Ah, spring in Oregon.

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A true hero to be remembered.

Courage.
       
You're a 19 year old kid. 
 
You're critically wounded and dying in 
the  jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands  of Viet Nam. 

It's  November 11, 1967. 
 
LZ (landing zone) X-ray.

 

Your 
unit is  outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so  intense, from 100 yards 
away, that  your CO (commanding officer) has  ordered the MedEvac helicopters to 
stop coming  in. 
 

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns  and you know you're not getting out. 
 
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000  miles away, and you'll never see them again. 
 
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. 
 
You look  up to see a Huey coming in. But ... It doesn't  seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. 
 
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. 
 

He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.

 

Even after the MedEvacs were ordered 
not to come. He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you 
at a time on board. 
 
Then he  flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses 
and safety. 
 

And, he kept coming back!! 13 more  times!! 
Until all  the wounded were out. No one knew until the  mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs 
and left arm.

 

He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.

 

Medal  of Honor Recipient, Captain  Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, 
died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise, Idaho . 
  

May God Bless and Rest His Soul. 
 

 

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The Temptation to Make a Rule Where God Does Not - via Patrick Morley, Man in the Mirror

Volume 369 April 19, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Frankly, I understand why good Christians want to make rules of conduct for clothing, hair, body piercings, movies, music, language, drinking, smoking, dancing, and other elements of popular culture. The problem, though, is to make a rule of conduct where Jesus does not. We regularly hear from people whose faith has been shattered by legalism and moralism. They were convinced they had to do something to be good enough to merit God's grace-- they had to be a "good boy." Salvation was free, but now they have to prove God didn't make a mistake. It's "saved by grace, sanctified by works." That may clean up a person's behavior for a while, but it is not Christianity. Here is a small idea worth remembering: Do not allow what God prohibits, and do not prohibit what God allows. To allow what God prohibits is to be licentious. To prohibit what God allows is to be legalistic. The Bible teaches liberty in Christ, which leads to Spirit-led obedience. Be careful not to turn a personal preference into a requirement, a tradition into a theology, or a possible interpretation of Scripture into a necessary interpretation of Scripture. I want a moral awakening in America as much as anyone, but I want it through the gospel of grace, not law. It's "saved by grace, sanctified by grace."

Yours for changed lives, Patrick Morley, PhD

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True Discipleship

Tim.1:5. The purpose of biblical instruction is not to make people
wiser in God's word but to mature them in His love. It's instruction
in heart and mind purity and authentic faith so that God's love can
flow through them. The gauge of true discipleship is in how loving a
person becomes.
DD
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The NH Bike Club Next Rides - Join in

Two States Ride

April 11, 2010

I-205 Bridge into Vancouver.

When: Saturday April 17th

Time: 8am

Location: New Hope Community Church

Trip: Start at New Hope, taking the 205 pathway all the way up into Vancouver stopping for Brunch once there.

http://nhcccyclingclub.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/two-states-ride/

Great Movie and true story for Dads and their kids

The Perfect Game being released this Friday (4/16) pm; Go to http://www.perfectgamemovie.com/# for details, trailers, etc .
This looks like it could be good.

It wasn't just Jesus that was raised from the dead.

God wasn't just thinking of Jesus when He raised Him from the dead but all of us (Ephesians 2:6). He was raising all of mankind in Christ. Jesus was the agent that God used to purchase us and bring us out of death to Himself into eternal life. How to fathom that!? So when Jesus came from the grave I did too! He was my emancipator, breaking open the door leading me a captive to freedom with Him. Will I believe He has done that for me; that I am now seated with Him in the heavenly realms? I need to accept that fact and put my trust in Him to live in this resurrected life!
DD

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