Blessing the moose: Trooper's dream lives on in widow's ministry.

Robert43 · #1 26th August 2007, 04:18 AM

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine (AP) -- Personal tragedy set Kate Braestrup on her path to ministry.

Her husband, Maine State Police Trooper Drew Griffith, was killed in 1996 when a truck slammed into his cruiser about a mile from home, leaving Braestrup to raise their four young children by herself.

Although he was 15 years from retirement, Griffith's long-term plan was to attend seminary and pursue a second career as a minister. Braestrup took on that dream and went on to become chaplain of the Maine Warden Service, helping people who find themselves in the midst of sudden tragedy not unlike her own.

The 45-year-old Braestrup shows up at the scene of drownings, snowmobile crashes and search-and-rescue efforts for hunters and hikers lost in the woods, comforting survivors and sometimes the wardens themselves.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/war....ap/index.html

SeraphymCrashing · #2 26th August 2007, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Robert43

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine (AP) -- Personal tragedy set Kate Braestrup on her path to ministry.

Her husband, Maine State Police Trooper Drew Griffith, was killed in 1996 when a truck slammed into his cruiser about a mile from home, leaving Braestrup to raise their four young children by herself.

Although he was 15 years from retirement, Griffith's long-term plan was to attend seminary and pursue a second career as a minister. Braestrup took on that dream and went on to become chaplain of the Maine Warden Service, helping people who find themselves in the midst of sudden tragedy not unlike her own.

The 45-year-old Braestrup shows up at the scene of drownings, snowmobile crashes and search-and-rescue efforts for hunters and hikers lost in the woods, comforting survivors and sometimes the wardens themselves.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/war....ap/index.html

Way to pull yourself up by your braestrup.

Ok I apologize, that was terrible.