Immediate Prayer Request.......(Chad Field US Army)
Body: PRAYER CHAIN FOR CHAD FIELD (From his mother) Please don't break this prayer chain.

My son has been shot in Falujah. I wanted to get everyone to pray for my son Chad. Today, Sunday, I got a call from the Army that my son had been shot in the head. I am asking for all your prayers. He was in a Humvee going through Falujah fighting and a gang of militia fighters fired on the Humvee and hit Chad in the head. The driver got him out of the city and took him to Baghdad . He was in fatal condition, but now has been upgraded to stable critical.

His dad and I are on standby to fly to Washington then on to Germany as soon as the military calls us to go. The Army is trying to stabilize him enough to fly to Germany and at that time we will leave.

Please pray that my son will not have brain damage and that he will be restored and healed by the blood of Jesus, and the grace of God. I ask for you to pass this prayer request on so there will be many prayer warriors praying for him.

Thank you so much and I will try to keep you updated on his condition.

God Bless,

Vicky Field

Granbury, Texas

Please pray for this young soldier and please pass this request along to other prayer warriors

Oh my. How tragic. I will surely pray for him, and for your strength while traveling to be with him. May God wrap His loving arms around all of you and give you comfort and peace.

Our prayer circle continues for all our soldiers and their families. Chad's name will be added to it. God bless.

Good News! My sister just sent me this info. Please check out the links below:

www.brandonblog.com/files/2005_01_06_archive.html

Further:

"In May 2005, the Hood County News reported that Chad's injury was fortunately less severe than initially thought, and that he was making a rapid recovey:
Six months after Army Specialist Chad Snowden received a near fatal head wound fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, he is making plans to enter the University of Texas in Austin. Six months ago, Nov. 13, 2004, a sniper's bullet hit Snowden just above and behind the left eyebrow. It exited the right side.

Because only a small part of the brain was damaged or destroyed, Snowden did not lose his mobility, nor senses, only some of his mental capabilities.

Recovery continued to be rapid. In weeks he was ready to be transferred to a military rehabilitation trauma brain injury hospital. His transfer from Walter Reed Hospital to the needed rehabilitation center was being delayed, possibly for months, by the overload of paperwork required for transfers. Snowden’s mother, Vicki Field, was in Washington with her son. The prospect on his needed treatment being delayed ignited her into action.

Because of Field’s driving concern for her son, she has been employed by the Department of Defense in a new operation to see that no severely wounded and disabled veterans or survivors are not [sic] lost in the paper shuffle. She is the Texas Advocate for Support of Severely Injured Military Residing in Texas. What she does is seek out wounded and injured veterans and families needing available assistance from government agencies and communities - snope"

"God is good, my dear big sister. Please continue with your prayer circle."

www.soldiersangelsnetwork.com

I'm so confused...I thought this just happened. It was a bulletin on myspace and I thought it would get around faster if I posted it here.

Hi, Jackie:

The news is actually very current. Different names but same circumstances, if not even worse to Chad's. All needing our prayers. What you have posted serves as a reminder and brings forward present realities that we have our soldiers there and many get hurt. It is just wonderful that Chad's story ended up well. Many have not. God bless.

I will keep Chad and his family in my prayers.
Donna