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Covenant Pastor and Chaplain Headed for Iraq
DULUTH, MN (August 24, 2004) - Covenant pastor Mike Gillett will be deployed
to Iraq on active duty after being called up called up earlier this month.
Gillett, pastor at Salem Covenant Church in Duluth for the past two
years, reported for active duty on August 16, as part of an 18-month
assignment. He said that he would do most of his preparatory work at
Fort Hood, Texas. He has been in the U.S. Army Reserves and Army Guard
for 16 years.
This fall, Gillett expects to be serving at Camp Victory in Baghdad,
Iraq, in support of the 42nd Infantry Division.
Gillett asks for prayer that God would give him the wisdom to minister
properly to a group of people that have been fatigued by the war. He
believes that he can provide hope to soldiers through counseling,
leading chapel services, and giving practical helps. More information
about Gillett will be available in the coming months on www.covchurch.org.
In other news regarding Covenant chaplains:
- Gary Dallmann (garydallmann@yahoo.com) retired from the Navy
Chaplain Corps after 22 years of active service. He currently lives in
Reno, Nevada.
- Kevin Lockett, serving at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, returned to
his family earlier this summer after 108 days of deployment in support
of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He stated in a recent
email that he is grateful for the prayer support given by Covenanters to
him, his wife, Peggy, and their children. He had previously served a
two-year tour of duty in Izmir, Turkey, home to the 425th Air Base
Squadron, which supports NATO Headquarters. His current email address is:
Kevin.lockett@dyess.af.mil.
- Doug Wootten has been transferred from his former base in New Mexico
and began work in Europe last month with the 415th Base Support
Battalion in Kaiserlauten, Germany. He oversees ministries for about
40,000 military personnel, including a local hospital, and helps in the
coordination of 13 different religious worship services (including
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim) as part of his assignment. "I'm excited
about what the Lord wants to do here in reaching our military, the
civilian support forces and all the family members," Wootten
(dwootten@greennet.de) said in a recent email update. "We are looking
at beginning a mid-week worship service in the fall to meet the needs of
all those who take advantage of traveling here in Europe on the weekends
or have to work through the weekend. We ask for your continued prayers
for all our military, the supporting work force and especially our
chaplains and their assistants who are in harms way in so many places in
our world today."
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