FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 16 December 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Popeye Getting The Flu Vaccine!

MOLUCCA SEA (Dec. 9, 2021) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Chaimee Vang, left, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, left, administers a dose of the flu vaccine to Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Electrical) 2nd Class Tanner Hurt, a native of Troy, IL, aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Dec. 9, 2021. Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Larissa T. Dougherty)

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and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Operation Christmas Drop!

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 4, 2021) – U.S. Air Force crew members take a group photo in front of a U.S. Air Force C-130J assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, before the last day of flights to drop bundles during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Dec. 10, 2021. OCD is the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, beginning in 1952. Today, airdrop operations include more than 55 islands throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens)

Never Forget Pearl Harbor!

A photo of Atterbury Circle taken during the attack on Hickam Field on Dec. 7, 1941, is compared to the current state of the traffic circle at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 10, 2021. On a Sunday morning 80 years ago, the largest airborne attack force ever assembled by the Imperial Japanese Navy struck Oahu's military installations. In all, 189 men died, 303 were wounded and nearly half of the aircraft stationed on Hickam were rendered useless. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

Navy Won!

Members of the United States Armed Forces watch the Army-Navy college football game at McCoy's on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Dec. 11, 2021. Navy won the game 17-13. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elliot Alagueuzian, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

LCpl Manny! Ooh Rah!

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Manny, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD) mascot, walks across the obstacle course at MCRD, Dec. 13, 2021. Manny is named after Sgt. Johnny R. Manuelito, one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers. The obstacle course is used throughout the Marine Corps as a competitive form of physical training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace J. Kindred)

USMC Toys For Tots Spreading Joy!

Families take photos with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Purrington, armory chief assigned to Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, during Toys for Tots in McGrath, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2021. Purrington dressed as Santa for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's annual Toys for Tots program. Marines with Toys for Tots deliver Christmas gifts to children around Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Farnsworth)

Enjoy Retirement Jimo!

Military working dog Jimo with former handler Staff Sgt. Patrick Cushing (right), 75th Security Forces Squadron, is recognized during his retirement celebration by Tech. Sgt. Kyle Snape, 75th SFS MWD NCOIC, Dec. 10, 2021, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. MWD Jimo retired honorably after serving six years with the 75th SFS at Hill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

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[The Mayor]

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Thursday,
December 16, 2021

What Are You?

Read: Galatians 3:26–4:7

In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. Galatians 3:26

When I walked into the ice cream shop with my five-year-old biracial son, the man behind the counter glanced at me and stared at my child. “What are you?”

His question and harsh tone triggered the all-too-familiar anger and heartache I’d experienced growing up as a Mexican-American who didn’t fit stereotypes. Pulling Xavier closer, I turned toward my Black husband as he entered the store. With eyes narrowed, the store clerk completed our order in silence.

I prayed silently for the man as my son listed the flavors of ice cream he wanted to try. Repenting of my bitterness, I asked God to give me a spirit of forgiveness. With my light-but-not-white complexion, I’d been the target of similar glares accompanying that same question over the years. I’d struggled with insecurities and feelings of worthlessness until I began learning how to embrace my identity as God’s beloved daughter.

The apostle Paul declares that believers in Jesus are “all children of God through faith,” equally valued and beautifully diverse. We’re intimately connected and intentionally designed to work together (Galatians 3:26–29). When God sent His Son to redeem us, we became family through His blood shed on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins (4:4–7). As God’s image-bearers, our worth cannot be determined by the opinions, expectations, or biases of others.

What are we? We’re children of God. — Xochitl Dixon

When have you doubted your value as a person due to the opinions, expectations, or biases of others? How does knowing all God’s children are His image-bearers help you love those who are different from you?

Father God, please help me to see myself and others through Your eyes. Help me love with Your heart as I come into contact with people who are different from me.

Bible in a year: Amos 4–6; Revelation 7

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[lightman]

Happy hump day!

Honor those serving.
Thank those who served.
NEVER forget the fallen!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day s here. I hope you didn’t get stuck with a gazillion corrections this week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

It’s hump day, and we made it!! Hope your week is going as planned.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, Pro...any snow issues yet?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...happy hump day back.

Still mild weather?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[lightman]

Crazy roller coaster...some mornings dip into the 20’s ever so briefly but every day has rebounded into the mid 50’s...might touch 60 tomorrow.

No cold spell long enough to justify firing the woodstove. No snow to plow. Only 1/10 of an inch of precip so far this month. We need RAIN!

[PROCON]

Good evening, Kathy, no snow issues yet, the sky has been trying to spit snow but nothing so far. We will get snow though, I don't remember a non-white Christmas here.

You must have a bunch of the white stuff.

[luvie]

Always remember our heroes.
Especially when they are far from home.
Amatorski~Come Home

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! I just walked in — got some editing work.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...hope the cold hasn’t gotten to you.

Cold and foggy all day here.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did it get blustery down your way or did the front not make it that far? It sure kicked up a lot of dust in some areas.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

No cold here at this point. It’s pretty warm. Temps will drop like a stone Saturday though and that stinks. It’ll be a wet, chilly day for laying out the wreaths.

It looks so cold up there. Beautiful with the frost and snow on the trees but only if one is looking at it on a live cam. LOL I wouldn’t want to see it through our windows. BRRRRRRRRR

[mylife]

Little Apone