Lt. Col. Kevin Jarrard’s words to God often come as a cry for help. “It has been out of sheer desperation that I am a man of prayer,” said Jarrard, a recipient of the Bronze Star for his service with the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq, a teacher of cadets at Riverside Military Academy and a father. Jarrard gave the keynote address Thursday morning at a National Day of Prayer observance hosted in Gainesville by The Fishermen, a local group of Christian businessmen.
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