FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 23 January 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

RAPTOR REFUELING

Four F-22 Raptors await refueling from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Rim of the Pacific 2016 over the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2016. The Raptor pilots are assigned to the 199th and 19th Fighter squadrons. The Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory A. Harden II

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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.

SEAHAWK DEPARTURE

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter departs from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell during visit, board, search and seizure training in the South China Sea, July 22, 2016. The McCampbell is patrolling with Carrier Strike Group Five in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elesia K. Patten

LIGHTWEIGHT GUN SMOKE

The crew of the USS Stethem fire an MK 45 5-inch lightweight gun at a surface target during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore 2016, or Carat, in the South China Sea, July 24, 2016. The annual maritime exercises occur between the Navy and Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations, including Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Pearl

WILD RIDE

A Marine student fast-ropes out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during operations at Camp Lejeune, NC, July 13, 2016. The course is a new, shortened version of the helicopter rope-suspension training course and focuses on qualifying Marines as subject matter experts within their subordinate command. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

TANK TASK

An M1A1 Abrams tank drives down a dirt road during a training event on Camp Lejeune, NC, July 21, 2016. The event brought together active and reserve Marines to train for possible future deployment. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan

GREEN SCREEN

Soldiers advance through a smoke screen during live-fire training at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, LA, July 25, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis

OFFLOADING A HELICOPTER

U.S. and NATO troops participate in Advanced Casualty Sustainment Care Medical Training, a course the International Special Training Centre hosted in Pfullendorf, Germany, July 20, 2016. The multinational students received the training to enhance their medical skills to support NATO troops. Army photo by Jason Johnston

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[The Mayor]

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January 23

Waiting with the Turtle

Bible in a Year:

• Exodus 7–8
• Matthew 15:1–20

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 40:1

Every fall, when the painted turtle senses winter coming, she dives to the bottom of her pond, burying herself in the muck and mud. She pulls into her shell and goes still: her heart rate slows, almost stopping. Her body temperature drops, staying just above freezing. She stops breathing, and she waits. For six months, she stays buried, and her body releases calcium from her bones into her bloodstream, so that she slowly begins even to lose her shape.

But when the pond thaws, she will float up and breathe again. Her bones will reform, and she will feel the warmth of the sun on her shell.

I think of the painted turtle when I read the psalmist’s description of waiting for God. The psalmist is in a “slimy pit” of “mud and mire,” but God hears him (Psalm 40:2). God lifts him out, and gives him a firm place to stand. God is “my help and my deliverer,” he sings (v. 17).

Perhaps it feels like you’ve been waiting forever for something to change—for a new direction in your career, for a relationship to be restored, for the willpower to break a bad habit, or for deliverance from a difficult situation. The painted turtle and the psalmist are here to remind us to trust in God: He hears, and He will deliver.

By: Amy Peterson

Reflect & Pray

What do you need to trust God with? What might that look like today?

God, sometimes it’s hard to wait. But we trust in You and in Your deliverance. Please give us patience, and allow Your greatness and glory to be evident in our lives.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

We made it through hump day...I can almost see the weekend.

Hope your back is doing fairly well. Keep resting.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[The Mayor]

Slowly plugging along Kathy! Thank you

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Just Hanging ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...our troops hard at work.

[luvie]

Always remembering them!
Praying for their safety.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you and Penny are getting in some good walks. Is she enjoying any sun patches in her mud room?

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hope you’ve had a nice quiet day.
Has the bottom dropped out again or are you still above zero?

[Equine1952]

Sorry to be a pain but Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee came to mind “Why Don’t You Do Right” most of our young folks won’t remember them or Glenn Miller. But dad and mom liked them. I came along a little later. The ‘68 To 70’s stuff had a little harsher sound. Same theme sometimes though. The troops are the best, always. Be Safe. :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey…((HUGS))...are you hangin’ at home, or on “the road”?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman Orchestra ~ Why Don’t You Do Right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zRwze8_SGk

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....ML bags the bronze!!