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Posted on 12/29/2008 6:00:01 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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Good evening shoptalk, thanks for stopping in this evening!
And thanks to your son for his service to our Country.
MCRD Parris Island looks like a fantastic base!
Hours before 2007 began, some friends of ours in the UK were aboard their boat, anticipating the arrival of the new year, when a violent storm struck. But they were able to send us this reassuring note: “John and Linda are sitting on board the good ship Norna, and happy to say that we are secure. . . . The wind is storm force ten [48-55 knots]. Hope that all of you have a happy and prosperous new year.”
Jesus’ disciples also encountered a stormy experience. They were on the Sea of Galilee when a windstorm whipped up (Mark 6:48). The storm was so violent that despite being experienced fishermen who knew the lake well, they feared for their lives. But Jesus walked out to them and saved them.
No one can predict with certainty how stormy the new year will be. We do know, though, that everyone will face storms. But we who have Jesus have our future securely moored to Him. Jesus, who did not fail us in the past, will not fail us in the future.
Lewis Edgar Jones aptly described our situation in his old hymn:
How will you fare in the storms of the new year? If you’re anchored in Jesus, you have nothing to fear.
I’m sure it’s just very tough to get through! It just looks hard in some of the pictures I’ve seen!
Good evening Connie, and thank you for the awesome Tribute to Our Troops!
*HUGS*
Waiting Area -- Local Iraqi boys watch Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers outside a temporary medical clinic set up during a Medical Engagement in Muhallah 979, Sindabad, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 20. During the CME Iraqi doctors provide free medical care to local Iraqi residents. Photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick.
I personally didnt think it was that bad, but there are lots of washouts.
Choices -- Father Gabriel Tooma, an Iraqi Christian and Chief of Monks at Saint Anthony gives a girl a toy at the Orphanage of Saint Joseph in Al Qosh, Iraq, Dec. 23. Photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano.
Work is going fine......BUT......the system is not co-operating and won’t allow 2009 to be opened so we can do payroll. We have no edits. We are already short one day, and now no time to make any corrections IF they get it fixed by morning. 2pm is “print checks” time. *sigh* I’ll take my timesheets home and see what corrections need to be made so that IF they do get it fixed I will only have corrections to do, no checking of timesheets.
How has your day gone? *HUGS*
Good evening Mayor, and thank you for the words from the Bible!
I’d be on the washout list, LOL! :o)
Helping Hand -- Capt. Raylee Causier, a platoon leader assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment "Golden Dragons," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, gives children a push on a carousel in the playground of the newly refurbished Al Gil Al Jadeed Primary School in Mushada, northwest of Baghdad, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 29. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christina Bhatti.
Good evening Sand, what beautiful children. Thanks for the great pics!
You’d surprise yourself!
Toy Box -- U.S. Army Sgt. Phillip Brown of Ironhawk Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, carries a box of toys into the Orphanage of Saint Joseph in Al Qosh, Iraq, Dec. 23. Photo by Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano.
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All good here, thanks! Just a couple more wacky days to get as much in by the end of the year. Bosses are cracking the whip, LOL!
Hope you all get your New Year open!
*HUGS*
HiYa lauren.
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