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Covenanter Among Marines Guarding U.S. Embassy
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL (April 3, 2002) - Private First Class Jonathan Ake of Hope
Evangelical Covenant Church in Crystal Lake has been deployed to Kabul,
Afghanistan, to help guard the United States Embassy.
The 19-year-old Algonquin, Illinois, resident had been training at Camp
LeJeune, North Carolina, before receiving his latest assignment. He
joined the Marine Corps last August and received much of his training at
the U.S. Marine Corps School of Infantry at Camp Pendleton near San
Diego, California.
Ake was confirmed in the Evanston (Illinois) Evangelical Covenant Church
and became active with Hope Covenant when his family moved to the
northwest suburbs of Chicago. Parents Don and Julie (Kersten) Ake ask
for prayer for their son's safety, along with his comrades both in
Afghanistan and elsewhere. They also pray that their son can further his
Christian witness in such a stressful situation.
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