FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ August 1 2004

http://www.ifca.org/Chaplain/Military/Searle-Korea.htm ^ | Chaplain Tom Searle (USAF)

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	CHAPLAINS DIARY Chaplain Searle is deployed to OSAN AB, So. Korea for a year. He shared with me via email the following incident in the missionary ministry the Lord has given him in your Air Force. Please remember Tom in prayer as well as your other military chaplains who share similar opportunities to touch lives with the love of the Lord. I just got out of a counseling situation a few minutes ago that I wanted to share. A young man from the one of my squadrons just found out that his older brother hanged himself and the First Sergeant called to bring him by. As the young man and I were talking, I asked if he was feeling overwhelmed with emotion and grief. He said that this was not all he was dealing with. He continued to tell me that he has been back from his mid-tour leave for 6 days, and while he was home his wife told him that she wanted a divorce. They have two children. He also has a tumor that needs to be removed which is undergoing some testing, he is trying to cancel his follow-on assignment to Aviano so he can get back to the states and try to work through his family situation. That may or may not go through. He is also having trouble getting a promotion testing date. Needless to say, he said that everywhere he turns, there is no hope. I asked if he had turned upwards, and he nodded his head and said that's what he needed. I gave him a bible and when I asked if I could pray with him, he said "I really need it" and put his arms around me and cried on my shoulder as we prayed. His supervisor was in the office with us and cried also. These are tough blue collar men! What a privilege it is to stand in the place of Jesus and offer His compassion and hope to people who have nowhere else to turn. We have the truth, the light, the joy, the hope; but it seems that so often people are not willing to accept it until their pain drives them to it. Just a quick snapshot of how my day ended. God's blessings to you, Chaplain Tom Searle (USAF)

[Soaring Feather]

Happy One Year
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[stand watie]

she does have her own account & has had for a couple of years i think.

i just post for both of us when i'm the one at the keyboard, with her input (she's of course in the brace).

free dixie,sw

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[stand watie]

bump bttt!!!

[StarCMC]

Oh goody! Now she's just gotta come by the Canteen once in a while when she's up to it! :o)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Happy Freeperversary!!!!
;0)
(My second annivesary on FR was June 8th)
Ms.B

[BobbyK]

Happy, Happy, and many more.

[mylife]

Hallo everybody!

[windchime]

Hope you had a good Sunday, too, Kathy!

[tomkow6]

Thank you Fawnn, fir one of your WONDERFUL WooHoo's! & thank you, Fawnn's Mom, for the picture! LOL!

[Soaring Feather]

Hullo, mylife!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[tomkow6]

Hi, BobbyK!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[mylife]

are we all having a nice evening?

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Tonkin!

[Soaring Feather]

Yes, thank you albeit a quiet one. Watching Space Odyssey 2001... WOO HOO

[Soaring Feather]

Ya know, I am kinda spacey!

[tomkow6]

I'm watching a movie with an over abundance of socially redeeming features!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thanks Tonk, beautiful picture. Hello everybody.

[mylife]

I like quiet sundays.

I usually spend sunday afternoon up on the couch watching old movies as well.

Is 2001 on the toob?

I saw that film as a kid and was wowed...it was the first movie in my life to really make me think on a deep level.