What a post! You said what I am feeling. Good job commander.
Congratualtions on your commission!
Are you still working in the Outpost?
I figured as a Area Commander I would have at least 1 Wed a month where
I would be in my home outpost the rest of the time... out visiting
outposts?
Any of you Area Commanders who have any ideas....?
I don't have a clue!
Mark Jones, Ozark MO, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Download a Free Royal Ranger
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:04:36 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>All,
>
>My heartfelt thanks to all of you who wrote letters of congratulations
>to
>Danny Cox for earning his GMA.
>The ceremony is tomorrow night and, although Danny is no longer in MY
>outpost
>I have been asked to say a few words as a commander who has "impacted"
>his
>life.
>
>I confess I feel woefully inadequate for the assignment. The idea of
>having
>an impact on someone's life is a very sobering thought. I know I've
>spouted
>about this on the 'net in the past but to be brought face up to the
>idea is,
>in many respects (to me at least) frightening.
>Someone will say, "Gary, he earned his GMA, you must've done SOMETHING
>right."
>On the surface I will agree with that. But if all I/we have done is
>help a
>young man earn a medal, I fear we have fallen far short of God's goals
>for
>this ministry/program.
>I pray that whenever a Danny (or any other boy) has looked at me he
>has seen
>Jesus the Servant.
>I pray that in God's building program for these lives I was and will
>be
>always there with the needed brick and mortar and not a wrecking ball.
>I pray that whatever of "me" they have incorporated in their value
>system
>will "reach them, teach them, and keep them" for the Master Ranger.
>========================================================
>
>If anyone else would like to write a short note to Danny, just send it
>to my
>e-mail address. I am printing them all out and putting them in a "Book
>of
>Remembrance" for him.
>=========================================================
>
>One other thing, and Duane you'll probably LOVE this.
>I've just been promoted to Area Commander for the Tidewater North
>Section
>Northeast Area. What a title! I'm already bending over from the
>weight! ;-)
>All this week my four sons have been heckling me, calling me a "Staff
>Weenie"
>
>"Gee Dad, no more sleeping on the ground with the reg'lar folks, huh?"
>"Dad, is it true that staff has jacuzzis?"
>
>Lord, deliver me!
>
>Seriously though, please pray that God will grant me His wisdom. We
>have
>several churches whose outposts have died. My vision is to impact this
>
>community with Holy Ghost fired Disciples of Jesus who are called
>Royal
>Rangers; not with some boys who can be described as "oh, you're sorta
>like
>Boy Scouts, huh?"
>That is NOT a slam at Scouts. That's a slam at just having a "good"
>program
>but not changing lives or winning souls.
>
>Ad Dare Sevire,
>Gary "Burn'n Heart" Rothwell
>Sr. Cdr.
>Outpost 59, Potomac District
>Warwick Assembly
>Hampton, VA
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++<<"Oh, to be a dead man
>walking.">>+++++++++++++++++++++
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