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FReeper Canteen~Weekend In Washington, DC~August 25, 2005
August 24, 2005 | bentfeather Canteen Crew

Posted on 08/24/2005 7:09:50 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces today!


Good morning TROOPS!
A certain bird person went missing for a few days.
Here are some clues to her where abouts.


1) I hold the seat of power in my land.
2) The President of the United States has residence here.
3) It's not a State, but a District.
4) I saw the Viet Nam Wall and other monuments.
5) Poets gather there for Conventions!
6) Where was the Convention held??

Because our Military is strong, we are assured, that in America we can do our dreams.
Anyone may write, be free to travel, free to be what our heart desires.

bentfeather, read her poem in front of judges and sixty poets.
My poem did not win, but I won a door prize to return next year to compete again.

So what did we do the rest of the time??
There was live entertainment, dancing, dining, open mike reading, chatting and making new friends.
I now have friends from New Zealand.




~Tony Orlando & Dawn~Knock Three Times On the Ceiling~

Tony Orlando was our entertainment for Saturday night.
He is fabulous!
Tony Orlando is also, a big supporter of our TROOPS.



~Tony Orlando & Dawn~Sweet Gypse Rose~



~Percy Sledge~If You Don't Know Me By Now~




Click here to read the poem...


Click to see how Tony Orlando helps Veterans.


Okay, enough about me.
Now on with entertaining our TROOPS!
Thank You all for your service.
Without your volunteering to service our country, a trip as this might not be possible.


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To: bentfeather

Thank you! It is a pleasure to welcome another hero home! God bless them!


41 posted on 08/24/2005 7:43:25 PM PDT by luvie (A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
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To: trussell

Ronnie Milsap – What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life

Hi, T .. wanna dance? By request?

42 posted on 08/24/2005 7:43:53 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. " - Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding)
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To: AZamericonnie

Hi Connie!

Thank you for ~Tribute to Our Troops~.

Much appreciated.


43 posted on 08/24/2005 7:44:32 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: MoJo2001; The Sailor

Welcome home Sailor . . . and thank you for your service.


44 posted on 08/24/2005 7:44:40 PM PDT by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
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To: LUV W

Good one Luv...


45 posted on 08/24/2005 7:44:53 PM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Thanks for your flags and Ray singing that beautiful song! I just can't hear it enough!


46 posted on 08/24/2005 7:45:02 PM PDT by luvie (A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
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To: bentfeather; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All

Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (Aug. 23, 2005) - Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Jason Hauser, assigned to Patrol Squadron Four Seven (VP-47), replaces wiring on a P-3C Orion engine. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jennifer L. Bailey (RELEASED)

Jacksonville, Fla. (Aug. 22, 2005) - Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Justin Smith and Ordnanceman 3rd Class Angelina Casper watch the Common Rack and Launcher Test Set as they troubleshoot a BRU-15 bomb rack at Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) on board Naval Air Station Jacksonville. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Clarck Desire (RELEASED)

Caribbean Sea (Aug. 23, 2005) - Sailors take part in a 9mm live fire training exercise on the starboard aircraft elevator aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is currently in the Caribbean Sea conducting operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Pedro A. Rodriguez (RELEASED)

47 posted on 08/24/2005 7:45:18 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: bentfeather

Boo, sweetie! How are you?


48 posted on 08/24/2005 7:46:37 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. " - Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; ntnychik; devolve; Happy2BMe; Boazo; OXENinFLA; ...




WE PRAY FOR OUR LOVED ONES

We pray, oh Lord, for our loved ones
Far away from us now in a foreign land
Fighting to keep us safe, to keep our way of life.

Let freedom be the sacred promised word
Especially for those children
Now living in these times
Trapped in this violent storm
Called war and terror.

May they be given time to grow up in a world
That will offer them peace and freedom.
Let us now, oh Lord,

Stand firm and strong in our beliefs.

Let we not forget our duty to our homeland,
Our loved ones so far away from loving arms.

For in these, our darkest of days,
We shall endure. We shall stand tall.

We shall be strong. We shall carry on,
Keeping the memory of all those who have
Given their lives, fighting to keep freedom alive.

God Bless all men and women
Over in Iraq this night --
May God Bless and watch over them.
Amen.



Deus vobiscum



49 posted on 08/24/2005 7:47:32 PM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

 

 

I'd love to!

50 posted on 08/24/2005 7:48:45 PM PDT by trussell (Prayers for the children!)
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To: Smartass

Thanks!

51 posted on 08/24/2005 7:48:58 PM PDT by luvie (A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
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To: trussell; MoJo2001

Well, then okay! With thanks to MoJo, of course!


52 posted on 08/24/2005 7:49:29 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. " - Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding)
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To: Colonel_Flagg; MoJo2001

Thanks Sis!!


53 posted on 08/24/2005 7:50:49 PM PDT by trussell (Prayers for the children!)
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To: bentfeather

Evening Queenie! You went to DC? Way cool! I personally want to hear more about it!:) You look lovely lady! *Hugs*


54 posted on 08/24/2005 7:50:58 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Smartass
Beautiful, as usual, SA!


55 posted on 08/24/2005 7:54:04 PM PDT by luvie (A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
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To: bentfeather

Many thanks for hosting.
God Bless the Troops and all who support them.


56 posted on 08/24/2005 7:54:07 PM PDT by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Great pictures of our troops at work. Thank You.


57 posted on 08/24/2005 7:54:45 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather


August 25, 2005

Broken Cisterns

Read:
John 4:9-14

They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water. —Jeremiah 2:13

Bible In One Year: 1 Chronicles 10-13

cover Picture yourself swinging a pick, digging from dawn to dusk, chiseling a cistern out of the hard, unyielding stone. You stay on the job, working through the biting cold of winter and the blazing heat of summer.

After years of strenuous effort you finally complete the task. Then you step back and wait for your cistern to fill—and it leaks. You discover—too late—that all cisterns, no matter how well constructed, will leak.

The story is a picture of the futility of our attempts to find satisfaction in life. It's an age-old problem.

God told the prophet Jeremiah that His people "have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters." Instead, they had expended their efforts on "broken cisterns that can hold no water" (Jeremiah 2:13).

Are you driven by soul-thirst, yearning for satisfaction? There is a spring of living water, rising from hidden depths, pouring into our hearts, satisfying us even as it makes us thirst for more. Stoop down and drink.

Only God can satisfy your heart. Everything else will deceive and disappoint. "Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst," said Jesus. "But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14). —David Roper

I thirsted in the barren land of sin and shame,
And nothing satisfying there I found;
But to the blessed cross of Christ one day I came,
Where springs of living water did abound. —Peterson
© 1950, Singspiration, Inc.

Only Living Water can quench the driving thirst of the soul.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Religion Or Christ: What's The Difference?

58 posted on 08/24/2005 7:55:05 PM PDT by The Mayor ( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
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To: MoJo2001; The Sailor

Welcome Home to the Sailor!!

59 posted on 08/24/2005 7:55:49 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Boo!! I'm well thanks Colonel, and you?? How's your job as DJ going these days??


60 posted on 08/24/2005 7:57:00 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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