{"id":728,"date":"2015-09-03T13:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/community\/?p=728"},"modified":"2017-05-25T19:25:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T19:25:36","slug":"stories-of-fcm-brian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/community\/stories-of-fcm-brian\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of FCM: Brian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I served in the army four years in the 101<sup>st<\/sup> airborne, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> division. It\u2019s [hard]\u00a0over there. You get there and you can\u2019t imagine the shock of what happens. I think World War 3 is right around the corner.\u00a0I got the dragon tattoo to ward off evil.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another church referred us here. We come here because we need help with food and clothes for the kids.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Brian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-732\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"998\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg.jpg 998w, https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/20170523174422\/BrianHowardLeg-665x334.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Faith Community Ministries consists of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faith East<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faith West<\/a>\u00a0Community Centers. For more information about Faith East Community Center&#8217;s Food Pantry and Clothing Closet, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/community\/programs\/food_pantry_and_clothing_closet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I served in the army four years in the 101st airborne, 2nd division. It\u2019s [hard]\u00a0over there. You get there and you can\u2019t imagine the shock of what happens. I think World War 3 is right around the corner.\u00a0I got the dragon tattoo to ward off evil. Another church referred us here. We come here because&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/community\/stories-of-fcm-brian\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[23140],"tags":[23312],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stories of FCM: Brian - Faith Community Ministries Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/community\/stories-of-fcm-brian\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stories of FCM: Brian - Faith Community Ministries Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I served in the army four years in the 101st airborne, 2nd division. 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