Military Tribute - PVT Micah Reuscher

Today's Military Tribute is for PVT Micah Reuscher. He is in Charlie Co along with my son, Joshua. His mother, Pam and I have become friends. We understand the hard moments. We understand the joyous tears over a two minute phone call and we "get it" when we feel like our insides are ripping apart because our son's smiles, voices, faces, demeanors and so much more are not within our grasp and certainly not within our soothing abilities and forevermore will be men, not the boys we let go of just weeks ago and it feels like an eternity. We have eleven days until we see them at their basic combat training Family Day.We might all breathe again correctly on that day....of course, it will be once we have our faces placed just at the right angle in the nook of their necks. mmmmm

PVT MICAH REUSCHER

Private Micah Reuscherwas born to Pam Slinger and she calls him her "miracle baby". He was born in Tampa, Florida and then moved to Waverly, Iowa.
"I could give you a long list of Micah's accomplishments, but none of them would even come close to helping you understand the kind of person he is. In order to help you know anything about him, I would have to tell you about his heart. Micah is my miracle baby. My oldest son was born severely handicapped and after extensive genetic testing, I was advised not to try to have more children. However, 5 years later I had Micah and he was perfectly healthy.

Pam says that when Micah was three years old he declared he was going to become a policeman, live next door to his mother and protect her and to this day he has never waivered from that pledge! His thoughtfulness and respect of not only his family but others is recognized in the fact that the relationships Micah has today, he has literally had since preschool. There is no limit to what he would not do for a loved one. He is fully loyal and committed to God, family and country. His mother, Pam, admits he is not perfect but says the one thing she can definitely attest to is that her son walks out his Christian faith.

I was touched by her words: "he treats others the way he wants to be treated, he does not anger easily, he does not boast, he is truly happy for the successes of others and not envious".I could be wrong, but it sure sounds like Micah is a 1st Corinthians 13:4 man. So glad to know they are still out there! PVT MICAH BEAUSCHER WE SALUTE YOU!!!!!



Pam recalls a letter recently where Micah mentioned that he missed the annual events at home (4th of July, the fair, etc) and then he said "That is just another things I gave up to do something great so I'm okay with it." In that statement, you can sum up Micah. He knows that what he is doing is bigger that himself and the sacrifices and the work are all worth it. Because ultimatly, being a cop and living next door to protect his mom isn't enough....now he's doing that very thing on a MUCH bigger scale! He's not content to just protect his mom. He's going to protect everyone! And he isn't going to wait for the threat to come to our doors, he's going to do what he can to keep the threat from ever getting CLOSE to our doors.

Some interesting facts about Micah:  He has always been very athletic and during his high school years he participated in basketball, soccer, cross country, baseball and football! Micah's goal has always been to be in law enforcement and more recently SWAT.  SWAT reqiored a degree om police science and a minimum of 4 years of military service to even qualify to apply.  Following his graduation from high school, he completed the first year of his degree and enlisted in the Army in February 2010, deciding to complete his education and military requirements simultaneously.  Micah left for BCT in June 2010 and he loves it!!

Sisters. will you join me in praying for Micah and his family?  I know I already feel safer knowing he is learning the skills to protect this great natiion and God has given him some wonderful skills in preparing his heart for the road ahead.  Godspeed, young hero, Godspeed!