Emill serves in the Army’s Special Forces. After nine months away from his wife and four kids, he transferred from Kentucky to North Carolina. During that time they were hit with a barrage of bills: car repairs, a broken washing machine, and ...
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- [Narrator] When Amildecided to enlist in the Army,
he went one step furtherand applied for Special Ops.
His wife Mariellie is proudher husband is a member
of such an elite team.
- I believe that he hasthe character to do it.
Because it is a higher level job,
it does require you know,
a person to have a strong faith,
and a strong character,
and strong morals.
- [Narrator] Amil insists it's Mariellie
that deserves the praise,
especially after his absence
during his recent nine months of training.
- What she does as far asholdin' down the fort is beyond
what I can expect.
- [Narrator] Managing thebudget for a family of six
on a soldier's paycheck isn't easy,
but it got even tougher whenEmil's car needed repairs
at the same time theirwasher needed to be replaced.
Then their son required eye surgery,
leaving them with $5,000
of out-of-pocket medical copays.
- It does stress me out sometimes
and it does make me feel worried.
While we do what we can,
in the meantime,
God is working something behind the scenes
and eventually what we're doing
and what he's doing comestogether to provide.
- [Narrator] The familyrecently transferred
from Fort Campbell, Kentucky
to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Their church in Kentuckycontacted Manna Church
near Fort Bragg and Helping the Home Front
to tell us the family wasnew in town and needed help.
Manna Pastor Michael Ramosmet them to introduce himself
and tell them CBN was buying them a washer
and paying to fix a Amil's car.
- That's really exciting.
- Is that a little bitof load comin' off now?
- Yes, surprised.
- Very grateful, very grateful.
Lost for words.
I don't know what to say,
but thank you.
- [Michael] And then the last thing.
We wanna reimburse you for the full amount
of $5,000 for the medical expenses
that you guys have incurred.
So Helping the HomeFront is gonna pitch in
and take care of that for you guys.
How do you guys feel about that?
- Wow.
- We're very thankful.
- That's, that's God, man.
I mean, thank you.
I mean,
we appreciate it.
We really do.
That's, that's huge.
- [Narrator] This couplecan now enjoy a fresh start
at their new duty station worry free.
- We can look up and smile,
you know,
and you know,
not have that burden anymore.
We're thankful foreverything that CBN has done
and the partners for supporting it.