On Monday, February 7 at 7 p.m. (Community Room,
Rooms 10/14) LTC (Ret) U.S. Army Green Beret Perry Blackburn, an Afghanistan war veteran and brother-in-law of Deacon Mark Westendorf, will be speaking about the current great humanitarian need in Afghanistan. Perry started a nonprofit veteran network,
AFGfree.org, committed to rendering aid to the people who fought beside U.S. soldiers as interpreters, journalists, American citizens and support persons to the coalition forces who put their lives in danger to fight the global war on terrorism. Perry is committed to helping gain safe passage to resettlement for our Afghan partners left behind. Recently, the humanitarian crisis, and the lack of flight opportunities, have caused his network
AFGfree.org to pivot and provide food and shelter. With the help of Good Shepherd’s GS-SOS ministry, the Network has been able to stave off starvation for many partner families that are hunted by the Taliban for their association with the United States.
Perry spoke at a GS-SOS meeting at Good Shepherd many years ago and was well received. The GS-SOS ministry is opening up the opportunity for everyone to hear directly from Perry, who served in Afghanistan for 22 months, and has been in frequent contact with people in need on the ground in Afghanistan. LTC (Ret) U.S. Army Green Beret Perry Blackburn’s unit was featured in the movie,
12 Strong. Perry will also be available for questions.