FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 09 September 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

TWO MONTHS AWAY

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Marc De St. Aubin hugs his daughters after the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge arrives at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 29, 2011. The Blue Ridge returned to Yokosuka after a two-month patrol throughout the Pacific region. De St. Aubin is an intelligence specialist. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melvin F. Orr III

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

WALL OF HISTORY

Retired Flight Officer Donald Jackson looks at photos from his former unit, the 477th Bombardment Group, during the Tuskegee Airmen's 40th national convention at Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., Aug. 4, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

RETIREE’S VIEW

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Charles E. McGee Jr. smiles for a portrait shot before an interview with Robert Wynn of Lucasfilm at the Tuskegee Airmen's 40th national convention at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., Aug. 4, 2011. The Tuskegee Airmen meet annually to mark their service to the nation. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.

BATTLEFIELD VIEW

A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey aircrew member scans the terrain during a mission supporting U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor

TWO PILOTS

U.S. Navy Lt. C.J. Simonsen, the opposing solo pilot, performs a maneuver alongside the lead solo pilot during the 62nd annual Seattle Seafair Fleet Week in Seattle, Wash., Aug. 5, 2011. Seafair activities allow U.S. and Canadian sailors and Coast Guard personnel to promote awareness of the maritime forces. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Johnson

QALAT PATROL

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Steven Armenta patrols through Qalat City, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2011. Armenta is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras

TENT DESIGN

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Perez cuts a board for the construction of three Alaska tents that will be used to house incoming troops at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Aug. 3. 2011. Members of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team assisted Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1. U.S. Army photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin

HAWKS IN A ROW

U.S. Navy sailors perform maintenance on MH-60S Seahawk helicopters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea, Aug. 9, 2011. The Ronald Reagan is under way in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The sailors are assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Nolan Kahn

CITY FLOOD

A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-winged aircraft provides an aerial view of areas affected by Hurricane Irene near Oregon Inlet in Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 29, 2011. The C-130 crew is assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard is providing overflights to assist state and local agencies as part of the joint response to the hurricane. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann

IRENE WINDS

Soldiers prepare tactical vehicles for a mission as Hurricane Irene blows in North Carolina, Aug. 27, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Richard Scoggins

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Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

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[SandRat]

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You Never Know
September 9, 2011

During my seminary years, I directed a summer day camp for boys and girls at the YMCA. Each morning, I began the day with a brief story in which I tried to incorporate an element of the gospel.

To help illustrate that becoming a Christian means to become a new creation in Christ, I told a story about a moose that wanted to be a horse. The moose had seen a herd of wild horses, thought them elegant creatures, and wanted to be like them. So he taught himself to act like a horse. However, he was never accepted as a horse because he was . . . well, a moose. How can a moose become a horse? Only by being born a horse, of course. And then I would explain how we can all be born again by believing in Jesus.

One summer I had a staff counselor named Henry who was very hostile to the faith. I could do nothing but love him and pray for him, but he left at the end of the summer hardened in unbelief. That was more than 50 years ago. A few years ago I received a letter from Henry. The first sentence said: “I write to tell that I have been born again and now, at last, I am a ‘horse.’ ” This confirmed to me that we need to keep praying and planting the seed of the Word (Mark 4:26) so that it may bear fruit one day.

You think your word or deed is very small,
That what you say will hardly count at all;
But God can take the seed that you have sown
And nourish it until it’s fully grown. —Hess

We sow the seed—God produces the harvest.

Read: Mark 4:26-32

For the earth yields crops by itself. —Mark 4:28

Bible in a year:
Proverbs 6-7; 2 Corinthians 2

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~

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Aloha Night Owl!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[ColdOne]

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy!

*HUGS*

And thanks for tonight's Tribute to our Troops!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

[luvie]

Indeed, it is a good time
to remember our troops who have sacrificed
so much to keep us free and safe
after the atrocity of 9-11!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv! Amen to that!

*HUGS*

A spectacular pic of one of our own displaying our National Colors!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....Mac grabs the gold!!

[AZamericonnie]

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