The Voice on the Other End
In 2019, a young Marine named Jake Torres was deployed to Afghanistan for his first tour. Thousands of miles from his family in San Antonio,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 14:8-17.
In 2019, a young Marine named Jake Torres was deployed to Afghanistan for his first tour. Thousands of miles from his family in San Antonio, homesickness hit him like a wall. He called his father one evening, barely holding it together. "Dad, I just need to see you. I need to know you're here." His father, a retired firefighter named Miguel, couldn't cross oceans.…
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