Aaron has been deployed 5 times while his wife Rachel manages life back home with their four kids. With car repairs and other needs piling up, see how CBN Partners stepped in to help.
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NARRATOR: The beach just outside
Camp Pendleton in Oceanside,
California is where Marine
Corps Staff Sergeant
Aaron likes to spend
time with his wife
Rachel and their children.
Up or down, bud.
Up or down.
NARRATOR: The beauty
and tranquility
is a drastic difference from the
front lines in the Middle East
where Aaron's
deployed five times
with the US Special Forces.
He relies on Rachel to
keep things together
while he's gone.
I couldn't do the job that I'm
doing right now without her.
I couldn't see myself
without her in my life.
She's such an amazing
mother and amazing wife.
I'm proud of Aaron
because he's never
stepped back from the call.
And he does it honorably and
he does it without hesitation.
NARRATOR: The couple relies
on their faith in God
when Aaron is in harm's way.
I firmly believe beyond
a shadow of a doubt
that I would not be here today
if it wasn't for Rachel praying
for me, and just knowing that
there's a multitude of angels
surrounding me and protecting
me because other people are
praying for that.
NARRATOR: Their
faith in God was put
to the test regarding
finances after Rachel
had their fourth child.
Both of their older cars
needed expensive repairs,
and Rachel's vehicle
needed four new tires.
To avoid going into
debt, they decided
to dip into savings to fix
their cars and buy the tires.
And they had to put
some purchases they
needed for the baby on hold.
AARON: It's frustrating
having to pull money
from where you maybe
wouldn't necessarily want to,
but it's out of necessity.
NARRATOR: New Song Community
Church pastor Joe Cole
heard about "Helping the Home
Front" and asked CBN to help.
We agreed.
JOE COLE: What you guys have
done for Rachel and Aaron,
it's game-changing stuff.
It's life-changing.
It's not, hey, we gave
them a bag of food
and so this week they're good.
I mean, you guys have
changed their course.
NARRATOR: Pastor Joe told
the couple the good news.
JOE COLE: You've talked
about new tires for your car.
So that's a done deal.
We're paying for that.
So you're riding on four
brand new tires, no slipping
and sliding.
You're safe and
the kids are safe.
But it's more than that.
So from here today we're going
to go down to Cornerstone Auto.
We have all of this worked out.
And we're going to
take both of your cars
and we're going
to drop them off,
and they are going
to fix everything.
So, like air conditioner and
this, and all that stuff.
Yeah, air conditioner--
woo, thank you, Jesus!
That's all getting fixed.
That's all getting done.
We're going to do that today.
Then we're going to
go to Babies R Us--
Oh, no.
--and we're going
to buy everything.
We're going to buy
everything you guys need.
So tonight when you go home, you
will go to bed saying, honey,
we don't need anything else
for the baby or for the kids.
It is all done.
And we love you very much.
Oh, thank you.
Love you too.
Yes!
JOE COLE: Let's go shopping!
I love you!
JOE COLE: Let's go shopping!
NARRATOR: The couple
headed to Cornerstone Auto
to drop off the cars.
Then they went shopping
to get what they needed.
This family can now focus
on building their savings
for the future, thanks to
"Helping the Home Front."
It's definitely a
blessing, and I really
hope that they continue with
helping military families.
Thank you!
Thank you!