From MisterAdvocate at aol.com Sun Feb 13 02:05:18 2011 From: MisterAdvocate at aol.com (MisterAdvocate at aol.com) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:05:18 EST Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Deck of Cards Message-ID: <7455.616a2927.3a88965e@aol.com> Good afternoon, Dwight! The following was forwarded to me and I wanted to share with you for distribution to our members in the division. Remember: When we all do, it becomes doable. The more we try, the more we succeed. Everything is impossible until you do it. Keep believing. Keep dreaming. Keep learning Let's work together. Let's make a difference! Joseph J. Ruffalo President, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey Phone: 973-743-0075 Please visit our State and National Web Sites _http://www.nfbnj.org_ (http://www.nfbnj.org/) _http://www.thruoureyes.org_ (http://www.thruoureyes.org/) _http://www.blindchildren.org_ (http://www.blindchildren.org/) _http://www.nfb.org_ (http://www.nfb.org) _http://www.nabv.org_ (http://www.nabv.org) Email: _nfbnj at yahoo.com_ (mailto:nfbnj at yahoo.com) Here is a new way to look at a Deck of Cards It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard. The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week. As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk. Just then an army sergeant came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?' The soldier replied, 'I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.' The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.' The soldier said, 'No, sir. You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.' The sergeant asked in disbelief, 'How will you do that?' 'You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one God. The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost. The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John . The Five is for the five virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified. The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth. The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.. The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives -- the eight people God spared from the flood that destroyed the Earth. The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.. The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone. The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell. The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary. The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings. When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year. There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year. The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Each suit has thirteen cards -- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter. So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for..' The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, 'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?' Please let this be a reminder and take time to pray for all of our soldiers who are being sent away, putting their lives on the line fighting Prayer for the Military. Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them. Bless them and their families I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen and women all around the world. Of all the gifts you could give a Soldier, prayer is the very best one. In God We Trust! From MisterAdvocate at aol.com Wed Feb 23 18:51:49 2011 From: MisterAdvocate at aol.com (MisterAdvocate at aol.com) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:51:49 EST Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tours at 2011 NFb Convention Message-ID: <6ffb.5a3f5b7a.3a96b145@aol.com> ____________________________________ From: cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org Sent: 2/23/2011 7:05:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: [Nfbnet-members-list] Tours at 2011 NFb Convention Cheryl Echevarria of Echevarria Travel, and member of the Greater Long Island Chapter and Maurice Shackelford of Peachtreetravel.net and member of the Georgia Affiliate are working with Dan Hicks and the Florida NFB Affiliate on July 9th to have some tours around the Orlando area. There will be a full announcement in the Braille Monitor in April. But, in the meantime, I wanted to give you all a heads up on it. I have already reserved 4 buses, if we need more then I will order more, 1 bus for Kennedy Space Center, 1 Bus for Walt Disney World, 1 Bus for Universal Studios, and one Bus for Sea World The bus tickets will be round trip for $20.00 per person, $10.00 per person deposit is due no later than May 1, 2011 We are working today on getting group rates of all locations posted, we need a head count as soon as possible so that we can arrange for more or less buses to each location. Again. Let me know asap, and spread the word please. Thank you. I have our contact information below The biggest compliment you can pay me is to recommend my services! Cheryl Echevarria Owner of Echevarria Travel _http://www.Echevarriatravel.com_ (http://www.echevarriatravel.com/) 1-866-580-5574 or 631-456-5394 _reservations at echevarriatravel.com_ (mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com) Maurice Shackelford Owner of _http://www,Peachtreetravel.net_ (http://www,peachtreetravel.net/) (phone) 888-389-2723 _reservations at peachtreetravel.net_ (mailto:reservations at peachtreetravel.net) _______________________________________________ Nfbnet-members-list mailing list Nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org