Message from Barbara.
We received this message via Carmen. Barbara, the author of the e-mail, runs Lutz Patriots, which is in our blogroll. She wrote in response to our post "No surrender, defeat, no retreat". I feel that we need to share this letter with all of our readers.
And I leave you with Barbara:
"You're right !! I like that last KillCastro post and totally agree!
This past weekend we had a Chaplain come to Lutz from Virginia to thank us for all the packages we sent to his unit. He was a great guy. Totally surprised us. He does have a brother who lives in Land O' Lakes near here so he stayed with him, but came to our flag waving rally on Fri. and then to church with us Sunday ! He even spoke to my Sunday School class about what is REALLY going on in Iraq and it was so interesting. He said that out of all of the provinces in Iraq, only two have real terrorist trouble, and that represents maybe 5 to 10 thousand people. There are 27 million people in Iraq.
He told such interesting stories too....some touching and some funny. Someone in my class asked how the women are treated there. He said the Muslim way is that the husband rules, however there was an incident when a man and wife were carrying a child who was very ill and the wife saw the medic traveling with the soldiers and asked if he could check their child. The medic said he could help the child and the father at first said no. The wife gave the husband this glare that the Chaplain imitated with scrunched up face and obviously a mean look toward her husband. Then the husband said, "o.k......go ahead and treat my child." The Chaplain joked that it's like everywhere.....the husband thinks he rules !
He also told the story of how he had to go with his assistant to an area where a soldier had been killed. It ran through his mind that he was seeing this soldier right where he died, and the family didn't even know yet. He said that the guys with him were so down that day. He described it as a "one" on the morale scale of one to ten. Then when they returned to base the postal clerk said "Chaplain you got about 20 packages here from that Lutz group." And his guys perked up a little and ran over to the base post office and got the packages and read our encouraging letters. The timing could not have been better. We tell them in every package how much we believe in their mission and believe they are true American heroes, and how much we pray for them. The Chaplain had tears in his eyes telling us this last story.
One last funny story. Most of the guys in his battalion are out of N.Y. and New Jersey. Now this is a Baptist Chaplain, but most of the guys are Catholic. In the military, different denominations of Chaplains minister to all kinds of soldiers. He said the guys would call him "Fadda" in their Jersey accents..... "give me a blessin' Fadda....I'm goin' on a mission." So he would imitate giving them a blessing just to appease them and they would all laugh. When they left the country to come home the big plane had to bank sharply with evasive moves so they would not be a target while taking off. The soldiers were quiet for a few minutes while the plane shuttered and shook and banked over toward the side. When they got into a safe zone the soldiers said " Thanks Fadda ! If you hadn't been with us we could have all died!" He said he just laughed and didn't have the heart to tell them that his time will come too one day....whenever the Lord is ready for him. He doesn't have any more power of God than they do if they pray !
Thanks for letting me share Carmen !
Tell " Kill Kastro" to keep up the good work !
Barbara"
And I leave you with Barbara:
"You're right !! I like that last KillCastro post and totally agree!
This past weekend we had a Chaplain come to Lutz from Virginia to thank us for all the packages we sent to his unit. He was a great guy. Totally surprised us. He does have a brother who lives in Land O' Lakes near here so he stayed with him, but came to our flag waving rally on Fri. and then to church with us Sunday ! He even spoke to my Sunday School class about what is REALLY going on in Iraq and it was so interesting. He said that out of all of the provinces in Iraq, only two have real terrorist trouble, and that represents maybe 5 to 10 thousand people. There are 27 million people in Iraq.
He told such interesting stories too....some touching and some funny. Someone in my class asked how the women are treated there. He said the Muslim way is that the husband rules, however there was an incident when a man and wife were carrying a child who was very ill and the wife saw the medic traveling with the soldiers and asked if he could check their child. The medic said he could help the child and the father at first said no. The wife gave the husband this glare that the Chaplain imitated with scrunched up face and obviously a mean look toward her husband. Then the husband said, "o.k......go ahead and treat my child." The Chaplain joked that it's like everywhere.....the husband thinks he rules !
He also told the story of how he had to go with his assistant to an area where a soldier had been killed. It ran through his mind that he was seeing this soldier right where he died, and the family didn't even know yet. He said that the guys with him were so down that day. He described it as a "one" on the morale scale of one to ten. Then when they returned to base the postal clerk said "Chaplain you got about 20 packages here from that Lutz group." And his guys perked up a little and ran over to the base post office and got the packages and read our encouraging letters. The timing could not have been better. We tell them in every package how much we believe in their mission and believe they are true American heroes, and how much we pray for them. The Chaplain had tears in his eyes telling us this last story.
One last funny story. Most of the guys in his battalion are out of N.Y. and New Jersey. Now this is a Baptist Chaplain, but most of the guys are Catholic. In the military, different denominations of Chaplains minister to all kinds of soldiers. He said the guys would call him "Fadda" in their Jersey accents..... "give me a blessin' Fadda....I'm goin' on a mission." So he would imitate giving them a blessing just to appease them and they would all laugh. When they left the country to come home the big plane had to bank sharply with evasive moves so they would not be a target while taking off. The soldiers were quiet for a few minutes while the plane shuttered and shook and banked over toward the side. When they got into a safe zone the soldiers said " Thanks Fadda ! If you hadn't been with us we could have all died!" He said he just laughed and didn't have the heart to tell them that his time will come too one day....whenever the Lord is ready for him. He doesn't have any more power of God than they do if they pray !
Thanks for letting me share Carmen !
Tell " Kill Kastro" to keep up the good work !
Barbara"
3 Comments:
Thank YOU CB and KC!!
Barbara from Lutz Patriots (Lutz is a small town outside Tampa) has been doing an excellent job in her community gathering supplies, gifts,anything the soldiers need or desire and sending them to Iraq.
The stories, letters, videos and messages she receives from the soldiers in Iraq are moving, encouraging and very positive of the work the USA is doing over there, not what we see or hear in the media. Shame on John Kerry for calling our soldiers terrorist, shame on Howard Dean, SHAME ON ALL OF THEM FOR BEING ANTI AMERICANS!
They should be charged with Treason!!
yeah Carmen john Kerry finally show his true colors, I am glad he did that,the whole country is watching his repulsive behavior,
He went too far this time by sayin that ours soldiers terrorized woman and children,
What a scumbag.
Kerry you should renounce of the privilege of been an American citizen.
…..and the nominee for traitor of the year. goes to ….john cherryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…..
he is a cherry
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