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    Marching Orders
    Marching Orders
    Marching Orders
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    Marching Orders

    By Don Mance

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    Military service and life in the Kingdom of God have a great deal in common. The author explores some of the similarities by drawing on his own experiences in the United States Air Force and his life as a Christian.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Mance
    Release dateAug 2, 2015
    ISBN9781311369512
    Marching Orders
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    Don Mance

    Don Mance was born and raised in Albany, New York. He served in the United States Air Force from 1988-1992, in the Netherlands and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the end of the Cold War. Shortly after leaving the Air Force in 1992, Don gave his life to Jesus Christ. He has preached in several churches in Upstate New York and has also done a short term mission to the Dominican Republic. A unique set of circumstances immediately following September 11, 2001 thrust him into a role of spiritual leadership at work. It was this experience that compelled him to write God at Work: Sharing Christ on the Job. Don's second book, The Great Exchange, is an overview of the spiritual dynamics that result from a decision to live for Christ. In August 2014, The Great Exchange was translated and published in Dutch as De Grote Uitwisseling. Marching Orders is Don's third book and was released in August 2015. The book explores the parallels between Christian life and military life. Wee Forrest is Don's latest book. It is a loving tribute to his late father. Don's wife, Mandi, is originally from Glasgow, Scotland. They frequently travel there together.

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      Marching Orders - Don Mance

      Marching Orders

      Don Mance

      Copyright ©2015 by Don Mance

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      Cover Photo and Design by Mandi Mance

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      All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by Permission. All rights reserved.

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      Acknowledgements

      I dedicate this work to every man and woman who ever served in the United States military with honor. Thank you for sacrificing years of your lives and time with your families to keep me and other Americans safe. I extend a special word of thanks to the fallen men and women of the United States Armed Forces who were obedient to the call of duty and paid the ultimate price with their lives. I will never forget. May God richly bless, keep and comfort the loved ones you left behind.

      To Jesus – for Your glory

      Marching Orders

      By Don Mance

      Introduction

      On November 25, 1988 I left Albany, New York for Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. I was nineteen years old. I had signed up the previous February for a four-year term of enlistment in the United States Air Force.

      As it turned out, I served three and a half of those years. I was honorably discharged on May 29, 1992. It was during a time when the military was drawing down the size of the force. I had been accepted at a broadcasting school in Albany. So, based on mutual convenience, I was released from the remainder of my active duty military obligation about six months early.

      Shortly before I left the Air Force, extraordinary things were happening to my father back in Albany. God began to draw me through what He was doing

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