They are happy boys and love playing in the backyard with their chickens or shooting imaginary terrorist with waterguns while crouching in the tomatoes!
Thanks for asking...they are my pride and joy.
Posted on 07/03/2004 5:35:38 PM PDT by patriciaruth
Our troop support group finally found a way to send care packages to our troops in Afghanistan, and I've received a couple letters this week requesting goodies. We're pretty excited about finally making contact, and are inviting others who want to show support to join us.
If you can't afford to contribute money or goods, the troops also really appreciate letters, cards and notes, and request your prayers for their safety and peace of mind.
The first set of care packages and thank you cards and notes that we sent to Afghanistan for the Fourth of July were received with joy and you can read about them on the second half of our last thread, Write a Thank You Note to a Soldier in Iraq this Memorial Day Weekend
We've been collecting goodies and contributions toward the next set of care packages to go to Afghanistan. Our contact there will send them to the troops at the outlying fire bases, and has requested toiletries, movies, paperback books, snacks, and games for them.
Also, there are ongoing requests from a group of soldiers near Kirkuk in Iraq for items for the poor village schools and children in the surrounding area, specifically elementary school supplies and children's toys and crayons 24 to a box are a special project of theirs.
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Actually, as a Radioman for then Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE in Vietnam, I was blessed to have him post some of my Vietnam Photos on his and JOE GALLOWAY's very popular...
'We Were Soldiers Once and Young'
...website.
They both guested over the Weekend on 'The Judicial Watch Report' Radio Show:
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1164717/posts
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!
I'm a Stargate SG-1 fan, and I've been wanting to send it...!
I'm hoping to get the first 3 seasons before I mail yours, but I'm working on a donor for seasons 1 & 2.
I'll FReepmail you directly.
Ohio's boy got back from Iraq a couple months ago. She will be able to empathize with you in all ways, both pride and fear and faith and simply missing them around the house.
Kayak lists the troops who need prayers almost every day on the Dose.
Stay in touch, please.
If you would, please ping me to those threads, I'd be interested. Thanks.
Life so changes when you have a child in the military.
Freepmail received and exchanged. The stuff is on its way, today (plus a few surprises).
But sis, the lessons I learned from you are what helped me send the 100+ care packages to Kandahar Afghanistan last year for the Hobbit Hole! The Hobbit Hole sent me literally thousands of dollars and never even knew the chaplain's name until he wrote them back.
Then, after our Afghanistan contact came home, I took the lessons I learned from you and passed then on to our new coordinator who had a son-in-law in Iraq...we are still sending to that platoon, even though the SIL is home.
And that's not all! I've trained countless freepers who have freepmailed me...they have a servicemember's address (cousin, nephew, niece), but don't know how to send a package!
Then, I've trained my parents and several of their friends!
The post office where I used to send to was always so tickled to see me coming and were so helpful that I baked them a batch of cookies!
I still send packages...to a friend in Afghanistan. About once a month. My current post office man has two sons serving and he always takes the time to talk to me about them.
I intend to get you something eventually and also continue helping out the Hobbit Hole.
This sounds like it's all about me, but really...it's all about you. Your influence back when we did the Kosovo care packages has had a ripple effect!
I was feeling discouraged once about my doctoring, and went to report for jury duty locally, not selected--but while in this not so large room I looked around and realized there were 3 people there whose lives I'd saved by timely or tricky diagnoses. It was very uplifting and encouraging, because ocassionally some escape your efforts, and you feel so bad about it, it overshadows all the good you forgot you'd done.
Anybody here who wants training to go independent, just talk to the Jedis' mom.
So how grown up are those boys now?
They are happy boys and love playing in the backyard with their chickens or shooting imaginary terrorist with waterguns while crouching in the tomatoes!
Thanks for asking...they are my pride and joy.
Did anyone in the service ever write to them?
I should get Matthew to write them a letter, huh?
thank you for the reminder - tell me what you need the most
I just received a thankyou letter from a FOB in Iraq...been doing this for a while now. I am in the middle of a flag exchange with the NCO of a powerplant shop for helo's...
Later
MD
How fabulous!
Chocolat and Sea of Love
Also, the only horror film I like is Sixth Sense. Anybody got that or another really good horror flick? The commander evidentally likes horror flicks.
Westerns we have only so far Open Range (Costner), Rio Bravo (John Wayne), and a sort of Western Last of the Dogmen in the works for Bagram. Any Western fans got a good film they can send or suggestion they can make?
Cheers!
Was it you two who started the Kosovo packages just before Christmas in, was it '99? My son and I so enjoyed putting together a package then. I need to get off line and get busy with it!!
BUMP
How about Books?
Books..are heavy. We send limited paperbacks. What titles are you looking at?
Here's a link to an early thread.
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