Sometimes during or after certain photo-shoots i’ll be impacted in ways that I wasn’t expecting. And first let me say (if I haven’t before) that I’m not a writer, but I wanted to share this story with you guys.

It all started with running sound for the Christian Wrestling Federation (CWF)… yeah, you read that right. I met Jason back in 1999-ish. Back then he was jumping from the second story to crush tables stacked on top of each other during our “wrestling production”. Since then that same kid has grown up into a husband and father of 4 amazing boys… They are affectionally known as The Army of Allmans. (Side note… you should bookmark this site, Lanessa is a powerful woman of God and you need to read about her journey)

Where this magnitude of this particular shoot hit me was when I started reflecting on the journey that Jason is about to set out on. You see he just finished certification & schooling to be a Black Hawk pilot. He’s leaving tomorrow (July 13th) on a year long deployment to Afghanistan.

As a father of two girls myself… I can’t imagine what the whole family is going through. This I know… they are stronger than I could ever hope to be and trust whole heartedly in God. I feel it such an privilege to know a man like Jason… he IS a true example of loving and honorable husband & father.

I know that technology these days will allow for them to talk while he’s gone… but these pictures will be plastered in his bunk and in his helicopter. These photographs (among others they’ve collected over the years) will be in the hearts of family members that are stateside while he’s serving our country on the other side of the planet.

I not trying to “toot” my own horn at all – for those of you who know me know I’m not trying to promote myself here. But this is a true example of why I do what I do.

Please join in with me in praying for the Allmans and their families during this time – I know that they covet your prayers!!