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April 8th, 2008

[info]lotus_flower in [info]paganwarriors

*wave*

Lotta stuff going on in life now, so just now making my comment a post. But here is the gist of it with an update:
My brother-in-law, Ben Dobbins, is currently in Iraq. He is an agnostic leaning toward vague Pagan beliefs (its not a big part of his life so he doesn't work much on it - just knows he doesn't believe in the "organized" religions and isn't exactly atheist either due to personal experiences of the paranormal nature).
He is in the Special Forces division of the Army and currently on an assignment that he says is dangerous. We are unable to know where he is or what he is doing, so worries are high. We haven't told him mom yet. She worries enough already. When he isn't on assignment we send him things all the time to his base. He's a radio/IT guy so he has a lot of access to the Internet when on base, so we hear from him regularly during that time.
Any good thoughts and vibes for his safety would be appreciated.

UPDATE: He just contacted my mother-in-law tonight to say he is back on base. Good thing cuz we just sent him a big package. He and his fellows like candy (such as Laffy Taffy, starburst, etc.). It goes quick when we send it to him. So do single packs of chips. So we send him some every few weeks or so plus some magazines. Dirty mags are out due to Iraq mailing laws. The family is a bit of a prankster family so we bought a Penthouse, cut out the naughty bits, and put black tape w/ the word "Censored" written in white out on it.  He laughed a lot. Especially when his fellow army people got angry at him about it. I'm told a Bacon air freshener would be funny too since Pork is illegal there.
So there you have it. Many good thoughts to all those in the military at the moment that aren't of the "majority" opinion religion wise.