Category: Veteran Affairs

11 Nov 2024 Aspire and Veterans Day

by saymber, posted in Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs

Hello to you and Happy Veterans Day. In a little while my cousin, a fellow veteran is coming to take me to lunch at one of the restaurants offering free meals to veterans. I don’t get to see him that often so looking forward to it! How nice is it that these places do this to appreciate us?!

A long time ago early in my career in the Air Force
From the event

Last night I went with some ladies from church to an event called Aspire at Faith Journey Church. They had Diana Mescher a Bible teacher, KRISTIN WEBER-WITTY a comedian and JAIME JAMGOCHIAN a singer song writer. It was a nice blend of entertainment and a sold out show of 300 women! The women I was with enjoyed Diana’s part the best. The way she explained the following scripture was really powerful:

John 20:19-23

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

It was powerful to hear 300 women singing together! Jaime has a lovely voice! I liked her sparkly boots! https://youtu.be/FZh9fYP5GsI?si=QTNYvHUA2AgR3GJF – Beautiful Story

I normally miss out on things in the latter part of the year because it gets dark so early. Gratefully my friend Penny was willing to pick me up and take me home!

6 Nov 2024 He Won

by saymber, posted in history, Home, human rights, In the News, Politics and Government, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs

Hello to you. Hope this finds you well. I woke up this morning to the news that Donald Trump won the election and not by a little bit either! My prayer before sleep was that Gods will be done with the outcome and I guess that was his answer!

Now we will see what having him re-elected will mean. One concern I have is about him wanting to expand the quest for liquid gold as he calls it- specifically fracking which is toxic to the environment and drinking water. I am excited to see what RFK Jr. will do if Trump follows through with appointing him at the head of government agencies like the EPA and FDA. America is needing some massive changes to get healthy again. I am also curious to see if Trump will follow through with appointing Elon Musk to be in charge of streamlining government agencies.

Overall I am hopeful that things will be less chaotic this go around! I listened to VP Harris’s speech today and felt her concession to Donald was very graceful. Honestly I didn’t expect Donald to win by such a wide margin! So let this next chapter begin!

Matthew 20:25-26 says, “But Jesus called them to himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant”. 

11 Oct 2024 Closer

by saymber, posted in In the News, Leading Life by Example, Nature, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well. It’s starting to feel like fall here in Idaho. The trees are changing color and shedding their leaves. It’s getting darker earlier and the temps are getting lower. Fall is one of my favorite times of year minus having to clean up leaves from the neighbors yard!

My thoughts are turning to seeing the hurricane damage from Helene and Milton. I am thinking about the people and animals that lost their lives. I know when I have been in such circumstances I have drawn closer to God as I understand him. I can remember one of the couple times Kyle and I were almost flooded out of our home and survived a tornado touching down near our house. I was forced to let go and let God because I was truly powerless! I can’t control the weather! Its a very humbling experience to face such fierce occurrences. I can remember watching the waters rise to our front windows making the lawn chairs float. I was so worried but Kyle just kept reassuring me not to worry. Everything ended up being alright. Neither one of us were Christians at the time but I did believe in God. These scary times made me look outside myself for help and it came!

Now that I am a Christian I don’t have to wait for a crisis to believe in Jesus Christ. He is always close and ever present.

James 4:8-10New International Version

8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts,you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

25 Sept 2024 Voting

by saymber, posted in Politics and Government, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Hello to you. Hope this finds you well. I can’t believe we are almost at the end of September! This year has really flown by.

I recently received my absentee ballot and couldn’t fill it out right away. I had to pray about it! I surprised myself in the direction I went. I was recently swayed by hearing President Trumps input about how he wants to help the American farmers: https://www.youtube.com/live/PUmt1lAOAN4?si=8VdyhrUPTd6lyg8k – Donald Trump meets with farmers in Pennsylvania

His explanation of tariffs and why he wants to impose them made a lot of sense. He’s trying to discourage big businesses from making what we need in other countries cheaply and then turning around and selling to us consumers at higher prices. I am concerned about immigration and our economy. I don’t think we can handle four more years of the same policies. It will be interesting to see how everything works out.

I thought long and hard about voting for Kamala but when it came down to it was this one question – what has she been doing these past three plus years and would voting for her really matter. I live in a very conservative state and chances are even if I voted for Kamala , the electoral process would be for Trump.

Numbers 23:19New International Version

19 God is not human, that he should lie,
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise and not fulfill?

28 June 2024 Debate

by saymber, posted in history, human rights, In the News, Politics and Government, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs

Hello to you. Hope this finds you well. Yesterday I watched the debate between President Biden and former President Trump. I was not impressed. Is this the best we can do?! I was relieved to see that a third choice is possible with Robert Kennedy Jr! They kept him off the debate stage but he did his own thing answering questions. I would vote for him but fear it would be like other times a third candidate arose and it’s like throwing your vote away. I have voted Green Party before and that was the case. People vote the popular ticket line and other candidates don’t have a chance. I wish we had more choices than the lesser of two evils! President Biden doesn’t seem to have all his marbles and President Trump didn’t have answers to questions – he couldn’t give a yes or no. Very depressing!

Colossians 3:12-13New International Version

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord has forgiven you.

13 May 2024 Improvement

by saymber, posted in Health, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

One small improvement I can make in my life is to exercise more. Today I went to my physical therapy appointment at the VA in Caldwell and she could tell I have improved in my strength but I need to do more. I am weak in my glutes – the muscles in my buttocks and those that support my lower back.

Hebrews 6:10-11New International Version

10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

11 May 2024 Freedom

by saymber, posted in Home, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What does freedom mean to you?

Freedom to me is being able to do what I want within reason without consequence. Living in this country there is alot of freedom like that! Many have fought and died so we can have the freedom we have.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

https://www.bible.com › bible › GA…

Galatians 5:1 NIV – Bible

27 April 2024 Emojis and Hoovey (movie)

by saymber, posted in Home, Leading Life by Example, Movies, Spirituality and Religion, Television, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What are your favorite emojis?

My favorite emojis are 🙏🤗😘🎶🐾😴💤❤️❤️‍🔥. I use these about every day when saying goodnight to my Aunt.

Last night I found a good movie on YouTube called Hoovey. It was a wholesome positive movie about a young man overcoming a fight with a brain tumor and persuing his dream of playing basketball. Lately I have been finding positive movies on YouTube another one was Fat Chance which was about an overweight young woman’s struggle to find love. I like how these movies include spirituality and prayer in them.

https://youtu.be/bB-Dd6Ll_UU?si=7N2LU0-DizokhjKw – Hoovey link to full movie on YouTube

https://youtu.be/BdWAPZc2vVs?si=OdJZSt6sPOsfDRCm – Fat Chance link to full movie on YouTube

25 April 2024 Risk

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Home, Money, Spirituality and Religion, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?

I would say the last big risk I took was buying a house versus renting an apartment. When I first moved to Idaho we looked at rentals and they just wanted too much money. First and second months rent plus a hefty pet deposit. I decided why not talk to a realtor and see if I could find a house. God answered our prayers and I found a realtor who found me my current home. I had enough money to put down a decent down payment from the sale of the Texas house. I’m glad I took the chance.

Ecclesiastes 9:11New International Version

11 I have seen something else under the sun:

The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
    or wealth to the brilliant
    or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.

17 April 2024 Decision

by saymber, posted in Home, Spirituality and Religion, trust, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

A decision I made that helped me grow was going back to church and becoming a Christian this past year. I had stopped going to church for a long time. The whole 12 years I lived in Texas and part of the time I lived in Delaware. I was a pagan for all that time. I was raised Roman Catholic and became disenchanted with it and stopped going. My ex and I used to go but felt like we didn’t belong. Since making the choice to allow Christ to be my savior I have made friends and church family at Grace Bible Church in Middleton. I am not alone anymore! I am finding my way with the help of my family and church family. There is a little part of me that is still reserved but I am learning to surrender. I have always believed in Jesus just hadn’t completely surrendered to him.

Philippians 4:13New International Version

13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength