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SHIP 12 DIVISION 224 PIR 7/8/11
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This group is for anyone who has a SR in Ship 12 Division 224 PIR 7/8/11. Welcome!
Website: http://ship12div224pir7-8-11
Location: Great Lakes
Members: 13
Latest Activity: Jul 12, 2013
Discussion Forum
Snippets from Letters 5/29 & 5/30
Started by TickledTink. Last reply by linda23 Jul 5, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I got two letters, mailed Tues 5/31, received in San Diego Thurs 6/2 written with RTC paper and envelopes. Letter 1, 5/29: - "Things are hard here, I'm not gonna lie. Every day is a 16 hr day and…Continue
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Comment by Willsmom on June 24, 2011 at 5:58pm
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The effectual and fervant prayer of a righeous man availeth much. Also, let's be in prayer for a safe trip for all of us.
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Comment by TickledTink on June 24, 2011 at 5:35pm
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Will pray for sure! I am also miffed about the BS21 timing, ugh.
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Comment by vgain on June 24, 2011 at 3:05pm
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Definitely navymommo!
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Comment by joel's_rackie on June 24, 2011 at 12:45pm
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Amen! let's pray for that!
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Comment by Lisa on June 24, 2011 at 11:21am
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Absolutely navymommo! I'm praying :-)
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Comment by navymommo on June 24, 2011 at 11:14am
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Hi!
Can we please have a group prayer for a call this weekend! You know what happened the last time we did this! :)
The power of prayer and the power of faith are awesome.
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We're leaving from CA and will be in flight at the time they'll be making the much prayed for "I'm a Sailor Call" I'm hoping if my son know's when we land that he can call then.
I agree Willsmom and NYRican about seeing the faces in the photo. It will be so nice during PIR to recognize these SR's...It feels like I have in investment in the whole division, not just my own SR... It will be a beautiful thing watching them march into that PIR Hall 2 weeks from today!
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Willsmom: I will be traveling from Maryland and will also be in route or possibly already there on the 6th. Keep you posted if I hear anything.
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NYRican: I was wondering the same thing about the dates for BS being so close to graduation. We are driving from Alabama, and leaving here on the morning of the 5th, so by the time we get the call, we will already be in Chicago. It will really be quite the disappointment (to put it VERY mildly) if the call is something other than "I'm a Sailor"......I didn't see an explanation in the BS discussion. Did you?
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Two weeks today!!!! Wow! I can't wait and am starting to get butterflies in my stomach when I think of actually seeing all of these young men and young women become US Sailors! God bless them all, and all of you for supporting them so faithfully! You're right, NYRican, it is like meeting them when you look at the pic! It's good to put a face to the ones we've been praying for!
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