Prayer Request for Our Fast: SFC Jon Salva
Brothers, as we enter this fast, please pray for SFC Jon Salva, a Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning. Jon is an incredibly fit man and an ultramarathoner, which makes what is happening all the more mysterious. A few weeks ago, he was medevaced to Walter Reed after multiple unexplained cardiac arrest events. On one occasion, his wife, Kimberly, had to perform CPR to resuscitate him. The doctors have been dumbfounded. It appears to involve the electrical signals of his heart not firing correctly, but they still do not have clear answers. The Ranger Regiment chaplain asked me to check on one of his Rangers, so I went to Walter Reed and met Jon and Kimberly. I asked if they would like to learn more about the story of God, and they both said yes. I shared the story using the Three Circles, and they were deeply impacted. They had never heard the story presented the way we are learning it here in Forge Tribe—as one unified story God is writing from Genesis to Revelation, with Jesus as the Hero. Afterward, Jon told me he wanted to learn more, so I came back, gave him a Bible and some resources, and he has since been listening to The Legend of Messiah, the story we walked through inside The Crucible. Since then, Jon has had several more cardiac arrest events. Today, they are flying him to Vanderbilt, where one of the world’s leading heart specialists in this area will see him. Jon gave me permission to share this prayer request and the picture with you all. Please pray: -That the doctors would discover exactly what is happening and provide the treatment needed to fix it. -That God would heal Jon’s heart. -That Jon and Kimberly would continue learning the story of God and come to full faith, belief, and surrender to Jesus our Messiah. -That God would strengthen and protect Kimberly as she walks through this with him. -That God would care for and provide for their three children back at Fort Benning, all under the age of 11. Brothers, as we fast, let’s carry Jon, Kimberly, and their children before the Father.