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I'm off to bed. See you all in the morning.
Read: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." —1 Corinthians 12:21
Bible In One Year: Psalms 100-102; 1 Corinthians 1
Teamwork is essential in business and industry. To underscore this point, Co-op Magazine included this item: "You've heard of the corny Tate family. They pervade every organization. There is Dick Tate, who wants to run everything. Ro Tate tries to change everything. Agi Tate stirs up trouble whenever possible, and Irri Tate always lends him a hand.
"Whenever new ideas are suggested, Hesi Tate and Vegi Tate pour cold water on them. Imi Tate tries to mimic everyone, Devas Tate loves to be disruptive, and Poten Tate wants to be a big shot. But it's Facili Tate, Cogi Tate, and Medi Tate who always save the day and get everyone pulling together."
A one-man show doesn't get very far. But nowhere is this truth brought to a higher and more powerful fulfillment than in the body of Christ. The Scriptures teach that by God's design all who are in Christ have been made dependent on one another. We may think we can go it on our own, but we can't. We can't fulfill our high calling as members of the body of Christ until we begin to realize that we all have a vital part to play. We are family. We need one another.
Lord, help us to overcome our stubborn pride. Teach us to cooperate—for our sake and for Yours. —Mart De Haan
I'm pinging a Freeper who live in Texas but was originally from Colorado. C'mon over!
we're featuring Colorado! :o)
Pinto beans! I love 'em! : )
Morning, dollbear! Wonderful thread. Can't say I read every itty bitty word, but did read most of it. : )
Beautiful state, Colorado.
I *have* been to Colorado - at least the southern part of it, and it was cool and green and beautiful in the summer, with the clearest streams - for trout fishing! I'm not a lover of fish, but we cooked it on the grill with lemon butter, and it was actually delicious!
Thanks for being such a great tour guide. :)
- in South Dakota for one year, two states away
- passed through it, driving from Fairbanks, Alaska through Canada, down the Rockies, across the South and down to South Florida, before reporting to Myrtle Beach AFB, SC
- my son, Steve, lived there four years
Like its other Rockies neighbors, Wyoming and South Dakota and Montana, it is awesomely beautiful country!
We stopped at Ent AFB in Colorado Springs to visit a good friend from Alaska who was then stationed there.
My husband (in civilian clothes) stopped at Security Headquarters to inquire how to contact Bob, and the sergeant at the desk snapped to full attention and *sirred* him all over the place!
Swiftly contacted Bob on base and had him come to where we were.
We took Bob out to dinner, and Bernie described his unusual welcome to him.
Bob laughed really hard, said he would be treated with more respect now, and related that Bernie looked just like their Commanding General..:))
Colorado is truly beautiul.
Steve called last night to relate their activities, explaining they remain 12 hours on - 12 off, his shift from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m..
Their two DMAT treatment tents in the parking lot of the Charlotte Regional Medical Center serve as the local Emergency Room. On the two shifts, there is one Physician and one Physician Assistant in each tent, and yesterday his treated 100 patients, going nonstop.
(They alternate between the critical care tent patients, and lesser injured/ill ones.)
He described all the patients as traumatized, but so very appreciative of any kind and caring treatment...hard emotionally, with so many - especially the elderly and infirm - having lost literally everything they owned.
Most cases still are lacerations and fractures, continuing because of doing cleanup. One patient had something heavy badly crush his whole forearm, but they were able to save the arm - another fellow had bones sticking out from both sides of an ankle. Said he had become a "sewing artist," suturing so many. One young girl he treated yesterday had cut her forehead badly on a fish tank.
Still, though, are all the usual ones with breathing problems, heart attacks, etc., but *not yet* illnesses related to the lack of water and sanitation.
One near fatality happened to befall a PA from another DMAT Team in another location. Some unknown insect had stung him, and he rapidly went into anaphylactic shock.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! His teammates immediately injected him with things to counter it and inserted a breathing tube, but he coded and had to be revived several times, the outcome very much in doubt.
As for their 'Luxury Accommodations,' they have their own sleeping tent by the treatment ones, complete with military type cots - a bit hard on his 6' 5" 185 lb. body.
With their own generators, they have air conditioning, but said he had not packed his sleeping bag and froze to death the first night! The second night, a nurse who had her sleeping bag gave him a blanket belonging to her daughter, with hearts all over it, and he gladly used it! Since then, blankets have been given them.
Asking about his food intake, he said it still was mostly MRE's on the run, and the day before someone gave them hamburgers.
However, the night before, a catering outfit in Ft. Lauderdale who had provided their meals while doing the May Annual Air & Sea Show in Ft. Lauderdale for which DMAT always supplies medical assistance (70 patients from the crowd of 4,000,000 visitors on that weekend) drove all the way across the state just to serve the DMAT crew of 35 a wonderful meal!
Life's Better Moments - - -
The other smaller hospital has power and water now, so they are driven over there to get real and most welcome showers.
He specifically asked me to thank all of you have offered prayer for him, and all of them.
Working 12 hour shifts without a break on a hard parking lot with military boots on, and a tendency for his feet to hurt under normal circumstances, he said emphatically "I feel the Finest prayers so strongly, sustaining me when I otherwise would not be able to keep up the pace, and should be too tired to function!"
He truly attributes his endurance to the strength given by the Lord in response to them.
Steve just called to say they brought in a DMAT team from Ocala to relieve them briefly. He just arrived at home, and will go back Friday morning at 6:45 a.m.
One of the physicians from Ocala had worked with Steve 20 years ago at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, SC, where Steve was in Emergency Medicine Research for 10 years, and before that had worked in their ER during college.
It's a small world indeed - -