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I am an assistant pastor in Houston, Texas and a retired Army sargeant of 21 years.
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Welcome to the Forums Norris. Glad to have you here. Also, thank you for your years of military service that has protected all of us.
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Norris Wayne Fletcher said:
I am an assistant pastor in Houston, Texas and a retired Army sargeant of 21 years.
Welcome Soldier. I am a retired USN Master Chief living in Asheboro, NC.
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Jack Caviness said:
Asheville is in the western mountains (high hills to users from Colorado).
After living in sight of several Colorado mountains over 14,000 feet high, was bit surprised on cross country US drive to see 1,000 foot Mountain summit in the Appalachian range. In autumn, Appalachian "high hills" are much more colorful than Colorado (predominantly Aspen leaf gold).
Personally a professional computer geek who remembers saving my 1st program on yellow paper tape.
On a weather web site saw photo of unusual rainbow in sky => avatar (found image via Google search: rainbow smile).
Many years ago learned studying Greek provides new meaning and insight for phrase "That's Greek to Me".
By the way, still have Logos Series X (Libronix v 2.0) CD's with 3.5" floppy Logos Backup Disk. Thankful for Logos cross-platform strategy - now primarily use Logos 4 Mac, followed by iPad.
Keep Smiling [:)]
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Wheeling, IL - USA
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Jack Caviness said:
I am a retired USN Master Chief living in Asheboro, NC.
Hey, Master Chief
Would you tell me where you were in 1990-1995?
William
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William Bingham said:
Hey, Master Chief
Would you tell me where you were in 1990-1995?
I was serving as Pastor of a Church in Eden, NC {I retired from the Navy in 1975}. I believe my son was in Groton, CT during those years, but that was before he became a a Master Chief.
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Thanks, Master Chief
I was just recalling some of my time in the Navy and the Senior or Master Chiefs I knew were the best kind of person. One big reason why they were so good is because they knew Christ. I was at NAS Norfolk.
Anchor's Away! and So Others May Live!
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William Bingham said:
the Senior or Master Chiefs I knew were the best kind of person.
You were fortunate. Not all Senior and Master Chiefs that I knew were of this caliber. When I first made CPO, I was one of those you would not want your son to associate with.
William Bingham said:One big reason why they were so good is because they knew Christ.
That makes all the difference in the world {and in the world to come}. I had been in the Navy 16 years before Christ Jesus saved me from a most sinful life.
William Bingham said:I was at NAS Norfolk.
I spent the first part of my career on a Destroyer out of Norfolk, and the last half on submarines out of Groton, Ct and Charleston, SC. I then completed my Naval career as a Detailer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Northern Virginia.
(For the uninformed, a Detailer is the person who assigns personnel in his specialty to duty stations)
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Jack Caviness said:
Detailer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel
Well, my detailer was pretty nice to me overall. I went from the USS Lincoln on the West Coast to Norfolk. A yeoman that was with me on the Lincoln got the Cherry pick of Guam. [6] Another personnelman got the station of Bethesda Naval Hospital. [Y] How are the choices made? [:D] BTW == The yeoman that went to Guam loved it.
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William Bingham said:
How are the choices made?
Remember, I have been away from the system for 35 years, but a bureaucracy seldom changes. Sailors submitted their dream sheets (duty preferences) and we had a list of billets that we needed to fill. Unless it was an emergency, I tried to find someone who wanted to go there. However, the overriding concern that drove all assignments was the needs of the Service. Submarine billets in my specialty were Priority One and therefore filled no matter what.
Of course, there were some who had no concern for the men or women whose lives they were affecting who just took the next name on the rotation list and sent him to the next duty station on the the other list.
William Bingham said:A yeoman that was with me on the Lincoln got the Cherry pick of Guam.
Did he irritate the detailer, or was he just lucky? I had one Master Chief who requested the Sub Tender on Guam, however.
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Jack Caviness said:
However, the overriding concern that drove all assignments was the needs of the Service.
Wouldn't be great if we all fully grasped that concept and took it to heart in every moment of our walk with God. Its interesting to hear about your backgrounds and experiences. I am sure you could come up with some great illustrations from you military experience of what it means to live out Rom 12:1-3. I imagine in military service there is no room for thinking of yourself more highly than you ought.
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William, when were you on the Abraham Lincoln? I was at AIMD Cubi Pt during Pinatubo and went directly to the Lincoln flying from Cubi Pt to Diego Garcia to Fujirah, reporting aboard in Dubai. "Shall Not Perish"William Bingham said:I went from the USS Lincoln
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Don,You were aboard the Lincoln when Pinatubo blew? We must have seen each other. How long were you aboard?
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Andrew McKenzie said:
I imagine in military service there is no room for thinking of yourself more highly than you ought.
I had to chuckle at this. I knew many who were inflated with an overblown sense of their own importance.
Andrew McKenzie said:I am sure you could come up with some great illustrations from you military experience
I remember one sermon about living the Christian life in the world being like a submarine in the ocean. The sub is in the ocean, but when the ocean is in the sub you are in great trouble. I built the message around one disaster and two near disasters, I was an active participant in one of those which involved the gradual accumulation of water in the bilges of the Engine Room.
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William Bingham said:
Don,You were aboard the Lincoln when Pinatubo blew? We must have seen each other. How long were you aboard?
No, I was stationed at NAS Cubi Pt when the volcano erupted. My pack out was scheduled for the Monday after Pinatubo blew. When Lincoln pulled into Subic, I loaded a cruise box aboard, but didn't report aboard. I delayed my pcs until we got the airfield back up and running. Then, since Lincoln was in the Gulf for Desert Storm, I didn't take any leave enroute, but met the ship in Dubai.
I aboard Lincoln from August '91 until December '93.
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T'nestalin to Yared and Benaymin,
I taught at Bingham Academy in Addis Ababa for 2 years and just loved it. My youngest son and I miss the injera, fir fir, and macheattos in Kolfe. What a beautiful and diverse country Ethiopia is. Rugged mountains and desert plains. My oldest son is in Addis until September visiting friends that he still has there and has emailed me about going to many of our favorite places in Addis like The Melting Pot, Fasika, Golf Club, and some places up on Bole. Driving in Addis will always be a fun memory. Nothing like dodging the donkeys, gray and blue. Blessings to you both,
Ciao,
Don (from Wiscasset, Maine)
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Donald G. Fisher said:
T'nestalin to Yared and Benaymin,
I taught at Bingham Academy in Addis Ababa for 2 years and just loved it. My youngest son and I miss the injera, fir fir, and macheattos in Kolfe. What a beautiful and diverse country Ethiopia is. Rugged mountains and desert plains. My oldest son is in Addis until September visiting friends that he still has there and has emailed me about going to many of our favorite places in Addis like The Melting Pot, Fasika, Golf Club, and some places up on Bole. Driving in Addis will always be a fun memory. Nothing like dodging the donkeys, gray and blue. Blessings to you both,
Ciao,
Don (from Wiscasset, Maine)
Donald Endemin neh?
Welcome! Donald, you
have mentioned my favorite food. What about Doro Wet and kitfo?Blessings in Christ.
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Donald G. Fisher said:
T'nestalin to Yared and Benaymin,
I taught at Bingham Academy in Addis Ababa for 2 years and just loved it. My youngest son and I miss the injera, fir fir, and macheattos in Kolfe. What a beautiful and diverse country Ethiopia is. Rugged mountains and desert plains. My oldest son is in Addis until September visiting friends that he still has there and has emailed me about going to many of our favorite places in Addis like The Melting Pot, Fasika, Golf Club, and some places up on Bole. Driving in Addis will always be a fun memory. Nothing like dodging the donkeys, gray and blue. Blessings to you both,
Ciao,
Don (from Wiscasset, Maine)
Hi Don,
wow you brought back some of my beautiful memories of Addis.
How I miss Addis and of course the fir fir and kitfo etc [:D]
Blessings,
Yared.
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Tes,
Y'egzabier yesmesgin. Indet neh?
I enjoyed teaching at a mission's school close to Mercato and also the opportunity to also do some street ministy in Piazza. Love the Doro and Kitfo and coffee and Kaldis.
Caio and Blessings,
Don
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Yared,
Y'egzabier yesmesgin. Indet neh?
Ethiopia is such a wonderful place and the people are just fantastic. My sons were 16 and 10 at the time we left for Ethiopia and to be honest, they were not that excited about leaving the only home they ever knew. My oldest is now 20 and is visiting there now and would live there if he could. Always laugh when I think of the blue donkeys with people hanging out screaming, "Bole, Bole, Bole."
Cian and Blessings,
Don
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William Bingham said:
the Senior or Master Chiefs I knew were the best kind of person.
I concur!
OSCS(SW/AW)
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Donald G. Fisher said:
Tes,
Y'egzabier yesmesgin. Indet neh?
I enjoyed teaching at a mission's school close to Mercato and also the opportunity to also do some street ministy in Piazza. Love the Doro and Kitfo and coffee and Kaldis.
Caio and Blessings,
Don
Praise the Lord! Don,really Marcato?surprising!what is left then,to evangelize Ethiopia.You have served the Lord in the most darkest area.Iif the people in Marcato get the good news,then the world is going to turn around for the Lord.I am glad ,that you have enoyed Adis,I hope you will do better in Eritrea as well.the Doro wot, and ingera are every where in that corner of Africa.I am glad as well for your children,to have children after your foot steps is God's blessing.
Blessings in Christ.
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Donovan R. Palmer said:
Lome, Togo - West Africa
Hi,Donovan , It is a geat joy for me to have contact with you in Togo in Africa through the forum.we have one from north Africa and from north east Africa(Ethiopia),I think I am not whether some one was from South Africa.God bless you all.
Blessings in Christ.
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Wonderful thread - Hi everyone from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma!
pastor and church pioneer for 10 years - currently a Bible Teacher
Emery,
The natural plus the supernatural together make an explosive force for God.
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And if its okay to mention - a proud 1st time grandfather!!!
Emery,
The natural plus the supernatural together make an explosive force for God.
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Energized1 said:
okay to mention
Absolutely Not Ok to mention.... [:D][:D] Just kidding
Congratulations on Grandfatherhood.
I have familiy in Tulsa. Welcome
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William Bingham said:Energized1 said:
okay to mention
Absolutely Not Ok to mention....
Just kiddingCongratulations on Grandfatherhood.
I have familiy in Tulsa. Welcome
Congratulations,but who is not a grandfather?
Blessings in Christ.
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If their is a deficency of grandfathers, I am unaware of it. [:)]
Emery,
The natural plus the supernatural together make an explosive force for God.
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Energized1 said:
And if its okay to mention - a proud 1st time grandfather!!!
I'm a father of 13 in OKC and grandfather of two with another two on the way.
Like they say, "If I knew grandkids were so fun, I would have had them first!"
Logos 7 Collectors Edition
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Matthew C Jones said:Energized1 said:
And if its okay to mention - a proud 1st time grandfather!!!
I'm a father of 13 in OKC and grandfather of two with another two on the way.
Like they say, "If I knew grandkids were so fun, I would have had them first!"
Oh yeah! I second that motion!
Emery,
The natural plus the supernatural together make an explosive force for God.
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Hi Tes,
Scenic Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
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Blessings in Christ.
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Rosie Perera said:
Rosie, It is typical Eritrean idiomatic speach, it is not intended to
the negative rather than to magnify the positive.Blessings in Christ.
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Tes said:Rosie Perera said:
Rosie, It is typical Eritrean idiomatic speach, it is not intended to the negative rather than to magnify the positive.
Ah, I see. In American idiomatic English it would mean "everyone is a grandfather." However we have heard people sometimes saying things like "we are all Americans" after 9/11, and it means they are expressing solidarity with us, not a literal interpretation. So I guess that is what it's like in the Eritrean idiom. Thanks for the explanation.
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I am a father of 4 Children.three girls and One boy,and four grand children and the fifth is on the way around at the end of this month.
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes said:
I am a father of 4 Children.three girls and One boy,and four grand children and the fifth is on the way around at the end of this month.
Congratulations. I am the aunt of one nephew who is very, very dear.
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Rosie Perera said:Tes said:
I am a father of 4 Children.three girls and One boy,and four grand children and the fifth is on the way around at the end of this month.
Congratulations. I am the aunt of one nephew who is very, very dear.
Wow Tes. They must bring you so much blessing and joy.
A bit like Rosie but not quite I am the Uncle of one niece who is also very, very dear.
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I am the uncle of 15 chilren as well.
Blessings in Christ.
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Tes said:
I am a father of 4 Children.three girls and One boy,and four grand children and the fifth is on the way around at the end of this month.
3 children
8 grandchildren
3 great grandchildren
And all very, very dear.
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Jack Caviness said:
3 children
8 grandchildren
3 great grandchildren
And all very, very dear.
Congratulations but how dull - for their 75th wedding anniversary my parents had
3 living children
3 to 9 grandchildren (approximately)
6 to 13 great-grandchildren (a conservative estimate)
3 great-great grandchildren thanks to some of the relaxed count above
The somewhat casual count depends on how you count children raised by children; how you count their kids and various half-siblings. This is known as a banyan family tree ... something my family has a long and proud history of. In fact when Dad was in his 90's, he and some 'distant' younger cousins figured out that the relationship was that Dad's great grandparents had taken in their great-great grandmother when her parents drown crossing a river on the way west (Mennonites passing through Tennessee to be precise).
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
... for their 75th wedding anniversary my parents had
3 living children
3 to 9 grandchildren (approximately)
6 to 13 great-grandchildren (a conservative estimate)
3 great-great grandchildren thanks to some of the relaxed count above
The somewhat casual count depends on how you count children raised by children; how you count their kids and various half-siblings. This is known as a banyan family tree ... something my family has a long and proud history of. In fact when Dad was in his 90's, he and some 'distant' younger cousins figured out that the relationship was that Dad's great grandparents had taken in their great-great grandmother when her parents drown crossing a river on the way west (Mennonites passing through Tennessee to be precise).
Just as well your family doesn't qualify to make it into the Biblcal People module [;)]
Terah's family tree is complicated enough
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Andrew McKenzie said:
Terah's family tree is complicated enough
Looks like a good inspiration to me. [:D]
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Tes said:
I am a father of 4 Children.three girls and One boy,and four grand children and the fifth is on the way around at the end of this month.
similar here that is father of 4 children - 3 girls and 1 boy - and one grand child - BTW - the one with the grandchild, who is currently living with her husband in Iceland, will be here next week with the grand!!!! Can't wait!
Emery,
The natural plus the supernatural together make an explosive force for God.
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A little more, my oldest daughter together
with her husband have 3 children, 2 girls and 1boy.She is 30 yrs old. They live
in Asmara the capital city of Eritrea. And my son is 28yrs old; he lives in
Asmara as well. He married last year, his wife is pregnant, they are expecting
a baby close to the end of this month, and perhaps the baby will have the same
birth day as mine. The third one is living in Germany she has 1 boy. My
youngest daughter is now in England. I can't say more, because in our culture
the cross has a different chapter than in the 1 world. Any way the need for
intercetion is always in its place.Blessings in Christ.
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Blessings in Christ.
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MJ. Smith said:Jack Caviness said:
3 children
8 grandchildren
3 great grandchildren
And all very, very dear.
Congratulations but how dull - for their 75th wedding anniversary my parents had
Ah, but I have 26 more years to catch up, although my statistics seem to be a bit more precise.
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Jack Caviness said:
Ah, but I have 26 more years to catch up,
and I hope you make it ... it generates a great family reunion.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:Jack Caviness said:
Ah, but I have 26 more years to catch up,
and I hope you make it ... it generates a great family reunion.
Hey. I will only be 99 at that point! Seems like a sure thing, unless the Lord returns first. [8-|]
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