and saying thank you. There were buckets of flags available that you could use to wave as the soldiers came through and great patriotic music playing in the background. I have such a patriotic heart that I was tearful but Nicholas was just excited about getting to shake the hands of the soldiers. There were 114 soldiers that arrived on the flight today.
After the soldiers left we spent some time with some other friends of ours that just happened to be there as well - Sir Earl Toon from Kool and the Gang and his wife, Carla. They attend Fellowship Church which is where we met them. Sir Earl made a guest appearance on stage on a weekend that I was serving on Stage Crew so I got to spend a lot of time talking with them about how Katrina had impacted their lives and how they are doing in their new home in Dallas. Sir Earl is a jewel. He is so charming and friendly with everyone he meets. And although he doesn't preach about God, you can walk away from him feeling fed by His word. Today he spent a lot of time just playing and talking with Nicholas. We almost got Nicholas to sing for him but he got shy on us and wouldn't perform. Sir Earl said that he hopes someday Nicholas will tell him, "Hey man, listen to this song I wrote" and that Nicholas may teach him a thing or two.
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