Psalm 91

I have claimed this psalm as God's promise to protect Jordan during his deployment. I am asking that as many people as possible join our family in reading this psalm and inserting Jordan's name in the appropriate places so that it becomes God's promise specifically for Jordan. Please read this psalm aloud, or to yourself if you absolutely can not read it aloud, but the power of speaking the words will give it that much more power, today and in the coming days as Jordan begins his deployment.

Jordan’s Psalm 91

Jordan, who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He is Jordan’s refuge and Jordan’s fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save Jordan from the fowler's snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover Jordan with his feathers,

and under his wings Jordan will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be Jordan’s shield and rampart.

Jordan will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at Jordan’s side,

ten thousand at Jordan’s right hand,

but it will not come near Jordan.

Jordan will only observe with his eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

If Jordan makes the Most High his dwelling—

even the LORD, who is my refuge-

then no harm will befall Jordan,

no disaster will come near Jordan’s tent.

For he will command his angels concerning Jordan

to guard Jordan in all his ways;

they will lift Jordan up in their hands,

so that Jordan will not strike his foot against a stone.

Jordan will tread upon the lion and the cobra;

Jordan will trample the great lion and the serpent.

"Because Jordan loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;

I will protect Jordan, for he acknowledges my name.

Jordan will call upon me, and I will answer him;

I will be with Jordan in trouble,

I will deliver Jordan and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy Jordan

and show him my salvation."

-posted by Jaime

2 Days

Jordan leaves for Iraq in two days. Our mom is making a small book for Jordan to take with him full of pictures of the family and friends and inspirational quotes and Bible verses. She is also including messages of support and encouragement from as many people as she can. We would love to have messages from all of you. You can write anything you like... We just want him to know how very proud we are of him and thankful for what he is doing. You can add quotes, bible verses anything you think would lift his spirits while he is away. I am sorry to be giving you such short notice, but if you would like to participate, we really need your entry by tomorrow morning. You may post it as a comment here, or email me at natenjme@aol.com or mom at krobin2100@aol.com. Please also lift Jordan and our family up to the Lord in prayer in a special way over the next few days. Halloween 2007 is going to be the scariest day of our lives.

Be sure to check back in here tomorrow when I am going to ask that everyone participate in something special for Jordan. Thanks!

-posted by Jaime

Life in New Jersey

As most of you know, Jordan left for New Hanover, New Jersey on Thursday, October 11th. He will remain on the Army base, Fort Dix, until the 26th in which he will fly back to Charleston for a few days. He has been quite the busy soldier. He wakes up at 5:30 and works until 7:30. This will be his schedule for the entire length of his stay in New Jersey, and no he doesn’t get one day off.

Jordan is one of ten soldiers from Charleston that have been sent to this training. These ten men will also deploy to Tallil Air Base with Jordan on October 31st. You can imagine how close these guys are getting. Not only do they spend every minute of every day working together learning how to protect our country and their lives, but they also are forced to share one room with each other.

They have spent two long days in the classroom learning all of the techniques of what to do in terrifying war situations. Jordan refers to those two days as “death by powerpoint.” The last two days he has been applying what he has learned in the classroom out in the field. He has done everything from driving a Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), or Hummer as us civilians like to refer to it, to practicing fire fights which involves the team shooting blanks at each other as while pretending they are under attack.

I pray that God grants him the stamina, strength, and patience to learn and retain all he has learned and will learn throughout this training. What he learns during his eight day stay may save his life one day!

-posted by Lindsay

Slight Change of Plans

I know you are all shocked that the military has changed their minds! This time we aren't complaining too much because it keeps Jordan stateside for a little longer. He now leaves on October, 10 for training in New Jersey. He will return to Charleston on October, 26 and leave for Iraq on October 31.

This will give us all (except for our little brother Ben, man I miss that kid! ) the opportunity to see him once more before he leaves. Thank you all, for continuing your prayers for Jordan.

-posted by Jaime