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Daughter leaves for Israel as missionary
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:21 pm
What would be your feelings and thoughts if your daughter was leaving Sunday to spend a year as a missionary in Israel? Probably the way my wife and I feel -- proud and excited, but sad because we will not see her for a year, and apprehensive because Israel is part of the troubled Mideast.
Jessica, our daughter, was 25 in June. She graduated from Duke Seminary and was commissioned a minister of the United Methodist Church. She will draw no pay but she raised funds from relatives, friends and church members to finance her mission.
She announced during a sermon two years ago that she felt God was calling her to this mission. She recognized that many obstacles would be faced but was positive God would help her overcome them.
Now, we have climbed every step with her and will say a prayer as she boards the plane Sunday afternoon.
Jessica, our daughter, was 25 in June. She graduated from Duke Seminary and was commissioned a minister of the United Methodist Church. She will draw no pay but she raised funds from relatives, friends and church members to finance her mission.
She announced during a sermon two years ago that she felt God was calling her to this mission. She recognized that many obstacles would be faced but was positive God would help her overcome them.
Now, we have climbed every step with her and will say a prayer as she boards the plane Sunday afternoon.
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Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:23 pm to EdwardTeach
I wish her the best.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:24 pm to EdwardTeach
My feelings would be why Israel?
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:24 pm to EdwardTeach
She'll bring a nice Jewish boy home, congrats.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:25 pm to EdwardTeach
Just post the damn pics already!
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:26 pm to EdwardTeach
No way in hell id step foot over there
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:26 pm to BIGDAB
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Just post the damn pics already!
Surprised it took 4 posts to get that response.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:26 pm to EdwardTeach
Prayers sent. Spent a total of 48 months in the Middle East during OIF and OEF and the place is a wasteland of terrorism. Everyone in the surrounding countries wants Israel destroyed. I would never in a million years allow my daughter to voluntarily go to Israel or any Middle Eastern Countries due to my experiences. frick the Middle East.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:28 pm to EdwardTeach
I wouldn't like it but she's a grown woman.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:29 pm to EdwardTeach
I'd personally feel, that Israel already has enough religion. But it isn't my choice and if people want to dedicate their time to making a positive difference, it's hard to argue that.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:29 pm to EdwardTeach
Your last post back in February stated that you were personally there during the invasion of Okinawa, which makes your birth year around 1925 more or less. Therefore you are 90 years old with a 25 year old daughter. 
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:31 pm to foshizzle
Oh shite, stolen valor alert.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:34 pm to EdwardTeach
Like others have said
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Just post the damn pics already!
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:35 pm to EdwardTeach
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She announced during a sermon two years ago that she felt God was calling her to this mission.
Tell her to preach a sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:40 pm to EdwardTeach
Wow. Brave. I wish her luck.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:41 pm to EdwardTeach
I never understood why people feel the need to go on international missions when there are starving inner city black kids in our country. Probably could have used that money she raised here and effected more souls.
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:43 pm to foshizzle
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Your last post back in February stated that you were personally there during the invasion of Okinawa, which makes your birth year around 1925 more or less. Therefore you are 90 years old with a 25 year old daughter.
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Yes, I remember Iwo Jima. Around 5 a.m the USS Pickens, APA 190, reached the tiny island of Iwo Jima. I was on deck at a debarkation station from where we launched our boats. I remember the Marines scrambling down cargo nets to enter the boats, and I remember boats returning with wounded Marines.
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The sun dawned bright that Easter morning April 1, 1945. Every ship in the huge armada had been at battle stations since 5 a.m,when out of the sun came the kamikaze, planes flown by Japanese pilots on a mission to die attacking American ships.
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Congratulations to your dad. I love hearing from other veterans, especially those who served in the South Pacific. I will be 87 on August 21.
INTERDASTING
This post was edited on 7/4/15 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:46 pm to AUCE05
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This post was edited on 7/4/15 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:49 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 7/4/15 at 3:54 pm to sabes que
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Tell her to preach a sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
That wasn't predictable.
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