Freeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez ~ May 11, 2009

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans in the World! | StarCMC and Wilma

[luvie]

Hope this isn’t gonna be a total Monday for you! Yuk!

Take care....have a great week!

[beachn4fun]

Lovely - although busy - weekend thanks, especially weather wise. Hoping next weekend will be the same...hubby and I want to do a number of things outside and need good weather to do it.

[beachn4fun]

{{{{LUVY}}}}

how are ya? How’z that cute granddaughter? Have they moved yet?

[luvie]

Hi, Beachy!

((((hugs))))

Granddaughter remains cute...and they don’t move till August. Hope to get to go see them next month for a few days! I will miss these trips when they are so far away...but am already saving my pennies for a trip north! LOL!

Have a great day...gotta go now!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Star, and thanks to you and Wilma for the Hero you provided us.

Hope you had a Happy Mo0ther's Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Luv.....#100!!
my.....#150!!
philly.....#200!!

Thanks, unique, for the dawg!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...stay safe from the storms, and I hope you don’t lose power again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, GB...((HUGS))...hope you had a nice, fun Mother's Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Woohoo...a weekend without rain! Happy Mother's Day, beachy!

I hope you got to have your family get-together. *HUGS*

[unique]

[beachn4fun]

Hiya Ma. (((HUGS))) Un-rainy weekend, unbelievable, yeah. Weekend was good. How was yours?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning U ((HUGS)) Of course those made it to my folder for safe keeping. LOL And, love this one .....

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[unique]

I thought that this was funny - Grandma’s always seem to think the best of everyone. I wish that was always true.

Dear Grand-daughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a ‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker .

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting..

So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn’t notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn’t honked, I’d never have noticed.

I found that lots of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, ‘For the love of God!’

‘Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!’

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!
; There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.

I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing.

Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection..

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

My weekend was nice and quiet, allowing for some projects to get done, which was a nice change. LOL! And the sun was out all weekend, albeit with a chilly breeze.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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Road Trip: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland!!

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[wjcsux]

One of Roy Benavidez’s family members owns a restraunt in El Paso, TX. The name of the place is Carlos and Mickey’s. It is located just south of Ft. Bliss at 1310 Magruder St. They have great Mexican food. They have a wall in the reception area with copies of all of MSGT Benavediz’s citations and numerous pictures.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, wjcsux, and thanks for the additional information. Reading about a hero while you wait is a good use of time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A day and a half late, but Gidday, Kiwi...Master Sergeant was indeed a warrior, a true hero.