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"We got the T-shirts that you sent us, and we very much appreciate your generosity! Today we gave them out to our congregation, and the Contemporary Protestant Chapel Service on Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq sends you these pictures of our special event. I am the guy bending down in the front. Many in the congregation asked me you pass on their thanks to you for thinking of them and for being gracious enough to send them a great T-shirt to wear around when off-duty. The messages on the shirts are fantastic. Thanks again. You have blessed us tremendously."
Chaplain David Mikkelson
We Currently Have Over 10,000 Soldiers Waiting To Be Sponsored
Shirts Sent:
Sponsored T-shirts have already been sent to;
Brigade Chaplain Hawkins - 2 Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division - Iraq
Chaplain Kennaugh - 2-321 (ABN) field Artillery, 4BCT, 82nd ABN Div - Afghanistan
Brigade Chaplain Mikkelson - 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division - Baghdad, Iraq
Battalion Chaplain Kim, Hyeon-Joong - 5-158th General Aviation Support Battalion, V Corp - Germany
Battalion Chaplain White - 508th Special Troops Battalion - Afghanistan
Brigade Chaplain Major Pundt - 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division- "Fury >From The Sky"
New Shipment just sent to;
Chaplain Steven King - 449th Theater Aviation Brigade - Baghdad, Iraq
YN3 Vincent Lam - NMCB26 Navy - Camp Moreell - "Seabees Stationed In Kuwait"
SGT Jonathan E. Watters - 3/160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne - World Wide Operations
Capt. Eric McGreevy - ARSIC-S- Coalition Joint Task Force Phoenix - Southern Afghanistan
SGT Ernest Tillinghast - Torii Chapel NCOIC Headquarters, 10th Area Support Group Unit 35115 - Japan
Chaplain Jamie Freeland and Specialist Robert McClure - 218th BCT, South Carolina National Guard - Herat, Afghanistan
Regimental Chaplain Samuel Lee - 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment - Army - Germany
Brigade Chaplain Tim Atkinson and Sgt Nathan Rayle - HHC 18th ENG BDE - Germany
Battalion Chaplain Stan Jasiurkowski - 87th CSSB Ft. Steward, Georgia - Iraq
Battalion Chaplain Michael Fox - 1 Cav Div/3-227 Assault Helicopter Battalion - Camp Taji, Iraq
Current Requests:
We are currently collecting sponsors for the HHC 30th Special Troops Battalion
Chaplain Wayne Lehto writes:
"First let me say how blessed I am to see what others are doing to spread the Love of Christ to our Soldiers and others around the world. I would love to be able to provide shirts like these to my Soldiers, Airmen, and Seamen here. We would be passing them out in our worship service and bible studies as well as other smaller units attached to our brigade.
Thank you for all your support and prayers!"
We have received lots of requests. Here are just a few:
"I am the Brigade Chaplain for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team,1st Infantry Division,right in the middle of the fight for Baghdad.We usually haveabout 150 Soldiers comethrough our chapel on Sundays(we have6 services here),and I would love to offerthemaT-shirttoshowthemthatChristiansarethinkingofthemandprayingforthem."
"I am Chaplain Anthony D. Allen with the 92nd MP BN in Iraq; I currently serve about 1000 Soldiers and Airmen. I would love to be able to encourage the troops with a T-Shirt."
"I am Chaplain Felix Sermon, Jr, senior chaplain for the 86th Combat Support Hospital. We are preparing to deploy and if it is okay with you, I want to request for T-shirts for my unit that I can share with them during our unit pre-deployment get together with our families. I have 560 personnel and a bunch of family members. I don't know how many T-Shirts you can provide me for the Soldiers to wear and share the message that day and for us to take when we deploy." Blessings; Chaplain Sermon
"Thanks much! I hope 36 is not too many to requests. Pls feel free to send less than that. Anything you send will be a HUGE hit with our Paratroopers! Blessings All the Way! Airborne!"
"Please provide me with information on how I may secure Wear-the-Message T-shirts for my unit. I am the 1ST BDE, 4ID Chaplain stationed at Fort Hood, TX and would need approximately 2500 - 3000 T-shirts for distribution throughout the BDE. Thank you for your work to further the cause of Christ." CH (MAJ) Lewis
"What a great and thoughtful idea . . . I and my Brigade are here in Baghdad for what is now a 15 month deployment. God is moving and has been good to us amidst challenging and frequently dangerous times . . . We would be delighted to receive any “T-Shirt Encouragement” that you can offer. Thanks so much and let me know how I can be part of the process in getting your ministry into the hands of our Soldiers! Blessings and thanks again!"
"This sounds like a great way to share the message. I know soldiers will love it." Chaplain (LTC) Shepard
"Greetings from Afghanistan, I am the Battalion chaplain for the 508th Special Troops Battalion. 82nd Airborne Division. I know that the troopers that attend my chapel services and bible studies would love some T-shirts to express their faith. Thank you for your offer of the shirts and your ministry to our troops." Chaplain White
"I am the Regimental Chaplain for the 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment and will deploy with my unit in near future. I do desire to receive Christian T-Shirts for my soldiers. Message of Christian love (love of Christ) to our soldiers will help them to ease their stresses. Your support will be appreciated." Chaplain Lee
"Thank you for your willingness to help me minister to our soldiers. God is doing great things in the lives of the young men and women serving our country. A T-shirt will share a message and lift the morale in my unit. I pray that God blesses all those who give!" Chaplain Pritchard - 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion
"Greetings, from Iraq! I am the senior chaplain for all the operational forces in Iraq.
As we approach another Christmas I would be interested in getting some of the T-shirts offered by your organization to give out as Christmas presents to our Soldiers here in Iraq. With the extension of our tours here in Iraq, many of our Soldiers will now be facing a second Christmas in a row here and away from their families. We are conducting "Operation Stocking Stuffer"....which is a program where we are hoping to provide a stocking stuffed with some nice gifts...or just a couple gifts separately to about 1,000 Soldiers in our command.
Any number of your t-shirts would be a blessings and well appreciated...along with anything else you would like to donate.
Thank you for your kindness, concern and support for our fine men and women....and above all please continue to pray for our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines."
"I think this would be a great ministry to our Soldiers. We are currently in Iraq where T-shirts are common during Soldier's downtime. Please let me know how I can acquire some for my Soldiers." Chaplain Troy Parsons - HHB 2-32 FA
"Hello, I would like to get 150 t-shirts for my unit. Can you please send me a picture of the shirts so that I can describe them to chaplains and assistants in my Battalions. I appreciate your dedication in spreading God's message to our Soldiers. Have a blessed day." SSG Buffie Hall - 89th MP BDE
"My name is CH (CPT) Turpin. I am the BN CH for the 3/60 River Raiders at FT Jackson SC. I wanted to know more about your ministry and how to get some t-shirts."
"Dear Sir/Maam, My name is SSG Jimmy Silva and I am a chaplain assistant at the 77th regional Readiness Command in New York. I would like to know what do I need to do to get t-shirts for our soldiers here. It would be our honor to distribute the word of God to all soldiers that I can possibly reach. God bless you all for your dedication to our men and women of the Armed Forces."
"I am Chaplain (CPT) Michael Fox and I serve as the Chaplain for 3-227 Assault Helicopter Battalion and the Pastor of our Brigade Contemporary service on Camp Taji, Iraq. I am very interested in receiving your T-Shirts to give out to our Soldiers. If possible could you send 100 (Large and Medium) T-Shirts. There are many Christians within the ranks and this would be another great way to get the message out. Thank you so much for your ministry."
"Blessings from Missouri, I am a Army military chaplain and writing concerning Christian T-Shirts for U.S. Army Soldiers. Thanks and many blessings to you and your staff as you seek to get the message out about Christ." Chaplain Kevin Mucher - 1107th MO-AVCRAD
"I read about the ministry of Wear The Message. I think it is a great idea that the Chaplain and the Chaplain's Assistant (myself) will have something tangible to bless soldiers and family members with that may be easier received than proverbial religious material, sometimes not as popular among non believers. Our battalion's ministry team supports this ministry and is interested in receiving these shirts to distribute. Please respond with what information you need and if shipping overseas is a problem because our unit is located in Germany." SPC Jeffery Deutsch
"My name is Specialist Robert Brandon McClure. I am currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and have been given the opportunity to work with the 218th BCT, South Carolina National Guard. I would like to see if we could get t-shirts for the many Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who are serving our country here in Herat, Afghanistan. I recieved an email from Chaplain David Brown telling me about the opportunity to share Christian t-shirts with our soldiers. If you have any questions, or need any information, please email me at this address, thank you for what you are doing to support our Soldiers!" SPC Robert McClure
"HI MY NAME IS UY VINCENT LAM. I AM WRITING TO YOU FROM CAMP MOREELL. FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DO WE SIGN UP TO GET SPONSORED. SECOND IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THE ONLY 2 DEFINDING FORCES HAVE EVER OFFERED TO DIE FOR YOU : LOGO ON THE BACK OF THE SHIRT. OH YEAH WERE ALSO SAILORS. WERE SEABEES STATION IN KUWAIT. I AM WITH NMCB26."
"I'm the Brigade chaplain for the 18th ENG Bde. I would love to see my soldiers wearing Christian T-shirts. I could use about 50 of them size large to X-large. Thanks for your great work." Chaplain Timothy Atkinson - 18th ENG Brigade Chaplain
"First of all - Thank you for what you are doing for us! I linked to your website via the "America Supports You" program. I'm the ARSIC-S Maintenance Officer serving at FOB Lindsey in Afghanistan. I have 12 mechanics that work for me, plus I go to church on my small FOB with at least a dozen other people. If you could send 15-20 T-shirts in varying sizes, I assure you they will get into the soldier's hands and on their backs. Thank you and God Bless." Capt. Eric McGreevy
"Hi, I am Airmen First Class Michael Wells and I am deployed to Iraq. I work for the Air Force in the Chaplain Service career field as a chaplain assistant. I was wondering how I could sign up for the christian tee shirts. I work for seven Air Force Chaplains and it would be a blessing to share Jesus' word through his tee shirts. I am glad people are willing to stand up for our christian rights. I believe Jesus' can use our chaplain sevice here in Iraq to spread his word and help you by personally give them to faithful christians. Thank you and God Bless." A1C Michael J. Wells
"I am a Christian Chaplain performing religious coverage to an Army Cavalry Squadron. I would be interested in receiving some t-shirts for my Troopers here before deployment abroad. Thanks for your prayers and support!" Chaplain Daniel Wheat (1-13 CAV/ 3 BCT/ 1AD)
"Thank you for your work and taking the time to remember us. The Soldiers that attend our Chapel are going to LOVE these!"
CH(DPT) Bryant Casteel and Chaplain Assistant Caroline Keller (4-6 Air Cavalry Squadron, Mosul Iraq.)
Soldier "Thank You" To Our Supporters:
"On behalf of my unit, the 3/160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne, I wish to say thank you for the gift of shirts that express who we are "Special Ops" and also believers. Your contribution was an encouragement to those who believe at a stressful time prior to yet another deployment in the ongoing global war on terror. It has been another tool used in ministering to the men of our unit and an effective way of sharing the gospel. Again thank you from the unit ministry team."
SGT Watters
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"I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I've received your gift a couple of days ago. Since I was deployed right after my wife received the T-Shirts, she had to hold it until I have mailing address here. As soon as I received it, I gave it to the Christian soldiers in my unit; also, my appreciation letter is on its way in between here and Ohio. (See the full Letter below). You should have seen the faces of my soldiers when they wore those T-Shirts.They were happy and proud of saying that they are the soldiers of God's Army. The day I received it, I went to an Air Ambulance company, which is commonly known as “Dust-Off.” They are the ones saving lives in the battlefield. They fly whenever wounded soldiers cry out in the field. They were happy to wear your T-Shirts under their armors. So far today, no enemy fire reached our brave Dust-Off soldiers. After my other soldiers saw we had your T-Shirts, they wanted to have one, too. Since I have almost 700 souls under my care, I am not going to ask for too much. However, if it is possible, may I have about 120 T-Shirts in various sizes? Most of my soldiers wear medium and large size. If it is too much, then I understand that, too. Once again, I give my utmost gratitude for your support and ministry. May God bless you and your staffs to do the great ministry through “Wearing the Message.”
CH (CPT) Kim, Hyeon-Joong
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"Praise God for your ministry and for the individuals who faithfully gave of their time and resources to support our great men and women in uniform. The T-Shirts that you are sharing with us will be used to make people aware that ministry is offered everywhere and in many ways, that there are great Americans who care for our troops and there is a God who loves and cares for everyone. We will continue to pray for you and for every member of the Wear The Message ministry; for God's love to continue to flow to you and through you."
"We received the box full of awesome T-shirts a couple days ago. Thanks so much on behalf of mechanics at ARSIC-S Maintenance and 1 BDE on FOB Lindsey in southern Afghanistan. The guys absolutely love the quality designs on the Ts; they have a very "Americana" spin on 'em. The prayers are working; keep it up. 99% of what is happening over here is extremely positive; we are really teaching the Afghan people a lot of useful skills, helping them rebuild, providing medical treatment, etc. God Bless."
in His service, Capt Mac (ERIC J. McGREEVY, Capt, USAF ARSIC(S) Maintenance Officer)
"Thank you so much for you faithfulness and generosity." Chaplain Claypool
"What a HUGE blessing." Chaplain Pundt
"Thank you very much for supporting our troops. This is very encouraging that the American people support us and appreciate our sacrifices. God bless your ministry. These T-shirts will help to keep high morale of our soldiers as well as remind them about Christian values." Chaplain Jasiurkowski
"Thank you so much - they'll be a great encouragement!" Chaplain Hawkins
"Thank you for your generosity. My fellow Christian soldiers and I will proudly wear the T-Shirts and show God's message to bring hope in their lives."
"We've been here 10 months now, with 5 more to go, so this will help raise morale at a time when we really need it." Chaplain Mikkelson
"Thank you for your support and encouragement of our troopers deployed here in Afghanistan! Peace be with you!" Chaplain Kennaugh
"Thanks so much! Received the Tshirts today. We have a vibrant chapel program with 3 Bible Studies throughout the week. We will first offer them to the attendees of the Bible Studies. If there are still some left we'll make them available at Chapel on Sunday morning. Thanks again and God bless your generosity and support to us."
LARRY PUNDT
Chaplain (MAJ) CTF FURY
4th BCT, 82nd Abn Div
"Fury >From The Sky"
"We got the T-shirts that you sent us, and we very much appreciate your generosity! Today we gave them out to our congregation, and the Contemporary Protestant Chapel Service on Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq sends you these pictures of our special event. I am the guy bending down in the front. (Pictures located at top of page)
Many in the congregation asked me you pass on their thanks to you for thinking of them and for being gracious enough to send them a great T-shirt to wear around when off-duty. The messages on the shirts are fantastic. Thanks again. You have blessed us tremendously." Chaplain David Mikkelson
"Just wanted to let you know I received one of your shirts from my chapel here at Liberty Base, Iraq. Thank you so much for the message from home." SFC Robert Stallcup
"Thank you so much for your service. Your Ministry is in our prayers!" SGT Nathan Rayle 18th ENG BDE (Germany)
"Thank you so much for thinking about us . God Bless you for what you do.....
Pv2 Sanchez,Gilbert 56 M CHAPLAIN ASST. (593rd Sustainment Brigade - Kuwait)
"WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"
As you can see we need your continued support for this program. These soldiers are being truly blessed by your generosity and we are trying to fulfill each and every request. As one chaplain put it, this program can "further the cause of Christ" in many different countries.
Donating is Easy, Safe, and Convenient.
To Donate:
ONLINE: just click on the picture below
BY PHONE: call our Toll-Free number 1-866-811-5148
BY MAIL: checks and money orders can be sent to Wear The Message, Inc., 66 Industry Ct. Ste C, Troy, Ohio 45373-2892
Thank you for taking the time to invest into the lives of our US Military Men and Women. Together we can comfort, bless, or even change a life... One T-shirt at a time!
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