There is war in so many parts of the world. And we hear so many stories what happens to the victims of war. That is horrible but is necessary for us to understand the consequences of war.

However, there is also the perspective of the soldiers who fight the war – and their loved ones at home. Natalie is a young Lutheran from the USA. Her boyfriend is an American soldier working as a medic in Iraq. On her blog on the website of the young adult ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America she writes about her feelings and how she tries to keep up a “normal” life in her context – even though fear is her constant companion.

Her life is certainly not comparable to the life of victims of war. But it shows that war is devastating – for everybody.