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n 1998 an 8.2 earthquake corner of the building, he rushed breaking out, explo-
almost flattened Armenia, there and started digging through sions are happening
Ikilling over 30 000 people in the rubble. everywhere. You're in
less than four minutes. As he was digging, other forlorn danger. We'll take care
In the midst of utter devastation parents arrived, clutching their of it. Go home." To
and chaos, a father left his wife hearts, saying: "My son!" "My which this loving, caring
securely at home and rushed to daughter!" Other well-meaning Armenian father asked,
the school where his son was parents tried to pull him away "Are you going to help
supposed to be, only to discover from what was left of the school, me now?”
that the building was as flat as a saying: The police came and
pancake. "It's too late!" said, "You're angry,
After the traumatic initial shock, "They're dead!" distraught and it's over.
he remembered the promise he "You can't help!" You're endangering
had made to his son: "No matter "Go home!" others. Go home. We'll
what, I'll always be there for "Come on, face reality, there's handle it!" To which he replied, scared, hungry, thirsty and
you!" And tears began to fill his nothing you can do!" "Are you going to help me now?" thankful you're here. When the
eyes. As he looked at the pile of "You're just going to make things No one helped. building collapsed, it made a
debris that once was the school, worse!” Courageously he proceeded wedge, like a triangle, and it
it looked hopeless, but he kept To each parent he responded with alone because he needed to know saved us." "Come on out, boy!"
remembering his commitment to one line: "Are you going to help for himself: "Is my boy alive or is "No, Dad! Let the other kids out
his son. me now?" he dead?" first, because I know you'll get
He began to concentrate on And then he proceeded to dig for He dug for eight hours ... 12 hours me! No matter what, I know you'll
where he walked his son to class his son, stone by stone. ... 24 hours ... 36 hours ... Then, in be there for me!"
at school each morning. The fire chief showed up and tried the 38th hour, he pulled back a http://www.all-creatures.org/
Remembering his son's class- to pull him away from the school's boulder and heard his son's stories/fatherspromise.html
room would be in the back right debris, saying, "Fires are voice. He screamed his son's In the same way, our Heavenly
name, "ARMAND!" He heard Father will always be there for
back, "Dad!?! It's me, Dad! I told us!
the other kids not to worry. I told “...for He [God] Himself has said,
them that if you were alive, you'd I will not in any way fail you nor
save me and when you saved me, give you up nor leave you
they'd be saved. You promised, without support. [I will] not, [I
'No matter what, I'll always be will] not, [I will] not in any degree
there for you!' You did it, Dad!” leave you helpless nor forsake
“What's going on in there? How is nor let [you] down (relax My hold
it?" the father asked. "There are on you)! [Assuredly not!]"
14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We're (Hebrews 13:5, Amplified Bible).
