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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ HOW BIG IS ONE? ~ 24 August 2025
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 08/23/2025 5:47:51 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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HOW BIG IS ONE?
As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean.
As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them back into the water. Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen." "But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach," the man replied. "You can't possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?" The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, "Made a difference to that one!" Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference. One at a time. We can make a difference. |
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To: lightman; xzins; bethelgrad; LiteKeeper; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; ...
Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ HOW BIG IS ONE?, and Liberty
Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"
Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.

Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!
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posted on
08/23/2025 5:52:43 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
08/23/2025 5:53:08 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
To: MoochPooch; left that other site; SkyDancer; TigerHawk; BTerclinger; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; ..

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:01:33 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoJo2001; PROCON; left that other site; radu; mountainlion; lightman; luvie; Allegra; SkyDancer; ...

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:02:26 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoochPooch; left that other site; SkyDancer; TigerHawk; BTerclinger; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; ..
Extra prayers for Israel...


He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.
May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.
May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:03:27 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; laurenmarlowe; MS.BEHAVIN; ..

Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!

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posted on
08/23/2025 6:04:49 PM PDT
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radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Howdy, Kathy.
I see the sun’s finally breaking out up there. Is it early enough that it’ll shine on your deck? It would be nice to get a little sun time.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:12:18 PM PDT
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radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: left that other site
Good evening,ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
Hoping you and Blue are enjoying the weekend so far.
Sun is only peeking out now and then here.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:29:39 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Lots of stuff this weekend which, unfortunately, don’t include Blue or Tippy...Wedding Shower, Gigging, etc.
Tomorrow is all mine! I hope the weather will be nice for a ride.
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08/23/2025 6:35:33 PM PDT
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left that other site
(You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
To: unique1; USMCPOP; JFoxbear; Dad of Chris Mason; debm29palms

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.
Thanks, unique.
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:38:12 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: radu
Good evening, radu, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Did the day finally get a little cooler? Any rain?
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:50:12 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; 4woodenboats; abletruth; Accountable One; Aeronaut; AKA Elena; Alamo-Girl; ...
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08/23/2025 6:50:14 PM PDT
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luvie
(🇺🇸 The bravery of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
To: All
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
God Bless You and Keep You Safe.

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posted on
08/23/2025 6:50:56 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: radu
Sun keeps peeking out, but not long enough to go out and sit and enjoy it. And with the breeze, I need the sun to stay out for a bit so I don’t need long sleeves.
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:06:34 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Mark17; Excellence; TADSLOS; Tax-chick; RightOnline; luvie; GodBlessUSA; KC Burke; ...
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:12:51 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.
A blessed Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost to all!
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:23:20 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
To: left that other site
Busy day for you...hope tomorrow is a little more calm and you and Blue can hit the road.
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:30:08 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Jet Jaguar; txradioguy; Excellence; TADSLOS; JemiansTerror; Tax-chick; DocRock; CMS; ...
To our Military -Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.
Thank you to our Allies.**********************************To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:31:42 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hey there, Kathy.
It was a little warmer today when I woke up than the last two days but cooled down when rain came through a little later. It’s been comfortable the last few days, though cloudy. The coming week is going to feel like Fall and we’re ready for it. It won’t last but we’ll enjoy it while it’s here. Still some summer to get through before Fall is really here.
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posted on
08/23/2025 7:58:13 PM PDT
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radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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