FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 21 October 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

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

HOME AT LAST

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Vanburen embraces his spouse during a homecoming on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2011. Vanburen is assigned to 2D Marine Division, which recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Desiree Mora

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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.

RIDGELINE SCOUTS

U.S. Army Spcs. Ryan Roach, left, and Jared Price scout a ridgeline for enemies during Operation Lionheart in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2011. Roach and Price are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Zackary Root

EARLY MORNING EXERCISE

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Theodore McCormick prepares to load an amphibious assault vehicle to begin Clear, Hold, Build Exercise 2 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., Sept. 16, 2011. McCormick is a machine gunner assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Kilo Company. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder

INCHING FORWARD

Army Pfc. Emerson Vindel inches his way forward during warm up drills during training on Camp Swift, Texas. The soldiers are members of the Texas National Guard's Company C. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Malcolm McClendon

DIG DUTY

Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Mikesell digs in a machine gun position during an exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., Sept. 16, 2011. Mikesell is a squad leader assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder

GOLDEN DRAGON

U.S. sailors prepare an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 for flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 20, 2011. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman

SECTOR OF FIRE

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Fox secures his sector of fire during a key leader engagement in Qalat city, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2011. Fox is an automatic rifleman assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, and deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard. Team members visited a local village and the Qalat prison to conduct key leader engagements. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras

OPERATION TOFAN 2

U.S. Army soldiers fire at an enemy hiding position during Operation Tofan 2 in Suri Khel, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2011. The objective was to clear insurgents from the town of Suri Khel and prevent them from returning. The soldiers are assigned to 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joseph Watson

LIFT UP

A helicopter hoists U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Albright after a successful jump during swimmer qualification in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 21, 2011. Albright, an aviation warfare systems operator, is a search and rescue swimmer assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Seven 7. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brandon Keck

GREEN FLAG LANCER

Air Force Senior Airman Jonathon Hartman marshals in a B-1B Lancer aircraft during Green Flag-West 11-10 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 20, 2011. Hartman is a crew chief assigned to the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Green Flag-West is a joint Air Force-Army unscripted battle exercise designed to train participants for complex air defense scenarios while supporting high-intensity ground operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman

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[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.

Prayers going up

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It’s Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~

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[SandRat]

In.

[SandRat]

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Kathy! Good evening, all!

Happy Friday!

[ColdOne]

Hello from Idaho

The temps in morning 20f highs 65f. This should be the last week of high temps in the 60’s.

((hugs))

Fredds new collar is defective. Have to send it back to Cabelas.

GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY
THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVICE PRESENT AND PAST
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[The Mayor]

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One Heart At A Time
October 21, 2011

Quaker John Woolman was an itinerant preacher who waged his own personal campaign to end slavery in colonial America. Woolman met with slave-holders to speak of the injustice of holding other human beings as property. Although Woolman did not eradicate slavery completely, he did persuade many masters to free their slaves. His success was due to individual, personal persuasion.

The book of Philemon contains a similar one-on-one appeal. Onesimus was a runaway slave who had escaped from his Christian master Philemon. Onesimus had come to faith through Paul’s ministry, and now Paul was sending him back to Philemon with these words: “Perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother” (vv.15-16). Although we don’t know if Onesimus was set free from slavery, his new faith in Jesus had changed his relationship with his Christian master. He was now also a brother in Christ. Paul was influencing his world one heart at a time.

By the transforming power of the gospel, people and situations can change. Like Woolman and like Paul, let’s seek to influence our world one heart at a time.

If I can help some wounded heart,
If I can by my love impart
Some blessing that will help more now—
Lord, just show me how. —Brandt

The kindest thing you can do for another is to show him the truth.

Read: Philemon 1:12-22

. . . no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother. —Philemon 1:16

Bible in a year:
Isaiah 62-64; 1 Timothy 1

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TS...((HUGS))...hope all is well with your classes this year. I am so glad I can finally see the weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...any good news today? A couple flakes early this morning.

How’s the World Series?

[AZamericonnie]

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~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...a good day for you? Healing still progressing?

[AZamericonnie]

Was cooking dinner & forgot the time!:)

Thank you for this evenings thread of our finest Kathy! *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Families, for your service to our country.

Thanks, unique, for the perfect woohoo.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....Nana Hope grabs the gold!!

[left that other site]

Cold is almost gone...

BACK TO WORK!!!!!!!!

LOL.

[TherealMr.B]

Look out everyone!

MsB is in Texas. (and she’s packin heat)