"Doc" with a halo!
Posted on 02/19/2005 12:40:42 AM PST by patriciaruth
Time for a new thread!
Our Merry Band of Patriots has seen a psy-ops unit at Bagram, Afghanistan, help educate voters in Afghanistan and come home successfully, while we supported them and special forces in the field by sending over 100 movies and many packages of snacks and toiletries and Hallowe'en candy. A Christmas tree and decorations (Daybreakcoming) and stockings (Ican'tbelieveit) and cards and over 400 candy canes were sent for their follow-on unit, and a box with movies and magazines and misc is just beginning to fill for their next care package. The movies and books we sent previously went into the Special Forces library there.
We've seen Beast Battery at Kirkuk, Iraq, through till their deployment home, sending them over 100 movies and dozens of books and a microwave and DVD/VCR player (from arjay) and many big boxes of snacks. Plus a huge wave of goodies was organized by McLynnan for Christmas in Kirkuk (2 prelit trees, ornaments, Santa suit, many stockings with stuffers, many cards, and a couple thousand candy canes to share out with all the forces there).
We've supported the 411th Engineers at Baghdad in 2004 with about 70 movies and several dozen books, a Playstation 2 and a Nintendo console with a couple dozen games (from asgardshill and ican'tbelieveit), a 4 foot Christmas tree and ornaments and boxes of snacks and many cards and 600 candy canes. In the next couple months we will be bidding them Godspeed as they return to their homebase in Hawaii.
We've sent over 50 movies, a DVD/VCR player (from arjay), and a dozen and a half books to an MI unit near Kirkuk, plus some Christmas decorations and stocking stuffers, and many cards and 156 candy canes. They have mostly left for home now and we just sent a package with more movies to their follow-on unit.
Also we have sent some packages to an Aviation unit at Balad, Iraq and to an Infantry Medics unit, and a small Christmas package each to another AVN unit and an MP unit.
Stryker Infantry company formerly at Fallujah and now at Mosul since November has been the major focus of our care packages these past months. All of Stryker at Mosul has taken fire, and our adopted company has suffered a KIA and some soldiers with severe injuries.
Early on we sent food items (mostly power bars and dried fruit and nuts) then Christmas stockings stuffed with goodies and many cards and 200 candy canes, and since Christmas have begun sending movies. They recently received a DVD/VCR player (from arjay) and with the movies just mailed today their collection will total about 75 movies and a dozen books.
And all this happened because our grassroots volunteer group began forming in the early summer of 2001 to send care packages to Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, when the 101st Airborne and then the 10th Mountain were there.
The contents of packages just mailed will be listed in post below.
I'm not sure, but it may have been intended for my Boy Scout Troop that sent banners over there.
It has soldier names on it and it came from your nephew and it says "United We Stand" on it with a ribbon.
And a couple of the notes written on the banner say "Doc".
Really, it's quite awe-inspiring and quite an inspired thank you note.
I'd be more descriptive, but I'm really sort of put at a loss for words. Really very nice of them.
"Doc" with a halo!
Mailed April 16, 2005, to Stryker company at Mosul, postage $9.90, insured for $63.00 (Thanks to Ros24 for most of the contents)
1 Petzl headlamp, Takkita Plus, camouflage (tan) color
1 bag Tootsie fruit rolls
1 bag Blow Pops
1 bag Dubble Bubble bubble gum
4 toothbrushes, 4 travel size Close Up toothpaste, 4 lip balm, 4 hand sanitizer, 2 wet ones
3 large packs Carefree spearmint gum
4 pr. white socks size 10-13 (fits 8-12)
1 thank you card
1 thank you note
Mailed April 16, 2005, to Stryker company at Mosul, postage 9.00, insured for $45.00 (Thanks to Ros42 for some contents)
27 Power Bars (11 chocolate, 12 oatmeal raisin, 4 peanut butter)
1 box cheddar cheese snack crackers
2 boxes Little Debbie zebra cakes
19 packs Carefree gum (11 Spearmint, 8 bubble gum)
1 Pop Rocks – 3 pack
several left over pistachio nuts in shell
2 thank you letters
Mailed April 16, 2005, to SW6906's adopted soldier at Mosul
1 Petzl headlamp, Takkita Plus, camo color
postage $5.15, insured for 21.50
I have a half dozen boxes about ready to go to MI unit at Kirkuk, but am having a health problem that may interfere with their getting out in the next day or two. A few prayers for me may be in order here.
re: #184
Patricia, I pray that the Lord restore you to good health! God Bless you and comfort you.
Rhonda :)
You're a saint on Earth. :-)
It's been a tough spring for you - prayers for your health have gone up.
Just wanted to let you know that I will mail a check to you by Wednesday. [For the last several months, I've been directing all of my (discretionary) financial resources toward my late brother's family . . . Now, I'm ready to get re-involved with your much needed/much appreciated CARE PACKAGES!]
Prayers up for your health!
A few prayers sent :-)
Improving health prayer for you, Patriciaruth.
Our troops are true heroes, not the pro athletes who merely play games for huge amounts of money, not the Hollywood celebrities who mock our values, nor the wealthy New Yorkers who happened to have a relative killed during 9/11. No matter how we feel about the war in Iraq, our troops deserve our support.
Our Merciful Savior, we Lift Up to You our sister Patty, Pleading that You will Send Your Word of Healing to her. Touch her, Great King, and Grant her Rest, Refreshment, and Health, Your Spirit Bringing her Sweet Peace. Draw her Ever Closer to Thee, Loving Lord, Your Presence Soothing her, and Encouraging her Heart.
We Love You, Merciful Master, and Pray in Your Holy Name, amen.
joining in prayer for your restored health
Matt 18:20
Don't think you'd have any takers on that in my family. LOL!
When I'm tired, I'm grumpy, and I'm tired a lot.
Ordered 15 camouflage colored headlamps today for the MI unit at Kirkuk.
Cardiologist scheduled me for treadmill or nuclear scan for Wednesday. Strong family history of coronary artery disease, so my problem may be that. It would be nice if it was just an esophageal ulcer from my new arthritis medicine (which I stopped).
I'll let you all know as soon as I can if I need a cardiac cath. Whimper. I'm such a baby!
Meanwhile, I'm going to be taking it pretty easy, as there is no heart damage showing on my EKG today and I want to keep it that way.
Good news so far. Thanks everyone for the good wishes.
Wishing you the best.
I am praying for you.
I had a cardiac cath and angioplasty and slept through both. Just try to relax and don't worry too much.
Prayers Arising for you Daily, dear sister, to our Loving Lord in Heaven.
You are always in my prayers but I'll say some extra ones for you.
More good wishes and prayers on the way.
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