FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 10 September 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

ROOM ASSAULT

Soldiers rehearse room clearance procedures during training at the Urban Assault Course on Fort Jackson, SC, Dec. 3, 2015. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton

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.

FIGHT FOR HONOR

Paratroopers engage in a pugil stick match during Pathfinder Torcher on Fort Bragg, NC, Dec. 8, 2015. The paratroopers are assigned to Pathfinder Company, 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman

GUN QUALIFICATION

U.S. Navy sailors participate in a .50-caliber machine gun qualification course as part of deployment training in the 5th Fleet area of Operations, Nov 28, 2015. The sailors assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.11. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonah Stepanik

INTAKE VIEW

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Benton performs an intake inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2015. Benton is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, which provides combat-ready aircraft to support coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

SUPPLY SIGNAL

U.S. Navy Seaman Anthony Fabiochi signals the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman for more cargo during a replenishment at sea with the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 7, 2015. Fabiochi is a boatswain’s mate. The Carney is conducting a routine patrol in the U. S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support U.S. national security interests in Europe. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Theron J. Godbold

OPERATION TOY DROP

A U.S. Army Special Operations parachute team member descends toward Luzon drop zone during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Camp Mackall, NC, Dec. 7, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world's largest combined airborne operation during which service members help provide children in need with toys for the holidays. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis

EXAMINING AN AIRCRAFT

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carlo Patalinghug examines an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to isolate and repair a hydraulic leak on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2015. Patalinghug is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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September 10

Making His Music

Bible in a Year:

• Proverbs 8–9
• 2 Corinthians 3

We all . . . are being transformed into his image.

2 Corinthians 3:18 Choir director Arianne Abela spent her childhood sitting on her hands—to hide them. Born with fingers missing or fused together on both hands, she also had no left leg and was missing toes on her right foot. A music lover and lyric soprano, she’d planned to major in government at Smith College. But one day her choir teacher asked her to conduct the choir, which made her hands quite visible. From that moment, she found her career, going on to conduct church choirs and serving now as director of choirs at another university. “My teachers saw something in me,” Abela explains.

Her inspiring story invites believers to ask, What does God, our holy Teacher, see in us, regardless of our “limits”? More than anything, He sees Himself. “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27 nlt).

As His glorious “image bearers,” when others see us, we should reflect Him. For Abela, that means Jesus, not her hands—or her lack of fingers—matters most. The same is true for all believers. “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image,” says 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Similar to Abela, we can conduct our lives by Christ’s transforming power (v. 18), offering a life song that rings out to the honor of God.

By:  Patricia Raybon Reflect & Pray

How does knowing you are God’s “image-bearer” help you to see yourself differently? How does it help you in your interactions with others?

Thank You, God, for making me in Your image. Help me to apply this fact to all of my life.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[lightman]

Stand strong and stay safe!

[mountainlion]

No smoke today, 4” of snow. The fire got within 13 miles of me then the snow got it. 106,000 acres burnt of which 2/3 burnt in a little over a day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Finally made it through hump day. Hope your week is going better than mine.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Are you able to catch your breath this evening?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...you are quick tonight!!

What are the prospects of rain any time soon?

Right now we have beautiful blue sky, but the sun has been going in and out all day, along with REALLY windy weather for an hour or so. And my deck is filling up with leaves...they are turning to gold.

[luvie]

Remembering our troops....
and praying that, thanks to our great president,
more of them will be home safe very soon.
Enough of these long drawn out wars!
Enough!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi there, lightman...hope your week is going well. Hope you are having nice weather.

Our leaves are starting to turn...it’s coming.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

I was lucky enough to get to sit down a little earlier than usual this evening. LOL

Might get some rain this weekend but how much is up in the air.

I noticed it was pretty blustery up there earlier today when I skipped through the cam stream. The lake was really choppy for a while but it’s almost smooth as glass now.
I can see some of the trees are beginning to turn.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[lightman]

Delightfully cool mornings, sometimes muggy afternoons.

Way too dry...not much green in the forest understory. PA doesn’t have a “wildfire season” like the west coast but I’m beginning to understand that it COULD happen.

[mylife]

Liberty Valence got me all wound up tonight..

Max Stalling~Little Apone

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

I think we’re all looking forward to them being back home safe soon. I sure am!

[mylife]

Gnight gang...

79’s from Max

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf0o4mQ2N1w&list=PL6P7s7QKxXm0Z6hcCarjhwoTk4yFuv2b2

[The Mayor]

It’s going OK, one mixer gone and installed. Now to finish #2

I hope your week improves for you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOOHOO!! Sounds like the early snow really helped the fire!! Thank goodness!!

And 13 miles is way too close. Hope you have a good fire break around your house.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tonight will be earlier, but I do need to work a couple hours. I get off early for the chiro and massage tomorrow.