Care Packages and Thank-You Notes for our Troops in Afghanistan

self | 7-3-04 | patriciaruth

[Indy Pendance]

Here's a neat story. My daughter is a cosmotologist. She gives soldiers a hair cut (free) all the time on barracks instead of them going somewhere else. They always give her money because the going rate is $5 per haircut (they give her at least 7-8 dollars per cut, they need a cut about once per week depending on how their hair grows), and she does it right in their rooms. She's been saving up her haircut money, plus tips, and is planing on buying the guys a tv and dvd player. PS, don't tell them...

[patriciaruth]

Hi! How are the Jedis?

For everyone's information, 2Jedismom was the hardest working care package sender to our chaplain contacts at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo in 2001 and early 2002.

We sent over 150 movies and over 10,000 pieces of candy and hundreds of candy bars to the 101st Airborne and the 10th Mountain that were successively stationed there.

Both those groups ended up in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I wonder if any of them remember the movies and the Snickers at Camp Bondsteel, or the 218 long silk scarves we sent for those pulling Christmas duty in 2001?

[patriciaruth]

Wonderful story!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Thank you for this, IP


'Mansions of the Lord'


is now


'The REAGAN Recessional'


forever

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[Indy Pendance]

It's her little way and she's a soldier as well, but, it's no sweat for her to give them a buzz cut. (She's really talented at cosmotology (lord knows I paid for it!), but the army had more of a pull than doing blue hairs) She told me she's averaging 10-15 cuts per week. She refuses to spend the soldiers money, wants to give them something in return. (her battalion is heading to Iraq in January)

[patriciaruth]

We sent over 9 hours of tapes of President Ronal Reagan's funeral ceremonies and processions to Bagram.

For many of us familiar with old hymns and "In the Mansions of the Lord", it turned into an emotional singalong.

[patriciaruth]

Let me know when she goes and I'll put her on my daily prayer list.

It may be very dicey there as they go into their first real elections.

[Indy Pendance]

I have it playing in the background almost always when I'm freeping. I'm a music fanatic, (played cello in my younger years) and this song is so moving. Remember the candle bearers at the end of the funeral cermony? This was the song. It's well written, it will go down as a classic in music history.

[TexasCowboy]

Pat, this is a wonderful thing you have started.
I'll help all I can.

There are several of us in the Houston area who pick up used playing cards from Harrah's in Louisiana to be given to various VA Hospitals around Texas.
We have several hundred decks now which haven't been distributed yet.
If any of your contacts know of a VA Hospital that needs playing cards, let me know, and I'll get them there.

I'll send a small box of them with my next mail to you.

[Indy Pendance]

Can you add me to your prayer list? It's probably not until January until she goes. But, I will try to pray for others. Thanks so much. It's all tentative right now, her schedule, you know the military.... I'm going to brag here....

I'm so proud of my daughter, I'm just bursting. I've met many of her new friends, some are in Iraq or Afgansitan, some are in Korea, or Europe... No matter who've I've met, they all are great kids. One just called tonight. His 18th birthday is in 10 days, he just finished basic and Tuesday will start AIT. He's in Oklahom. He's doing good, happy and healthy.

These soldiers protecting our freedom are teenagers and young adults. I'm so proud of them! These are my children.

At anytime, any soldier is welcome to have r&r at my house. This is an open door policy to any military person anywhere. Any soldier is welcome here, anytime.

[patriciaruth]

contact TruthNtegrity who goes to Walter Reed and Bethesda fairly often.

[patriciaruth]

Talk with you later. Hubby calls.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Bumpity, bump!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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No wonder...


MEL's -PASSION- was Sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39081



http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
(Paramount Pictures Website)

http://www.ThePassionoftheChrist.com
(ICON Productions Website)


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[Mo1]

WOW .. what a great post

Thanks for sharing with us all

[Indy Pendance]

She's thinking maybe January or February. Thanks for caring, definately I'll let you know.

[asgardshill]

Still looking to get Office Space, Hidalgo, U571, Finding Nemo, Ants, Sea of Love, Chocolat, Three Kings, Hunt for Red October.

I have and would be happy to send you copies of Office Space, U571, Finding Nemo, Three Kings, and Hunt for Red October. Also, would you like Seasons 5 and 6 of the TV series Stargate SG-1 (both 5-disk sets) and some other movies and TV shows? Just Freepmail me where you want everything sent.

I'll try my best tomorrow to get the other movies you mentioned, but I know for sure I have the ones I've mentioned so far.

What you are doing to coordinate all of this is fantastic. Thank you.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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American Soldiers fighting...
For the Freedom of Others,
Those who train them and...
Those who wait for them...
To come home...
or not...
are...



......HOLY..!!!



Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965

(Photos)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set2.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set3.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm

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[Indy Pendance]

Excellent pics! I have a ton of my kid, I just need a web site. Thanks so much for sharing! I'll get around to the web site soon! I'm such a geek, you'd think I'd have done it by now...

[bellas_sister]

Look at post #4