FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 01 August 2019

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

STRAIT SIGHT

A sailor takes a photo of the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, Dec. 4, 2018.

Canteen Mission Statement

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.

SUPPLY SIGNALS

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Melvin Bergado signals on the boat deck of the USS Chung-Hoon during a replenishment at sea in the Andaman Sea, Dec. 3, 2018.

FLEET FORMATION

The guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman operates alongside the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, Dec. 5, 2018.

SURVIVAL LEAP

Marines jump into water to perform a simulated rescue during water survival training at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2018.

FLIGHT OPS

Sailors direct an F-35C Lightning II on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2018.

READY REINFORCEMENT

Marines prepare for embassy reinforcement training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 5, 2018.

CHRISTMAS READING

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Marcus B. Bailey reads “'Twas the Night Before Christmas” to children attending a holiday concert in New Orleans, Dec. 9, 2018. The concert is designed to promote the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[left that other site]

I think it’s legal in Massachusetts.

[Publius]

Only because the courts intervened. In colonial Massachusetts, it was serious time in the stocks for someone embezzling letters.

[SkyDancer]

Hai! Yeah, flying the jump plane - taking a short break while the other pilot flies it. I’m off again Sunday with a red-eye from Denver to Phoenix and other places.

[left that other site]

Thou Shalt Not Suffer A Letter-Embezzler To Live! (Spandex Mather, trying to stretch the Law)

[Publius]

And then Increase Mather tried to move it up to a hanging offense, while Cotton Mather smothered the yelps of pain.

[left that other site]

Cotton and Spandex were not all they Seamed to be.

Not that it really mathers anymore.

[Publius]

This is no much fun.

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

August 1

The Bulldog and the Sprinkler

Bible in a Year : Psalms 57–59; Romans 4

I pray that you . . . may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17, 19

Most summer mornings, a delightful drama plays out in the park behind our house. It involves a sprinkler. And a bulldog. About 6:30 or so, the sprinklers come on. Shortly thereafter, Fifi the bulldog (our family’s name for her) arrives.

Fifi’s owner lets her off her leash. The bulldog sprints with all her might to the nearest sprinkler, attacking the stream of water as it douses her face. If Fifi could eat the sprinkler, I think she would. It’s a portrait of utter exuberance, of Fifi’s seemingly infinite desire to be drenched by the liquid she can never get enough of.

There are no bulldogs in the Bible, or sprinklers. Yet, in a way, Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3 reminds me of Fifi. There, Paul prays that the Ephesian believers might be filled with God’s love and “have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” He prayed that we might be “filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (vv. 18–19).

Still today, we’re invited to experience a God whose infinite love exceeds anything we can comprehend, that we too might be drenched, saturated, and utterly satisfied by His goodness. We’re free to plunge with abandon, relish, and delight into a relationship with the One who alone can fill our hearts and lives with love, meaning, and purpose.

By Adam Holz

Reflect & Pray

How does the experience of plunging into waves at a beach symbolize the immensity of God’s love for you? What barriers do you think potentially keep you from experiencing His love?

God, thank You for Your infinite and satisfying love. Please help us to know and experience the love You have for each one of us.

[left that other site]

Well you are in sunny Arizona. You probably have been able to develop a purer tan than us folks in MA.

So don’t be callin’ us “Puritans”! :-)

[larryjohnson]

Discovered Hallmark mystery channel on my sons tv here in CA. Don’t even watch my business channels. Certainly no debates. Even dem wife does not like political TV

[Publius]

To be truthful, the UV is so intense one tends to avoid the sun. I go from an air conditioned apartment to an air conditioned car to an air conditioned destination. If I’m outside for a while, I wear a baseball cap because I don’t have enough hair left to hide my scalp.

[left that other site]

That is wise!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[radu]

I guess everybody is watching the so-called debate.

Not everybody! LOL! None of that tripe on our TVs.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Things down to a dull roar at work today?

[luvie]

Remember our Troops
Our President & First Lady do!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, larry...so glad you enjoyed your visit to Alaska.

Neat that you discovered the Hallmark channel...I love them.

I will read about the debates from those brave enough to watch them. Not I!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Now THAT could get you in a heap o' trouble!

I know...the office has blocked all my graphic sites, so I have to drag a laptop to work every day so I can post, and see what I post. The Chromebook's only redeeming feature to me is the long lasting battery. It does NOT have a delete key, only backspace. I have lost so much typing because I forgot about only backspace.

And I have no idea what I've touched to move the pointer any place it wants. I look up and what I'm typing is 3 sentences back and mid word.

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first...Publius grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....Janey snags the silver!!