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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ LIFEBOAT ~ 30 September 2018
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Posted on 09/29/2018 5:02:23 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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LIFEBOAT
One of the great World War II films was LIFEBOAT, about the ordeal faced by survivors of a passenger ship that was sunk by a Nazi U-Boat in the middle of the Atlantic. The film details their struggle for survival in a small lifeboat, fighting the elements, thirst and then fighting against each other. Each person has their own ideas about how to navigate the little boat: they argue about who should be in charge; and they find little things to fight over even when they run out of things to fight over. Eventually they come to understand that their only hope is in putting aside their differences and working toward the common goal of survival. They learn that they cannot possibly get the boat to safety unless they all adopt that unifying goal.
In a sense the entire world is a LIFEBOAT, and we are all like the survivors in that film. We cannot solve the great problems which confront humanity--hunger, disease and war--unless we unite in a common effort to find meaningful remedies to these plagues. It is also true in every other sphere of life, in the family and in the workplace. When people unite to achieve common goals, and are willing to give and take, and think of each other's needs...then there is no limit to the good things they can accomplish together. As Frank Purdue once said: "There's no limit to the quality you can build into a chicken". Chaplain Mitch Schranz
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KEYWORDS: canteen; chapel; military; troopsupport
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09/29/2018 7:34:25 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...sounds like a wonderful pre-birthday afternoon.
Fording streams....and Mz Penny doesn't like wet feet???
A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PENNY!
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09/29/2018 7:49:20 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: PROCON
It’s a paperwork shuffling day. But I did find a paper I’ve been looking for for a couple weeks
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09/29/2018 7:51:51 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: lightman
Good evening, lightman, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Thanks for sharing the letter.
Has your area dried out? Your firewood all cut?
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:58:28 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: The Mayor
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:17:30 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MEG33; radu; HiJinx; StarCMC; laurenmarlowe; 2LT Radix jr; fatima; Cindy; ..
A very pleasant good Sunday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.
How's everyone doing this morning?
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09/29/2018 11:03:44 PM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
Still cooling?
It was 40 for a high the other day. It is forecasted to be 32 in a week for a low. Merry Christmas
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09/30/2018 5:46:12 AM PDT
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mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Fording streams....and Mz Penny doesn't like wet feet???
When we are hiking, she's a whole different creature. Brave, Curious, and Vigilant! :-)
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09/30/2018 7:00:33 AM PDT
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left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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