FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift ~ Part 1: The Beginning ~ 28 November 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The Berlin Airlift ~ Part 1: the Beginning ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[pfflier]

My dad was assigned to Rhine Main in 1964 while in the USAF. He had several luftwaffe counterpart coworkers. We met and socialized with their families. The parents had still fresh memories of the Berlin Airlift and expressed a huge amount of gratitude to their American friends. We felt very welcomed.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
November 28, 2022

Walk with Me

Read: Titus 2:11–14

The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11

A few years ago, a popular song hit the charts, with a gospel choir singing the chorus, “Jesus walks with me.” Behind the lyrics lies a powerful story.

The choir was started by jazz musician Curtis Lundy when he entered a treatment program for cocaine addiction. Drawing fellow addicts together and finding inspiration in an old hymnal, he wrote that chorus as a hymn of hope for those in rehab. “We were singing for our lives,” one choir member says of the song. “We were asking Jesus to save us, to help us get out of the drugs.” Another found that her chronic pain subsided when she sang the song. That choir wasn’t just singing words on a sheet but offering desperate prayers for redemption.

Today’s Scripture reading describes their experience well. In Christ, our God has appeared to offer salvation to all people (Titus 2:11). While eternal life is part of this gift (v. 13), God is working on us now, empowering us to regain self-control, say no to worldly passions, and redeem us for life with Him (vv. 12, 14). As the choir members found, Jesus doesn’t just forgive our sins—He frees us from destructive lifestyles.

Jesus walks with me. And you. And anyone who cries out to Him for help. He’s with us, offering hope for the future and salvation now. — Sheridan Voysey

What do you need Jesus to change in you today? How desperate are you for Him to do it?

Dear Jesus, I need You. Forgive my sins, free me from destructive habits, and change me from the inside out.

Bible in a year: Ezekiel 33–34; 1 Peter 5

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW! Your family was able to share some history first hand.

We thank both you and your Dad for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Now it’s a new week and back to work. Stay warm!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Love the history lessons!

[Monterrosa-24]

That was some well-written and well-edited history. Thank you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...The Berlin Airlift is a piece of history that needs to be remembered and retold.

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and good weather.

We are in single digits for a few days, but we have a little snow on the ground. A bit more snow would be nice to protect the pipes as the 6+” we had is mostly gone.

[The Mayor]

Staying warm is job number one here.
Thank you for the nightly threads Kathy!
God Bless my friend

[Mark17]

I was in the air traffic control facility (RAPCON, radar approach control) at Tempelhof. We worked approach control for Tegel and Gatow. Mostly we just cleared them for a visual approach, and sent them on their way. We controlled the 3 corridors going into West Berlin. The Russians generally stayed out of the corridors, but we had one radar scope, dedicated to keeping an eye on the Russians, so they couldn’t try any crap, and lie about it. 🤪😆

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Monterrosa-24...glad you enjoyed Part 1 of The Berlin Airlift. 3 more parts to come over the next few weeks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mark17...We worked approach control for Tegel and Gatow.

Keeping an eye on the Russians was a good plan! LOL!

[TigerHawk]

Hello, Kathy,

This is a great article. THANKS. I knew about the event, of course, but, I am astonished by the numbers involved! A logistical Herculean task. It was a mind boggling accomplishment requiring literally an army of participants, and co-ordination. Not just the “Can Do!”, mindset of the American and British Air Forces, but, their “Will Do!”, dauntless determination to accomplish the mission...by the very same Air Forces that had bombed Germany back to the stone age! As our beloved Jarheads say, “YOUR BEST FRIENDS, OR YOUR WORST ENEMIES!”

THANKS AGAIN!

AND WE’RE BOTH SNUG AS BUGS IN OUR RESPECTIVE WARM HOUSES!!! WE’RE DOIN’ ALRIGHT!!!

[luvie]

My favorite Christmas story.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you enjoyed Part 1, TigerHawk. Herculean task is a very good description.

Yes, we are snug in houses that have our heat restored. LOL!!

[Silentgypsy]

Awesome!

[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]

And we thank father, air traffic controller, and son, pilot, for their service to our country.