Father Stephen Gadberry

So then in the military, Germany, I get that freedom. It was really cool. Just right out of training, I got a car, and I did a— Quality control. When people were PCSing, I would go and be the liaison between the German moving company and the troops just to make sure everything was going well. That was cool.

So then in the military, Germany, I get that freedom. It was really cool. Just right out of training, I got a car, and I did a— Quality control. When people were PCSing, I would go and be the liaison between the German moving company and the troops just to make sure everything was going well. That was cool.

So then in the military, Germany, I get that freedom. It was really cool. Just right out of training, I got a car, and I did a— Quality control. When people were PCSing, I would go and be the liaison between the German moving company and the troops just to make sure everything was going well. That was cool.

Got to drive all over Germany, meet all kinds of people from E1s to OTNs and everything in between. So that was fun. That gave me a lot of time alone, a lot of time in the car. I'd pray, just drive in silence, just think. God really started working on me then. How? How? Silence. I just shut the hell up and then, like, 4-4-4. I became aware of all these little bitty things around me.

Got to drive all over Germany, meet all kinds of people from E1s to OTNs and everything in between. So that was fun. That gave me a lot of time alone, a lot of time in the car. I'd pray, just drive in silence, just think. God really started working on me then. How? How? Silence. I just shut the hell up and then, like, 4-4-4. I became aware of all these little bitty things around me.

Got to drive all over Germany, meet all kinds of people from E1s to OTNs and everything in between. So that was fun. That gave me a lot of time alone, a lot of time in the car. I'd pray, just drive in silence, just think. God really started working on me then. How? How? Silence. I just shut the hell up and then, like, 4-4-4. I became aware of all these little bitty things around me.

And it would be little affirmations. I can't even think of a concrete example right now, but it was just peace. I experienced a peace. You shut the chaos off around you and my soul could breathe a little bit. And I fell in love with that. So I wanted to do it more and more and more and spend more time in silence. And... Eventually got transferred out of that into the cargo side of this office.

And it would be little affirmations. I can't even think of a concrete example right now, but it was just peace. I experienced a peace. You shut the chaos off around you and my soul could breathe a little bit. And I fell in love with that. So I wanted to do it more and more and more and spend more time in silence. And... Eventually got transferred out of that into the cargo side of this office.

And it would be little affirmations. I can't even think of a concrete example right now, but it was just peace. I experienced a peace. You shut the chaos off around you and my soul could breathe a little bit. And I fell in love with that. So I wanted to do it more and more and more and spend more time in silence. And... Eventually got transferred out of that into the cargo side of this office.

And that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that because I drove a big forklift every day, worked in the warehouse. We were knuckleheads. There was a big tire that we were shipping one day. My dumb ass got into it and convinced the other guys to roll me around the warehouse. I was rolling around. The chief comes out and just chews us out. It was one of those things where he could—

And that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that because I drove a big forklift every day, worked in the warehouse. We were knuckleheads. There was a big tire that we were shipping one day. My dumb ass got into it and convinced the other guys to roll me around the warehouse. I was rolling around. The chief comes out and just chews us out. It was one of those things where he could—

And that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed that because I drove a big forklift every day, worked in the warehouse. We were knuckleheads. There was a big tire that we were shipping one day. My dumb ass got into it and convinced the other guys to roll me around the warehouse. I was rolling around. The chief comes out and just chews us out. It was one of those things where he could—

Like we were good troops. We worked hard, but we just did, just did that kind of stuff. So he, he yelled at us, but he wasn't too mad. I remember one time we, uh, this kind of guy, chief was like, um, I got in a box and he called this emergency meeting for the whole flight and they all came down. I was in this cargo box. No, you know, nobody knew he did.

Like we were good troops. We worked hard, but we just did, just did that kind of stuff. So he, he yelled at us, but he wasn't too mad. I remember one time we, uh, this kind of guy, chief was like, um, I got in a box and he called this emergency meeting for the whole flight and they all came down. I was in this cargo box. No, you know, nobody knew he did.

Like we were good troops. We worked hard, but we just did, just did that kind of stuff. So he, he yelled at us, but he wasn't too mad. I remember one time we, uh, this kind of guy, chief was like, um, I got in a box and he called this emergency meeting for the whole flight and they all came down. I was in this cargo box. No, you know, nobody knew he did.

And, uh, so in the middle of his briefing, I jumped out and scared everybody. I was kind of, we would, um, sometimes we would have cargo to take to the, to the airport. And, uh, It would be like we'd have to take it on the forklift as one of these big center pivot, you know, 10K, 10,000-pound forklift. So we'd drive across the base to drop the cargo off.

And, uh, so in the middle of his briefing, I jumped out and scared everybody. I was kind of, we would, um, sometimes we would have cargo to take to the, to the airport. And, uh, It would be like we'd have to take it on the forklift as one of these big center pivot, you know, 10K, 10,000-pound forklift. So we'd drive across the base to drop the cargo off.

And, uh, so in the middle of his briefing, I jumped out and scared everybody. I was kind of, we would, um, sometimes we would have cargo to take to the, to the airport. And, uh, It would be like we'd have to take it on the forklift as one of these big center pivot, you know, 10K, 10,000-pound forklift. So we'd drive across the base to drop the cargo off.

But me and my buddies, we would have a competition to see who could take the longest route back. So we would be driving back to the housing area of the base on the big forklift.

But me and my buddies, we would have a competition to see who could take the longest route back. So we would be driving back to the housing area of the base on the big forklift.