The principal of my old school just sent out an email. It contains a link to a story that ESPN wrote about one of our former students, Jeremiah Homuth.

I remember when I received a different email about Jeremiah two years ago. We had just found out that his unit in Afghanistan had been hit by a grenade. Jeremiah sustained very serious injuries. The email asked us all to keep Jeremiah in his prayers.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of the Army, Jeremiah is not the only one who needs our prayers.

• 158,000 sons and daughters are currently deployed in the war with Iraq
• 395,000 sons and daughters who have children of their own have been deployed since March 2005 to both Iraq and Afghanistan
• 3,988 sons and daughters have been killed
• 29,395 sons and daughters have been wounded

Jeremiah was a great kid. He is an incredible young man. He deserves to have his story told.