My Miracle Marine - Hardcover

Connie McClellan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979876206 ISBN 13: 9780979876202

Publisher: Divine Word Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

In June 2005, 19-year-old Marine Lance Corporal, John McClellan, deployed to Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Five months later, while on duty as a machine gunner, Lcpl. McClellan was shot twice in the same arm -- in the same week! The injuries he sustained were viewed as miraculously minor. The first, an enemy AK-47 bullet, ricocheted off the humvee turret and embedded in his right wrist. Six days later, he was shot a second time, again, an enemy AK-47 bullet, except this bullet entered and exited the upper portion of his right arm. Neither injury hit...nor hurt...anything! Within two weeks after the second injury Lcpl. McClellan bravely returned to the turret. On September 11, 2006, McClellan deployed to Haditha, Iraq, where fifteen days later, while on patrol, he sustained an enemy sniper shot through his head. His head injury was so severe the doctor told his parents via phone that night, If he survives the brain swelling, he will not be the same...and will more than likely be a vegetable. From the moment of that every parents worst nightmare call, John s mother, Connie McClellan, launched a continuous flow of emails to family and friends, requesting prayer, announcing answers to prayer, and updating everyone on John s condition. My Miracle Marine is a compilation of those emails which created a journal describing the chain of events leading to John s amazing recovery. Also included are emails from John s comrades, still in Iraq, giving an account of the battles they endured, physically and emotionally. Complimenting the email journal are narratives by Connie McClellan describing other incredible events the family experienced during John s recovery. Especially valuable were the continuous divinely orchestrated coincidences which she has since dubbed Godsidences. It was as though God was wrapping his arms around her, ministering, I m still here; I will not leave you or forsake you. My Miracle Marine is a story of a mother s faith, of prayer, of a young Marine s valiant fight for recovery and most importantly, of God s miracle working power. Further, My Miracle Marine is a story of hope...for everyone.

About this title

About the Author:

Connie McClellan lives in Columbia, MO with her husband, Carl. Connie was born in Quincy, IL and moved to Columbia, MO in 1978. Two weeks after arriving she met Carl. Carl and Connie married in May, 1982 and four years later gave birth to their son, John. The rest, as they say, is history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Divine Word Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0979876206
• ISBN 13: 9780979876202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Arc, Her-Ellison, Inc.