FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 07 November 08

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

WINGS OF FREEDOM

The Blue Angels perform at the 2008 Wings of Freedom Air Show at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 25, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

WHEN I GROW UP...

A young boy plays with his Blue Angel model plane at the 2008 Wings of Freedom Air Show on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 25, 2008, where the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels precision air team performed. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles

HANGING ON

U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Robertson clutches the side of the plane in order to film members of the Gold Team while they jump, at Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 8, 2008. Robertson is a demonstration parachutist and videographer assigned to the U.S. Army Golden Knights. U.S. Army photo by Lacey Justinger

The Caissons Go Rolling Along

Anchors Aweigh

Marines' Hymn

Wild Blue Yonder

Semper Paratus

AIR FORCE REMAINS PERFECT AT 8-0

Air Force Academy goalie Andrew Volkening looks to make one of his 52 saves in the series as Air Force defeated Bentley College 5-1 in an Atlantic Hockey Association game Oct. 31 at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. The next evening, the Academy skaters defeated Bentley 8-2, giving them a perfect 8-0 start, which ties a school record set in 1971-72. Air Force currently is ranked 14th in the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

U.S., AUSTRALIAN TEAM CONDUCTS MEDICAL MOVEMENT IN ANTARCTICA

An LC-130 Hercules sits on an improvised ice runway at Davis Station, Antarctica, Nov. 3. A U.S. and Australian medical team moved an injured Australian civilian aboard the aircraft from the camp to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, Nov. 5. The mission was flown as part of Operation Deep Freeze, commanded by U.S. Pacific Command's Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica at Hickam Air Force, Hawaii. (Courtesy photo)

Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean

Down In The Valley

Home On The Range

When I First Came To This Land

This Is My Country

STRINGENT TRAINING REGIMEN MAINTAINS SEALs' FIGHTING EDGE

A Navy SEAL instructor watches as BUD/S students participate in surf drill training at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric S. Logsdon

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DELTA LAUNCH

A Delta II rocket successfully launches at 7:28 p.m. from the Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif, Oct. 24, 2008. The rocket took off carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed 3 satellite. U.S. Air Force photo

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[ConorMacNessa]

In!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[PERKY2004]

[MS.BEHAVIN]

IN!

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi Kathy! thanks for tonite's thread!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lady Ms.B.!

*BOW*

How fare thee this eventide?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up.

[swmobuffalo]

Evening

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Hope - another great Pledge! Thanks very much!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[The Mayor]

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November 7, 2008

Waiting

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READ: Psalm 70

Make haste to help me, O Lord! —Psalm 70:1

Make haste to help me, O Lord!” the psalmist David prayed (Ps. 70:1). Like him, we don’t like to wait. We dislike the long lines at super-market checkout counters, and the traffic jams downtown and around shopping malls. We hate to wait at the bank or at a restaurant.

And then there are the harder waits: a childless couple waiting for a child; a single person waiting for marriage; an addict waiting for deliverance; a spouse waiting for a kind and gentle word; a worried patient waiting for a diagnosis from a doctor.

What we wait for, however, is far less important than what God is doing while we wait. In such times He works in us to develop those hard-to-achieve spiritual virtues of meekness, kindness, and patience with others. But more important, we learn to lean on God alone and to “rejoice and be glad” in Him (v.4).

F. B. Meyer said, “What a chapter might be written of God’s delays! It is the mystery of the art of educating human spirits to the finest temper of which they are capable. What searchings of heart, what analyzings of motives, what testings of the Word of God, what upliftings of soul. . . . All these are associated with those weary days of waiting, which are, nevertheless, big with spiritual destiny.”

Be still, My child, and know that I am God!
Wait thou patiently—I know the path you trod.
So falter not, nor fear, nor think to run and hide,
For I, thy hope and strength, am waiting by thy side. —Hein

God stretches our patience to enlarge our soul.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 28–30; Proverbs 14:12-24

[PERKY2004]

Thanks for the pledge!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren - nice to see you! Standing at attention for our National Anthem!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

Hello and good evening Y’all . . . Still in fighting mode here!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

It's Finally Friday

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[laurenmarlowe]

PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 5, 2008) Seaman Apprentice Jacob Halfen performs corrosion preventative maintenance aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 4, 2008) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Erik Brown and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Randy Flores participate in small arms live-fire training on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is underway in the Pacific Ocean preparing for a deployment scheduled for early next year. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Oct. 29, 2008) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Patricio Lanas, Personal Security, Detachment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, inspects all areas on a patrol in Sina District industrial area, Fallujah City, Iraq. Multi national force west commanding general and Iraqi police leaders are working together to assess the economic progress and to check on the financial expenditure within the Iraqi government. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you ConorMacNessa, it’s good to see you too! Standing there with ya!

It’s finally Friday, WOO HOO!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Connie! *HUGS* Nice to see you this evening!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!