Men of Valor

Invitation

In 2014, I walked along the 5-mile Omaha beach on the 70th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1940, 34,000 Americans came ashore. Around 2400 of 10,000 D-Day casualties occurred on the Omaha Beach. It is an astonishing place to reflect, with the imposing concrete bunkers still on the beachhead. It is a journey every man should take.

If you discover what you are willing to die for, you will also know what to live for. Ultimately, Christ fought for every man, and now we learn to fight for him. This trek will be built around teaching and discussion on true discipleship.

This fast-paced journey begins in London, where you visit the D-Day beaches and follow the Allies’ journey to liberate Europe. St Mari Eglise is the small Normandy town where paratroopers rained down into battle on D-Day. One paratrooper’s parachute was caught on the steeple. He played dead and watched the battle through the night. The journey will go into Belgium, visiting locations from the Battle of the Bulge and a short flight to Berlin to close out the trip.

While the team visits key sites, it will engage in the scriptural narrative of being a man of God. There is something far more significant than possessions and prosperity. Freedom of thought, freedom to choose, and freedom to worship are some of the reasons thousands of men ran the beaches on D-Day.

Each guy should travel light and bring a small bible. We will provide you with a pencil and journal. While on the journey, we plan to share Christ with people we will meet along the way.

-Gary Witherall

Operation Mobilization