Gary John Homuth

Gary John Homuth, a respected service man, a deeply loved husband, an adored father, a beloved son, brother, and friend…..

"My name is Staff Sergeant Gary J. Homuth from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado. I've been in the Air Force since September 03, 2002 as a member of the 460th Security Forces Squadron. I've been to Iraq 2 Xs at Kirkuk Air Base for over 6 months each visit. I'm sure I'll end back up in that country before this thing is through. Being over there was a complete eye opener and actually led me to God. After seeing over 200 rocket and mortar attacks my first trip I realized that when these things would hit they would blow, unless they were around us Americans. I thought at first that maybe it was just a group of sympathizers shooting them for money, but not arming them, or maybe they just didn't know how to arm them. But this was proven false after meeting one of the terrorists involved in the attacks on our base. One night posted in a tower on the east side of the base, facing the city, I was watching the city and curfew was about to come into effect when I hear a pop and then time slowed down... I actually watched a rocket come streaming into the sky and right at my tower. I froze and kept thinking, get down, get down, get down, but my body just ignored me and watched this rocket as the smoke trailed like an arrow lead with an orange glow to my tower. Then at the last second, looked like no more than 10 feet (I could feel the wind gust from the rocket) and the rocket changed direction and we never heard it land and we couldn't find it afterward either. Long story short, from that day I realized that something out there was protecting us from these things and I was led to my bible that I was given prior to the deployment. I have been on fire for the word and for the things of God ever since. I currently am a member of Praise Church in Littleton, Colorado."

"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:" Revelation 1:17

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