[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E.G.C. A little rain in the last hour or so, not sustained. *sigh* No thunderstorms for you, I hope.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Radix]

 

A soldier with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division gets instructions Sunday via radio prior to a raid in Tikrit, Iraq. Simultaneous raids on five locations resulted in one detainee.

 

 

 

Soldiers from 1st Armored Division, 2nd Brigade stand guard Sunday as others conduct a search in Baghdad.

 

 

 

A soldier stands guard Monday as women in Baghdad collect salaries from the U.S. administration on behalf of relatives who were in the Iraqi army.

 

 

 

Troops with the 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, begin a patrol Saturday of Alrisala, Iraq.

 

 

 

A soldier with the 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, patrols Alrisala on Saturday.

 

 

 

Soldiers from the Stryker Battalion Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., run onto a Stryker combat vehicle during a training exercise Monday at an Army training center near Yongchen, South Korea. The Stryker Battalion is part of the Army’s plan for a self-sufficient mobile force, bridging the gap between light and heavy infantry, and will be deployed to Iraq as part of the rotation of forces.

 

 

 

Soldiers from the Stryker Battalion Combat Team run to take a position during training exercises Monday near Yongchen.

 

 

 

Christopher Noe, left, Victorya Chavez, center, and Nick Ingram receive instructions Saturday from Maj. Rus Curtis aboard a KC-135 Tanker during Operation KUDOS (Kids Understanding Deployment Operations) at the Kansas Air National Guard in Topeka. The kids went through the entire process servicemembers go through when deployed overseas.

 

 

 

Lt. Cmdr. Dan Martin, lead solo of the Blue Angels Navy Flight Demonstration Team, flies his F-18 fighter through a vapor bubble Saturday at the 53rd General Motors Cup on Lake Washington, Seattle.

 

 

 

A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft flies in a search pattern over the crash site of the MV United Star and the MV Sea Hauler after the two vessels collided Saturday in waters off the Bahamas. Four people are confirmed dead and at least 16 passengers were reported with injuries.

 

 

 

Troops stop a vehicle suspected of transporting explosive devices in the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday.

 

 

 

Spc. Shane Boyd, of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, reads a book Monday during a break in his service in headquarters of his unit in an abandoned Iraqi army facility near Tall Afar, Iraq.

 

 

 

Members of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, practice with machine guns Monday at an abandoned Iraqi army facility near Tall Afar. The soldiers, who conduct patrols and raids, fired live rounds into a berm around the building.