Pray for Suni?? First, please say a special prayer for my Mom2 (Carolyn, aka SUNI – at the bottom of almost EVERY Broadcast I’ve done since 1997)? Her husband, Bill, has Ulcerated Colitis. To the best I understand, it is painful. To me, it means there are a bunch of perforations (holes) in his colon (by sheer word meanings), but I’m told it is a painful Auto-immune disease (to me, that means AIDS). Whatever it is, I understand he will be okay. I don’t need to know what it is or what it does. He will be okay. That is good enough for me. As to her note today (at the bottom), don’t mess with us old folks… I am still at home. God has given me a special blessing… My 15yo son leaves tonight to spend the night with friends who are also going with him on the missions trip to Honduras. They leave at 3am Wednesday morning. I have been able to be home with him some before he leaves. Then he comes back and flies directly to Birmingham, AL from Honduras (via Atlanta) to spend the summer with his Mom instead of flying back to Minnesota and then down to Alabama. We had our “tradition”al breakfast together, then went bowling. Now our “all summer long” bowling passes will go to my 24yo son to use until my 15yo gets back from Alabama. Now, I’ll spend some quality time with my 9yo and 6yo girls before leaving for my next trip. Right now, the will be Friday heading for Berlin, IL. Until then, I am available in a non-CMV (car, mini-van, pickup truck, etc.) if I can help you in any way. Please see my: Linkedin/in/HVCexpedite profile to see a copy of the Cargo Insurance I use when I’m in a rental vehicle. With my new Enhanced Driver’s License, I can cross into Canada or Mexico without any issues. May I help you?? Dominic Young: 612-281-4176 Facebook/HVCexpedite PS: As for today’s TGIF – we ALL do this. God’s timing is perfect, but we just need Him to understand that our timing is perfect-ER. If He can just cooperate with us, everything will be fine and He can get back to His design and plans after He finishes taking care of MY problems. See that? I get TWO capitals. He only gets one. As long as He cooperates with me, everything would work out so much better. Right? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE ENJOY: From MGySgt. (e9) Jonathan White, USMC (active): Todays Quote: “The judicial power of the United States is extended to all cases arising under the constitution. Could it be the intention of those who gave this power, to say that in using it the constitution should not be looked into? That a case arising under the constitution should be decided without examining the instrument under which it arises? This is too extravagant to be maintained.” - John Marshall; as stated in his opinion as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Marbury v. Madison on February 24, 1803. Today in History: On this day in 1775; British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts, and leads them against Breeds Hill, a fortified American position just below Bunker Hill. As the British advanced in columns against the Americans, American General William Prescott reportedly told his men, Dont one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes! When the Redcoats were within 40 yards, the Americans let loose with a lethal barrage of musket fire, throwing the British into retreat. After reforming his lines, Howe attacked again, with much the same result. Prescotts men were now low on ammunition, though, and when Howe led his men up the hill for a third time, they reached the redoubts and engaged the Americans in hand-to-hand combat. The outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. However, by the end of the engagement, the Patriots gunfire had cut down nearly 1,000 enemy troops, including 92 officers. Of the 370 Patriots who fell, most were struck while in retreat. The British had won the so-called Battle of Bunker Hill, and Breeds Hill and the Charlestown Peninsula fell firmly under British control. Despite losing their strategic positions, the battle was a morale-builder for the Americans, convincing them that patriotic dedication could overcome superior British military might. The British entered the Battle of Bunker Hill overconfident. Had they merely guarded Charlestown Neck, they could have isolated the Patriots with little loss of life. Instead, Howe had chosen to try to wipe out the Yankees by marching 2,400 men into a frontal assault on the Patriots well-defended position on top of the hill. The British would never make the same mistake again. Also on this day in history: 1579 - During his circumnavigation of the world, English seaman Francis Drake anchors in a harbor just north of present-day San Francisco, California, and claims the territory for Queen Elizabeth I. Calling the land Nova Albion, Drake remained on the California coast for a month to make repairs to his ship, the Golden Hind, and prepare for his westward crossing of the Pacific Ocean. On December 13, 1577, Drake set out from England with five ships on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World. After crossing the Atlantic, Drake abandoned two of his ships in South America and then sailed into the Straits of Magellan with the remaining three. A series of devastating storms besieged his expedition in the treacherous straits, wrecking one ship and forcing another to return to England. Only the Golden Hind reached the Pacific Ocean, but Drake continued undaunted up the western coast of South America, raiding Spanish settlements and capturing a rich Spanish treasure ship. Drake then continued up the western coast of North America, searching for a possible northeast passage back to the Atlantic. Reaching as far north as present-day Washington before turning back, Drake paused near San Francisco Bay in June 1579 to repair his ship and prepare for a journey across the Pacific. In July, the expedition set off across the Pacific, visiting several islands before rounding Africas Cape of Good Hope and returning to the Atlantic Ocean. On September 26, 1580, the Golden Hind returned to Plymouth, England, bearing its rich captured treasure and valuable information about the worlds great oceans. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I knighted Drake during a visit to his ship. 1871 - Poet, diplomat, songwriter, and anthologist of black culture James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended Atlanta University, where he earned A.B. and M.A. degrees, and Columbia University in New York City. Johnson began his career as principal of the segregated Stanton School in Jacksonville. He began practicing law in Jacksonville in 1898, upon his admission to the Florida bar. In 1901, he moved to New York City with his brother, composer John Rosamund Johnson. In New York, the Johnson brothers wrote some 200 songs for Broadway productions. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed James W. Johnson United States consul to Venezuela in 1906. In 1920, he became the chief organizer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Of his many accomplishments, Johnson is best known for his poetry and his anthologies of African-American poetry. An important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Johnson provided invaluable encouragement and recognition for the influential generation of artists coming of age in the 1920s and 1930s. 1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne Indians score a tactical victory over General Crooks forces at the Battle of the Rosebud, foreshadowing the disaster of the Battle of Little Big Horn eight days later.General George Crook was in command of one of three columns of soldiers converging on the Big Horn country of southern Montana that June. A large band of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians under the direction of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and several other chiefs had congregated in the area in defiance of U.S. demands that the Indians confine themselves to reservations. The army viewed the Indians refusal as an opportunity to dispatch a massive three-pronged attack and win a decisive victory over the hostile Indians. Crooks column, marching north from Fort Fetterman in Wyoming Territory, was to join with two others: General Gibbons column coming east from Fort Ellis in Montana Territory, and General Terrys force coming west from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory. Terrys force included the soon-to-be-famous 7th Cavalry under the command of George Custer. The vast distances and lack of reliable communications made it difficult to coordinate, but the three armies planned to converge on the valley of the Big Horn River and stage an assault on an enemy whose location and size was only vaguely known. The plan quickly ran into trouble. As Crook approached the Big Horn, his Indian scouts informed him they had found signs of a major Sioux force that must still be nearby. Crook was convinced that the Sioux were encamped in a large village somewhere along the Rosebud Creek just east of the Big Horn. Like most of his fellow officers, Crook believed that Indians were more likely to flee than stand and fight, and he was determined to find the village and attack before the Sioux could escape into the wilderness. Crooks Indian allies, 262 Crow and Shoshone warriors were less certain. They suspected the Sioux force was under the command of Crazy Horse, the brilliant war chief. Crazy Horse, they warned, was too shrewd to give Crook an opportunity to attack a stationary village. Crook soon learned that his allies were right. Around 8 a.m. on this day in 1876, Crook halted his force of about 1,300 men in the bowl of a small valley along the Rosebud Creek in order to allow the rear of the column to catch up. Crooks soldiers unsaddled and let their horses graze while they relaxed in the grass and enjoyed the cool morning air. The American soldiers were out in the open, divided, and unprepared. Suddenly, several Indian scouts rode into the camp at a full gallop. Sioux! Sioux! they shouted. Many Sioux! Within minutes, a mass of Sioux warriors began to converge on the army. A force of at least 1,500 mounted Sioux warriors caught Crooks soldiers by surprise. Crazy Horse had kept an additional 2,500 warriors in reserve to finish the attack. Fortunately for Crook, one segment of his army was not caught unprepared. His 262 Crow and Shoshone allies had taken up advanced positions about 500 yards from the main body of soldiers. With astonishing courage, the Indian warriors boldly countercharged the much larger invading force. They managed to blunt the initial attack long enough for Crook to regroup his men and send soldiers forward to support his Indian allies. The fighting continued until noon, when the Sioux-perhaps hoping to draw Crooks army into an ambush retreated from the field. The combined force of 4,000 Sioux warriors had outnumbered Crooks divided and unprepared army by more than three to one. Had it not been for the wisdom and courage of Crooks Indian allies, Americans today might well remember the Battle of the Rosebud as they do the subsequent Battle of the Little Big Horn. As it was, Crooks team was badly bloodied, 28 men were killed and 56 were seriously wounded. Crook had no choice but to withdraw and regroup. Crazy Horse had lost only 13 men and his warriors were emboldened by their successful attack on the American soldiers. Eight days later, they would join with their tribesmen in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, which would wipe out George Custer and his 7th Cavalry. 1885 - The dismantled State of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Grover Cleveland, became known around the world as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy. Intended to commemorate the American Revolution and a century of friendship between the U.S. and France, the statue was designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (who modeled it after his own mother), with assistance from engineer Gustave Eiffel, who later developed the iconic tower in Paris bearing his name. The statue was initially scheduled to be finished by 1876, the 100th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence; however, fundraising efforts, which included auctions, a lottery and boxing matches, took longer than anticipated, both in Europe and the U.S., where the statue’s pedestal was to be financed and constructed. The statue alone cost the French an estimated $250,000 (more than $5.5 million in today’s money). Finally completed in Paris in the summer of 1884, the statue, a robed female figure with an uplifted arm holding a torch, reached its new home on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor (between New York City and Hudson County, New Jersey) on June 17, 1885. After being reassembled, the 450,000-pound statue was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886, by President Cleveland, who said, “We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.” Standing more than 305 feet from the foundation of its pedestal to the top of its torch, the statue, dubbed “Liberty Enlightening the World” by Bartholdi, was taller than any structure in New York City at the time. The statue was originally copper-colored, but over the years it underwent a natural color-change process that produced its current greenish-blue hue. In 1892, Ellis Island, located near Bedloes Island (which in 1956 was renamed Liberty Island), opened as America’s chief immigration station, and for the next 62 years Lady Liberty, as the statue is nicknamed, stood watch over the more than 12 million immigrants who sailed into New York Harbor. In 1903, a plaque inscribed with a sonnet titled “The New Colossus” by American poet Emma Lazarus, written 20 years earlier for a pedestal fundraiser, was placed on an interior wall of the pedestal. Lazarus’ now-famous words, which include “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” became symbolic of America’s vision of itself as a land of opportunity for immigrants. Some 60 years after President Calvin Coolidge designated the statue a national monument in 1924, it underwent a multi-million-dollar restoration (which included a new torch and gold leaf-covered flame) and was rededicated by President Ronald Reagan on July 4, 1986, in a lavish celebration. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the statue was closed; its base, pedestal and observation deck re-opened in 2004, while its crown re-opened to the public on July 4, 2009. (For safety reasons, the torch has been closed to visitors since 1916, after an incident called the Black Tom explosions in which munitions-laden barges and railroad cars on the Jersey City, New Jersey, waterfront were blown up by German agents, causing damage to the nearby statue.) Veritas vos Liberabit, Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum, IChThUS Imprimis, Chuck Norris daily factoid- Chuck Norris beat Usain Bolts record in the 100 meter dash, he just never knew because he was sleep walking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moving Ahead of God TGIF Today God Is First by Os Hillman The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her (Gen 16:2). Have you ever felt that you were supposed to receive something from God but it just hasnt materialized? You wait and wait until finally you decide that maybe God wants you to help out the situation. This is exactly what happened in the case of Abraham and Sarah. God had promised them a son, but as years passed by they were still without a child. They took their eyes off the One who had made the promise and decided to take matters into their own hands. So, Abraham lay with Sarahs maidservant, Hagar, and she bore a son, Ishmael (see Genesis 16). The son of promise, Isaac, came later through Sarah, just like God had promised. However, the modern day conflict between the Arabs and Israelis is the fruit of this act of disobedience that occurred centuries ago. I recall a time when I launched a business enterprise only to fall on my face. It had all the hallmarks of a Godly venture, but I was premature and guilty of presumption instead of faith. The resulting financial losses are lasting reminders of a decision that was based on a horizontal choice instead of a vertical dependence that required patience until God said, Go. The way to avoid making Ishmael decisions is to seek God fully on the matter in prayer, be in an accountable relationship with your spouse and close associates who know you well, and gain agreement through two or more people. The Bible says, The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?(Jer 17:9). Whenever we want something strongly, it is a dangerous place because we no longer look at the matter objectively with a willingness to change our viewpoint. We have to approach a matter as being dead to the issue in order to fully see Gods perspective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A strong young man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of Morris, one of the older workmen. After several minutes, Morris had enough. Why dont you put your money where your mouth is? he said. I will bet a weeks wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you wont be able to wheel back. Youre on, old man, the braggart replied. Its a bet! Lets see what you got. Morris reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, All right. Get in. Christ Was Love And, I believe, He still is. Amazed in His presence... Humbled by His love.......Suni..< ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dominic Young personal e-mail: HVCexpedite@hotmail Use the above e-mail address to find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, etc... (612) 281 - 4176 (Call or Text) Dont get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you dont give up. Galatians 6:9 (CEV) or a Zig put it a couple thousand years later: You can get everything in life you want if you simply help enough others get what they want. Zig Ziglar
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