FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 25 July 2024

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...looks like Gizmo enjoyed his outing. Water and rolling and shady places at Wichita Ridge.

Enjoy your adventures today.

[mad_as_he$$]

https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/zucchini-bread/

We love this stuff here on the ranch.

[left that other site]

I’ve been sleeping till 6:00AM (SLOTH!)

So the sun has been already up.

At 6:00, it’s already HOT.

Looking forward to Autumn. :-)

[ExTexasRedhead]

DEI has RUINED Special Forces, The Secret Service and Law Enforcement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttyotjjKj_c

Check the comments below the video:

“Speaking as a recently retired police officer/supervisor/senior field training officer of 28 years in the Pacific Northwest from a large metropolitan city. I retired early after being forced by the administration to pass DEI hires even after it was documented by several training officers that their student officers were incompetent. Many of these DEI’s hired have been “failed up” to administrative/specialty positions, causing havoc in the department. DEI, affirmative action, lowering standards, ect........should be outlawed. “

[The Mayor]

July 25

Really Live

Bible in a Year :

• Psalms 37-39
• Acts 26

Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5

Thousands of people prayed for pastor Ed Dobson when he was diagnosed with ALS in 2000. Many believed that when they prayed in faith for healing, God would answer immediately. After twelve years of struggling with the disease that caused Ed’s muscles to atrophy little by little (and three years before he died), someone asked him why he thought God hadn’t healed him yet. “There’s no good answer, so I don’t ask,” he replied. His wife, Lorna, added, “If you’re always obsessed about having to have answers, you can’t really live.”

Can you hear the respect for God in Ed and Lorna’s words? They knew that His wisdom is above their own. Yet Ed admitted, “I find it nearly impossible not to worry about tomorrow.” He understood that the disease would cause increasing disability, and he didn’t know what new problem the next day might bring.

To help himself focus on the present, Ed placed these verses in his car, on the bathroom mirror, and next to his bed: “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid’ ” (Hebrews 13:5-6). Whenever he started to worry, he would repeat the verses to help him refocus his thoughts on the truth.

No one knows what the next day will bring. Maybe Ed’s practice could help us turn our worries into opportunities to trust.

Reflect & Pray

What Scriptures help you to focus on today and not worry about tomorrow? Where might you place them to help your faith grow?

Help me to remember, Father, that You’re God, and I am not. Please teach me to trust You.

[ExTexasRedhead]

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WHAT A DISGRACE!! We should have been caring for this poor VET ALL ALONG!!

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/24/alaska-veteran-finally-getting-his-benefits-78-years-after-103-year-old-was-discharged.html

An Alaska Veteran Is Finally Getting His Benefits — 78 Years After the 103-Year-Old Was Discharged

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/24/alaska-veteran-finally-getting-his-benefits-78-years-after-103-year-old-was-discharged.html

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 103-year-old World War II veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally getting his veterans benefits from the U.S. government after 78 years.

Louis Gigliotti’s caretaker says the former U.S. Army medical technician has a card from the Veteran Administration but he never realized he could use his status to access “free perks” such as health care.

Gigliotti, who goes by the nickname Jiggs, could use the help to pay for dental, hearing and vision problems as he embarks on his second century. He was honored last week by family, friends and patrons at the Alaska Veterans Museum in Anchorage, where he lives with his nephew’s family.

Melanie Carey, his nephew’s wife, has been Gigliotti’s caretaker for about a decade but only recently started helping him pay his medical bills. That’s when she realized he was paying out of his own pocket instead of going to the VA for care. She investigated with the local facility, where staff told her he’d never been there.

[luvie]

Howdy doooo, Early Birds!
Hope ya got that worm.
I had a biscuit instead. 🤣
I am amazed at how hard our troops work for us!
Thanks for showing us their dedication, Kathy!
Hope all y'all have a Thank-The-Troops Thursday!
(((hugs)))

[radu]

I noticed the grass looked like it had just been cut. I wish I could get mine down that low but it’s going to be a while before I can beat the jungle down. LOL

It’s going to go back into furnace-mode here next week too. At least we all got a little break.

[radu]

It gets re-seeded a little every time I mow. It’s really going to get it this time. At the rate things are going, it’s going to be Fall before I can get back out there. The rain stays in the forecast.

It was a bit damp yesterday while we were at the tent and it was a slow day. Today was much busier but it wasn’t fun sitting in the sauna. There was a little breeze blowing most of the time and that helped but when it stopped ... UGH! Tomorrow is supposed to be the same.

[luvie]

This seems to be your year of “feast or famine”. First it was so dry the corn was nearly ruined, and now, when it would have been a benefit, now it won’t stop raining.

I can almost feel how bad that “sauna” must have felt. Hope you get more breeze tomorrow.

[CMS]

Evening everyone!

[radu]

It sure does seem that way. Some areas are getting more rain than we are here but we still get enough to keep everything wet. And that keeps the humidity way up there. It’s just not comfortable outside these days. Today’s 84 felt like 94 and next week, the temps WILL be 94. With the same rain chances. The 10-day forecast stinks.
Oh well. Nuttin’ we can do about it. Just gotta deal with it.

[luvie]

Yep...weather gonna do what weather gonna do. LOL!

I just hope you get to mow before November. 😵‍💫

[radu]

I hope I get to too! LOL Just having to go 10 more days is reeeeeeally pushing it.

[luvie]

Yeah, ol’ Champ will be back in the mower hospital if he has to cut a jungle. LOL!

[radu]

I’ll have to mow twice whenever I finally get to do it. Once with the deck set at its highest, then again with it set lower where I normally set it. Twice the time and twice the gas. Doing it first at the normal height would probably land poor Champ back at the mower hospital. LOL

[luvie]

Double your pleasure...double your fun!

See what tons of rain gets ya? LOL! My hubby would be cussin’ [and he doesn’t even] if he had to mow any more than he already has to. It’s a wonder he hasn’t converted us to a rock garden by now.😆

[radu]

We’ve gotten 4 1/4 inches so far this month which helps a lot. Some places got that much in a day. The drought monitor report comes out on Thursdays and I hope today’s would show improvement here but nope. We’re still considered in severe drought. That long dry spell really set us back a lot.

If I could win the Powerball, I’d have the yards covered over with cement and paint it green. LOL

[luvie]

Shoot. If we had 4 1/2 inches in less than a month, we’d be considered a marshland. LOL!

Guess I’d better head out. See ya tomorrow. Do you and your buds man the tent again tomorrow? Have fun, if so. Are the kitties missing you?