Jean, I am praying for his boards. We don't have any idea how far along our sailor is on his quals on his first sub tour. Praying for all to have clarity of mind.
I am fairly new to N4M and I have a recruit (my son Chris) in bootcamp. He has recently been seperated from his group and sent to ship 6 with a stress fracture in his heel. He is very bummed to say the least, and I'm afraid he's getting depressed and homesick. Please pray for his healing and strength to continue on, so he may continue on with bootcamp once he is better. I'm sure he doesn't see the light at the end of the tunnel right now, and I know he will regret it if he ends up getting medically discharched. He has called his girlfriend the last two times he was able to call home, and I don't think that helps his situation any. I know he misses her and her him, so I'm sure it's tuff when he speaks to her. She told me the last time she talked to him he told her he wanted to come home. I honestly believe that would be a big mistake. He has wanted to join the navy ever since I could remember. Please pray for my son! Thank you all! Everyone I've met so far on this site has been wonderful.
We are blessed to have you with us Karen~Christopher's Mom. Please look up Rose R--if you can't find her, I'll send you her link. She has worked the Ship 6 for a long time and has lots of resources.
God Bless. Carol
I have been writing him and sending him lots of encouragement! He hasn't called me, only called his girlfriend. I'm hoping and praying next time he gets to make a call, that he will call me. I will def. be his cheerleader. I agree strongly that his Navy career will change his life for the good! It worries me that he's having doubts, I think he's discouraged. Thank you for your prayers and kind words!
Thank you Blondie. Congrats to your daughter for being so strong and dedicated to get through such a tuff time. I pray my son has the same strength and determination that your daughter did. You are aloud to turn down a medical discharge? I didn't know that. I hope he's aware he can choose to stay if they suggest a discharge to him. I'm afraid he's missing his girlfriend and all this down time is going to get in his head and he will make a decision that he'll end up regretting. I've seen a lot of posts from Mom's who's recruits have been discharged because they were diagnosed with depression. Please continue to pray for my son Christopher, I feel so helpless right now and I know it's in Gods hands.
Blondie, thank you for letting me know about this!! :) This group is simply amazing!
NNM, thank you...my daughter just arrived at boot camp and I am sure she is already feeling it. Spirituality is so important to strength! Good luck with your new job...will keep you in my prayers.
Dear Lord--thank you for the fellowship of sisterhood with you and with our friends. Last night was amazing. Three of us were together in your name as we celebrated the long time friendships of our sons for many years. We lift up Nick in Iraq, Jeff in Guam, and Andy under the sea. Thank you for the opportunity to be together in dinner and to be able to share openly with one another. Amen
Dear Lord, please help my daughter as she is going through processing. We have received a phone call from her (in addition to the "Im safe" one), so there have been some hiccups. Please give her with wisdom and strength to pull through this. Whatever Your plan is for her, please give us all the courage and strength to trust in it.
Dear Lord, as Melsmom's daughter combats fatigue, please give her strength and patience. We ask in your holy ways that you provide the avenue to take care of these "hiccups." Be with the family as they wait out this time too. Amen
GRAY SUMMIT, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - A serious accident happened on Interstate 44 and Highway 100 near Gray Summit, Missouri around 10:30am Thursday. Two people are confirmed dead, 19 year old Daniel Schatz of Sullivan, MO and 15 year old Jessica Brinker, from St. James, MO. Schatz was the driver of a GMC pick-up. Brinker was a passenger on a school bus.
The buses were full of students from St. James High School on their annual band trip to 6 Flags in Eureka. As many as 50 students total were on the buses.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, at about 10:15am, in the Eastbound lanes of I-44, traffic was backed up in the right hand lane, due to highway construction in Pacific.
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The highway patrol says a GMC pickup rear-ended a Volvo semi truck in the right lane. The driver of the first school bus was carrying the girls from the John. F. Hodges High School marching band. The driver saw a vehicle on the right shoulder and moved over to the left lane to avoid that car.
While the bus driver was checking her mirrors to make sure it was safe to return to the right lane, she did not see that the GMC pick-up had hit the semi truck. The first bus then hit the GMC pick-up and the semi truck. The second school bus, carrying the boys, then hit the back of the first bus.
The other fatality in the accident is a female student, that was riding in the first bus.
The speed limit on that stretch of highway is 70 miles an hour.
All lanes of eastbound I-44 were closed until around 4:00pm while the accident reconstruction team worked the accident scene and cleanup took place. Large cranes were called in to remove the buses from the accident scene.
After The Accident
News traveled fast from friends and students in the accident. School officials called the parents of students who were injured first. Because the field trip was headed to Six Flags, many of the students had not brought their cell phones because they planned on playing in the water park, but friends were talking on Facebook and Twitter soon after.
SkyFOX could see students sitting on the pavement after the accident, while others could be seen being placed on stretchers and put in ambulances.
The injured were taken to six area hospitals:
35 patients to Cardinal Glennon students with minor injuries
6 patients to St. John's Creve Coeur
5 patients to St. John's Washington
4 patients to St. Clare Fenton
2 patients to Missouri Baptist both have been released
1 patient to Children's Hospital a female in serious condition
This is not the first time this stretch of road has seen a fatal accident. Between 2000 and 2007, there were 19 crashes with 33 deaths along I-44 between I-270 and Grey Summit. Many of the accidents have occurred near the exit to Six Flags.
Criminal charges were filed in connection to an accident in July 2005 near Six Flags that killed five members of the same family.
Thomas Miskel, the driver of the dump truck that hit the minivan carrying that family, was charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Miskel, who was 43 when the crash happened, was driving a dump truck loaded with rock when it slammed into the back of the minivan, which was stopped in traffic near the Six Flags exit.
The family was on their way to the amusement park.
Angi Huckaba was driving the car. She was killed along with two of her children, Josh, 6, and Jacob, 9, her brother, Brett Willingham, 14, and her sister, Amy Willingham, 18.
Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch says there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs in Miskel, nor was there any evidence of excessive speed.
He says it was a clear day and Miskel simply was not paying attention, hitting the minivan at full speed of about 60 miles per hour.
12 other people were hurt in the crash.
Miskel's 15-year-old son was in the dump truck with him when the crash happened.
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Our troops have been so thankful in the notes we're getting back from Molly's Adopt a Sailor and the Heads at Ease program navigated by Sue. Can you imagine someone saying thanks to us? God, we ask that you bless all our military branches and that you keep all their families safe.
This is one of the kindest things you may see. It is not known who replied, but there is definitely a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service.
Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed
Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when
Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I
thought we could so she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is
with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that
you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim.
I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know
that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then
Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope
because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the
letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it
into the letter box at the post office.
A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet.
I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it.
Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.'
Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to
God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the
picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a
big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays
in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog.
Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for
you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping
you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother
you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.
Dear Lord, I just want to say Thank you for everything. Father, I rejoice in you and lay every need and concern at your feet. I put my concerns into your Hands and pray. You are amazing, your Love has filled my heart and no one will ever destroy my Love for you.
Please pray for Nadine and all of Grant's family. This is her post on Molly's Adopt a Sailor page.
Comment by Grantsmom 10 hours ago I was wondering if someone could please help me. I lost my precious son Grant this week-end in a terible car accident. He had just finished the nuclear program and was waiting to head out to San Diego to be on the CVN - 70 Carl Vinson. I guess that was not Gods plan. My question to anyone is I wanted donations made to Mollys adopt a sailor program. Is there anyone specific they sould be sending that to? At the time I am unable to find who is in charge of it. Thanks Nadine
Remembering, too, Adam. His birthday would be tomorrow. Keep Florence continually wrapped in your arms.
Bless those who want to remember the lives of those they loved with actions and deeds. Amen
Oh Sharon, I am so saddened at the services our country is stopping. Julianne and her needs will definitely be in prayer. And, also, I pray that our country stops frivilous pork spending, and watches over her constiuents in a responsible manner.
Dearest God-- I praise your name as this sisterhood of prayer warriors can be together here. We know we can safely speak of our needs. We know you join us as we praise your holy name.
Please be with the unchurched. Help us lead them to you, Lord. Help us show in all our actions how majestic is your name.
Lord, help us love the unloveable. Help us bring each other together anytime there are differences in opinions. Keep us holy. Amen
Prayers are working. Just wanted to thank all of you who prayed for my son Chris who is in ship6 with a stress fracture in his heel. I got a phone call from him today, he sounded really good and positive, best I've heard him sound in a long time. He says he should only be in ship6 another couple of weeks and should be able to graduate in Oct. sometime. God is good!
I've had many calls from parents and military spouses. Please pray for those who are married and in the military. It seems to be weighing heavily on many of late.
Thanks for the update about marriages in the military.
I think the chaplin 's office has marriage enrichment groups that families can attend.
hope this helps.
Jean, I will definitely add it to my list of suggestions. Thanks to all who are praying for our military, our country, our families, our churches and our freedom.
Dear prayer partners
Please lift up Donna, a friend from church, her husband Paul, and their family. Donna's been battling breast cancer, and her lungs have not recovered from the chemo and radiation. Their son, Mark, died about 8 years ago from lung cancer. A prayer alert has gone out in Troy, IL for Donna and her family.
Dear God, Please guide the medical care team. Please wrap your arms around Donna and her family. Our hearts are aching for this dearly loved family. Keep them safe in your love. Amen
In memory of good church friend Donna Nelson. She lost her battle with breast cancer ans subsequent lung infections. Please be with her husband Paul and their families. This is a terrible blow to our church, too. I don't know of anyone's lives they have not touched over the years.
sharon I sorry that your daughter loss her services
i work with special need students and the special need teachers and staff knows alot about services
if you can check out a special needs teacher and ask her about special needs services>
hope this helps>
Sharon, I pray our country will be back on the road to employment, to better services, and to helping those who deserve help for a more fulfilling life.
Oh Rose, I am so sorry to hear about this. Still, have him go to the unemployment office and get signed up for job offers. Our local chamber of commerce also keeps lists of area jobs--maybe you have the same thing, too. I shall be praying for your brother, his heart and his dignity. Tell him we all love him.
You may have been following Laura's news on facebook, but here is our prayer as sent by Gold Star Mom Florence:
Comment by Florence, Adam's Mom 13 hours ago
Just a little while ago I got news Laura Lea Swink ( on facebook) lost her son, "DOC" James Micheal Swink on 8-26 in Afghanistan. Moms of Fallen Heroes is a group we wished never got another mom of a fallen heroes, however, we are here to offer up prayers, send our love and give support to these moms and their families. My heart cry out for my dear friend Laura, I will upsate when I have more information.
I was looking at different groups and after hearing about Fallen Hero Swink I was drawn to this one. I believe in the power of prayer and know that the Swink family and friends need it now more than ever. Prayers for Peace and Love to them all :)
carols_kitchen
Jul 31, 2010
jean
Aug 1, 2010
jean
thanks for all your prayers and thoughts and well wishes
thanks nm
love you
hugs
Aug 1, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 1, 2010
Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom
Aug 1, 2010
carols_kitchen
God Bless. Carol
Aug 1, 2010
Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom
Aug 1, 2010
Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom
Aug 2, 2010
MandE'smom(Hi, I'm Mary)
NNM, thank you...my daughter just arrived at boot camp and I am sure she is already feeling it. Spirituality is so important to strength! Good luck with your new job...will keep you in my prayers.
Aug 3, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 4, 2010
MandE'smom(Hi, I'm Mary)
Amen
Aug 4, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 4, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 4, 2010
carols_kitchen
The buses were full of students from St. James High School on their annual band trip to 6 Flags in Eureka. As many as 50 students total were on the buses.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, at about 10:15am, in the Eastbound lanes of I-44, traffic was backed up in the right hand lane, due to highway construction in Pacific.
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The highway patrol says a GMC pickup rear-ended a Volvo semi truck in the right lane. The driver of the first school bus was carrying the girls from the John. F. Hodges High School marching band. The driver saw a vehicle on the right shoulder and moved over to the left lane to avoid that car.
While the bus driver was checking her mirrors to make sure it was safe to return to the right lane, she did not see that the GMC pick-up had hit the semi truck. The first bus then hit the GMC pick-up and the semi truck. The second school bus, carrying the boys, then hit the back of the first bus.
The other fatality in the accident is a female student, that was riding in the first bus.
The speed limit on that stretch of highway is 70 miles an hour.
All lanes of eastbound I-44 were closed until around 4:00pm while the accident reconstruction team worked the accident scene and cleanup took place. Large cranes were called in to remove the buses from the accident scene.
After The Accident
News traveled fast from friends and students in the accident. School officials called the parents of students who were injured first. Because the field trip was headed to Six Flags, many of the students had not brought their cell phones because they planned on playing in the water park, but friends were talking on Facebook and Twitter soon after.
SkyFOX could see students sitting on the pavement after the accident, while others could be seen being placed on stretchers and put in ambulances.
The injured were taken to six area hospitals:
35 patients to Cardinal Glennon students with minor injuries
6 patients to St. John's Creve Coeur
5 patients to St. John's Washington
4 patients to St. Clare Fenton
2 patients to Missouri Baptist both have been released
1 patient to Children's Hospital a female in serious condition
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Dangerous Highway
This is not the first time this stretch of road has seen a fatal accident. Between 2000 and 2007, there were 19 crashes with 33 deaths along I-44 between I-270 and Grey Summit. Many of the accidents have occurred near the exit to Six Flags.
Criminal charges were filed in connection to an accident in July 2005 near Six Flags that killed five members of the same family.
Thomas Miskel, the driver of the dump truck that hit the minivan carrying that family, was charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Miskel, who was 43 when the crash happened, was driving a dump truck loaded with rock when it slammed into the back of the minivan, which was stopped in traffic near the Six Flags exit.
The family was on their way to the amusement park.
Angi Huckaba was driving the car. She was killed along with two of her children, Josh, 6, and Jacob, 9, her brother, Brett Willingham, 14, and her sister, Amy Willingham, 18.
Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch says there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs in Miskel, nor was there any evidence of excessive speed.
He says it was a clear day and Miskel simply was not paying attention, hitting the minivan at full speed of about 60 miles per hour.
12 other people were hurt in the crash.
Miskel's 15-year-old son was in the dump truck with him when the crash happened.
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Aug 5, 2010
KatK
Aug 7, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 7, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 8, 2010
carols_kitchen
This is one of the kindest things you may see. It is not known who replied, but there is definitely a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service.
Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed
Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when
Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I
thought we could so she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is
with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that
you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim.
I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know
that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then
Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope
because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the
letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it
into the letter box at the post office.
A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet.
I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it.
Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.'
Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to
God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the
picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a
big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays
in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog.
Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for
you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping
you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother
you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.
Love, God
Aug 9, 2010
Janis
Aug 9, 2010
carols_kitchen
Comment by Grantsmom 10 hours ago I was wondering if someone could please help me. I lost my precious son Grant this week-end in a terible car accident. He had just finished the nuclear program and was waiting to head out to San Diego to be on the CVN - 70 Carl Vinson. I guess that was not Gods plan. My question to anyone is I wanted donations made to Mollys adopt a sailor program. Is there anyone specific they sould be sending that to? At the time I am unable to find who is in charge of it. Thanks Nadine
Aug 10, 2010
carols_kitchen
Bless those who want to remember the lives of those they loved with actions and deeds. Amen
Aug 10, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 12, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 12, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 12, 2010
Shelby(Seth Nuke MM)
Aug 12, 2010
Oneofalot
Aug 13, 2010
carols_kitchen
Please be with the unchurched. Help us lead them to you, Lord. Help us show in all our actions how majestic is your name.
Lord, help us love the unloveable. Help us bring each other together anytime there are differences in opinions. Keep us holy. Amen
Aug 13, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 13, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 13, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 14, 2010
Karen ~ Corpsman Chris' Mom
Aug 14, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 15, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 15, 2010
jean
I think the chaplin 's office has marriage enrichment groups that families can attend.
hope this helps.
Aug 15, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 16, 2010
carols_kitchen
Please lift up Donna, a friend from church, her husband Paul, and their family. Donna's been battling breast cancer, and her lungs have not recovered from the chemo and radiation. Their son, Mark, died about 8 years ago from lung cancer. A prayer alert has gone out in Troy, IL for Donna and her family.
Dear God, Please guide the medical care team. Please wrap your arms around Donna and her family. Our hearts are aching for this dearly loved family. Keep them safe in your love. Amen
Aug 16, 2010
carols_kitchen
WE also lift up Blondie to your healing touch, o Lord.
Aug 16, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 18, 2010
jean
i work with special need students and the special need teachers and staff knows alot about services
if you can check out a special needs teacher and ask her about special needs services>
hope this helps>
Aug 19, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 19, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 19, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 21, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 21, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 22, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 24, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 27, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 28, 2010
carols_kitchen
Comment by Florence, Adam's Mom 13 hours ago
Just a little while ago I got news Laura Lea Swink ( on facebook) lost her son, "DOC" James Micheal Swink on 8-26 in Afghanistan. Moms of Fallen Heroes is a group we wished never got another mom of a fallen heroes, however, we are here to offer up prayers, send our love and give support to these moms and their families. My heart cry out for my dear friend Laura, I will upsate when I have more information.
Aug 28, 2010
t. :) SHIP 6 DIV 946
Aug 28, 2010
carols_kitchen
Aug 28, 2010