Angel Flight

 

Angel Flight

Matt Niblett is a C-130 pilot and had the honor of flying 2 of these missions while he was in Japan. One for a pilot shot down in WW II discovered in New Guinea and another for a pilot shot down during the Vietnam War in Thailand. 
 

 The military calls these missions “RePats” (Re-Patriotism – “Bring them home”). A very active group of military personnel constantly investigate and search for all of our “missing in action” soldiers (they never give up). 

 
The 2 RePats that Matt flew came from rumors out of remote villages in those countries about “planes in the jungle”. The investigators can identify the plane by the number on the plane and then trace back the flight records to see what path that plane was on when it went missing. They may only find a tooth or bone fragment or uniform button and sometimes a dog tag but whatever they find the soldier is given full military respect and honor all the way home to his/her family.

Quite an honor for anyone who is privileged to be a part of a RePat mission.
 

The video is about a song called "Angel Flight". One reason it is called Angel, is when the plane releases its decoy missiles, as shown in several of the pictures, it creates an Angel shape in the smoke. Listen to the words of the pilot and the tower, and make sure you sit quietly and listen to the very end. 

 

God bless our troops and all who have served for our freedom!

 

I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)

If you do nothing else today, take five minutes to watch this powerful contemporary Christian music video - it will energize you and warm your heart!

  I Have a Dream - City Harmonic

HOPE

A state of mind

Every fishing line cast

The feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent

What a wish gives a child who is sick

HOPE

Make a difference today in the life of a child.

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Today I Will Make A Difference by Max Lucado

Today I will make a difference.  I will begin by controlling my thoughts.  A person is the product of his thoughts.  I want to be happy and hopeful.  Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful.  I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances.  I will not let petty inconveniences such as stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my master.  I will avoid negativism and gossip.  Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be my hallmark.  Today I will make a difference.

I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me.  Time is a precious commodity.  I refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom.  I will face this day with the joy of a child and the courage of a giant.  I will drink each minute as though it is my last.  When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever.  While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving.  Today I will make a difference.

I will not let past failures haunt me.  Even though my life is scarred with mistakes, I refuse to rummage through my trash heap of failures.  I will admit them, I will correct them.  I will press on.  Victoriously.  No failure is fatal.  It's OK to stumble...I will get up.  It's OK to fail...I will rise again.  Today I will make a difference.

I will spend time with those I love.  My spouse, my children, my family.  A man can own the world but be poor for the lack of love.  A man can own nothing and yet be wealthy in relationships.  Today I will spend at least five minutes with the significant people in my world.  Five quality minutes of talking or hugging or thanking or listening.  Five undiluted minutes with my mate, children, and friends. 

Today I will make a difference.

Meaning by John Gardner

Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt.  Meaning is something you build into your life.  You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something.  The ingredients are there.  You are the only one who can put them together into that pattern that will be your life.  Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you.  If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account.