FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 29 January 2015

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

STEALING THE SHOW

Retired Marine Josue Barron attempts to steal the ball from a player in San Diego, Jan. 25, 2014. Barron is a member of the Naval Medical Center San Diego Wolfpack wheelchair basketball team. The Wolfpack, which includes military and civilian members, is one of 10 teams in the West Coast Conference of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Bell

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

ROCKET POWER

U.S. soldiers load an AH-64 Apache helicopter with rockets during a forward arming and refueling point exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 15, 2014. New York National Guard photo by Army Spc. Harley Jelis

EQUIPMENT DELIVERY

A vessel docks at Camp Garcia in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Jan. 20, 2014. The vessel is assigned to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard's Landing Craft Detachment. Puerto Rico National Guard photo by Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo

SURF PASSAGE

Students participate in the Navy Basic Underwater Demolition course during an evolution known as "surf passage" on Amphibious Base Coronado, CA, Jan. 21, 2014. The evolution is part of training to be a SEAL, which is the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces. SEALs are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the sea, air and land. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Russell

MISSION ARRIVAL

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan soldiers arrive in UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to conduct a clearing operation to disrupt insurgent movement in Jafare Sufla in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Jan. 15, 2014. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. David Devich

MOUNTAIN SECURITY

U.S. Army Spc. Nickolas Evangelista-Reitner scans the area while providing overwatch security for another unit in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2014. Evangelista-Reitner is assigned to U.S. Army National Guard's 216th Mobile Augmentation Company. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Laura Beth Beebe

MEDICAL MISSION

U.S. Army Sgt. Mary McCay looks out the window of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as she heads to pick up a soldier during a medical transportation mission on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2014. McCay, a health care specialist, is assigned to 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Green

SNOW DUTY

Air Force personnel remove snow and ice from the wings and propellers of an aircraft following a snowstorm on Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton, NY, Jan. 29, 2014. The airmen are assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing's Civil Engineering Squadron. New York National Guard photo by Air Force Senior Airman Christopher S. Muncy

GLOBEMASTER CONTROLS

U.S. Air Force Capt. Lauren Hoyt and U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mark Benischeck fly a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over southern Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2014. Hoyt and Benischeck are pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The crew landed on Kandahar Airfield to airlift mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles out of Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson

AIRLIFT MISSION

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sits idle on the flightline on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2014, before a mission to airlift mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicles out of Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson

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Our Source Of Help

January 29, 2015

Read: Psalm 121 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 21-22; Matthew 19

Twenty-year-old Lygon Stevens, an experienced mountaineer, had reached the summits of Mt. McKinley, Mt. Rainier, four Andean peaks in Ecuador, and 39 of Colorado’s highest mountains. “I climb because I love the mountains,” she said, “and I meet God there.” In January 2008, Lygon died in an avalanche while climbing Little Bear Peak in southern Colorado with her brother Nicklis, who survived.

When her parents discovered her journals, they were deeply moved by the intimacy of her walk with Christ. “Always a shining light for Him,” her mother said, “Lygon experienced a depth and honesty in her relationship with the Lord, which even seasoned veterans of faith long to have.”

In Lygon’s final journal entry, written from her tent 3 days before the avalanche, she said: “God is good, and He has a plan for our lives that is greater and more blessed than the lives we pick out for ourselves, and I am so thankful about that. Thank You, Lord, for bringing me this far and to this place. I leave the rest—my future—in those same hands and say thank You.”

Lygon echoed these words from the psalmist: “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Ps. 121:2).

O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Still be our guard while troubles last
And our eternal home. —Watts

We can trust our all-knowing God for the unknown future.

INSIGHT: Three times in this short chapter the Lord is referred to as our keeper (vv.3,4,5). This idea is of great comfort to the believer because it presents God as one who is not passive but active in our lives. To “keep” something is to actively guard and protect it. This idea is underscored by the fact that as our keeper, God does not sleep or slumber (vv.3-4) and watches over us day and night (v.6). How wonderful to know that the God who holds our lives is not disinterested but is constantly watching over us.

[EXCH54FE]

Good evening Kathy!!

(((HUGS)))

[SandRat]

Thank You.

[PROCON]

Evening Ma!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[The Mayor]

You’re welcome!

[SandRat]

Good evening,...(((HUGS)))...

Had a great day. It’s even warmed upto the entry Seventy temp today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

You were ready and waiting. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, EX...((HUGS))...have you had a good day?

I had the best payroll day in about 5 months. We 4 techs all said the same thing...we whispered so as not to jinx it.

[luvie]

It was 79 here. Very weird to have the AC on after all the ice and blustery cold we’ve had this month! LOL! Tomorrow it cools down again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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[SandRat]

Same forecast here.

Sneezins greetings.

[The Mayor]

Yes! Thank you!

[luvie]

Always Remembering!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SkyDancer]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

EX!!