Pray for Brooke

Tom and I learned this morning that our friend, Frankie Toner, was killed while serving our country in Afghanistan. He and his wife Brooke were married around the same time as Tom and I. We all met here in NY in the singles ward. We are so sad for Brooke and hope that you can all join us in praying for her and her family. I can't even imagine how difficult this must be for her--it just breaks my heart. Frankie was a great man. He and Brooke share a great love that could easily be seen when you were with them. We are so grateful that we had a chance to know and be friends with such a great person and such an amazing couple.

Here is Frankie and Brooke when we went out to dinner right before he left for Afghanistan in Oct. 2008.


Afghan soldier kills two coalition troops, U.S. says

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan soldier reportedly shot and killed two coalition service members in northern Afghanistan on Friday, U.S. forces in Afghanistan said.

The military, which calls the incident the first of its type "in recent memory," said the shooter also wounded another service member and then killed himself. A fourth service member appeared to be unharmed but was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.

The military passed along comments from Afghan Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak, who expressed his condolences for the service members killed and wounded. He said that he was "saddened and deeply regretful this tragedy occurred" and that the incident was under full investigation.

Wardak said that "it is too early to speculate, but the investigation will bear out the truth" and that "full corrective action will be taken."