Military Man in Iraq with very sick wife at home

[cowtown tider]

I was forwarded the following email message at work from a co-worker. This poor guy has a terminally ill wife at home, and he is in Iraq. Please pray for this family.

Prayer Request

PLEASE read this. IT MUST BE TERRIBLY DIFFICULT TO BE IN IRAQ WITH
A SICK WIFE AT HOME.

Bobby S. Briggs, MSgt, USAF
823 ESFS/SFOC
Flight Sergeant
BAGHDAD AB, IRAQ
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Tough times don't last... Tough people do !!!
My name is Gary Hogan. Some of you receiving this know me, some do not.
My wife, Cindy, is 32 years old and has just been diagnosed 3 days ago
with stage 4 cervical cancer and her chances for survival are very
slim. She was pregnant with our second child and had miscarried recently at 3
months, and now we know why. This is a request for you to forward this e-mail
to everyone you know asking for prayer. The more people that pray for her
to be healed, the better. Pray and forward. It only takes a second
to hit "forward".Please do it and don't delete this, your prayer will
save her life. Please pray and ask everyone you know to pray for the HEALING of
Cindy, removal of all cancer in her body so she may enjoy all that
life has to offer, and to continue to be the wonderful mother to our 5 year old
son, Michael. !

The power of Prayer is unsurpassed I want the whole world to have her
in their prayers the next few weeks. God will hear our cry. Please do not
be offended by my plea. This is only a request for your help.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading this and helping with
our request for healing. No words can express the power we have when we
each do a little to come together.

Regards,
Cindy's in-love husband -
Gary

Thank you, and please send it to the far reaches of our world.

 

[Bevoette]

How sad...

Prayers for all. I will pray the military could find a way to send him home before she dies.

 

[Engelke]

prayers

 

[Anonymous]

Comments: False. I hate to break it to you, but "Gary Hogan" isn't a U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq. His alleged wife, "Cindy Hogan," isn't suffering from cervical cancer. The fact is, neither of these people really exist.

The text above is just the latest and most cynical revision of a real prayer request authored three years ago by a man named Gary Hogman, whose wife, Cindy Hogman, used to have cervical cancer, but, as of last report, is in remission. Forwarding this outdated, error-filled message serves no good purpose.

Pass that on.




Email This Article

Further reading:

Gary Hogan/Cindy Hogan Prayer Request
Earlier versions of the same erroneous, outdated chain letter

 

[hornpharmd]

am I missing something? Why would someone send out a fake prayer request? I just don't get it....