Sunday, January 2, 2011

Are They Ready For This?

Andrew got loose from Steve's grasp and rolled to the side. He prepared for the next wave of attacks, but Steve didn't move. It seemed as though he was in some sort of trance so Andrew began praying, "Father, please remove whatever is attacking Steve. He has heard about Your Son and I know he will accept the truth, if he is allowed one more chance. Father, Claire believed in this man enough that she prayed for him and witnessed to him at every opportunity. Please, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, allow this man to be relieved of his agony. Your power is great and only You can release him from the grips of evil. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen." Andrew saw the calmness in Steve so he slowly approached him and placed his hand upon his shoulder, "In the name of Jesus Christ, I command whatever is harming this man to leave him and this place forever. You are not welcome in this home.....GO."
Hate and Anger moved toward Steve when suddenly a hand grasp their necks and with a force, stronger than any human, threw them against the wall. Jealousy and Fear shrunk back into a corner waiting for their next chance at Steve, but the hand grabbed them and threw them up against the wall. Hate lunged at Steve and again the hand grasped Hate and threw him against the wall. A voice began speaking, "You will leave this man forever for the man who prays for his protection. Until this man has given a final refusal to accept the truth, you WILL leave him and if he should accept the truth, he will be placed in the protection of the One who sends me. Leave or suffer His wrath where you stand."
Hate, Anger, Jealousy, and Fear disappeared, but would be watching for a sign of weakness so they can strike again.
Steve gasped for air and held his heart then asked Andrew, "Could you please let me know how to receive Christ?"

- P4H
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On the Ranch the Little House

Shade jumped up and raced from the house. Trevor looked at Matt who had lifted himself off of Kristen's legs and gave him a questioning look.
Matt gave a shrug as he lay on the floor next to Kristen and caught her hand in his.
Kristen turned her head and looked at Matt. She saw the tears in his eyes and gave his hand a squeeze. Zoe crawled over behind Kristen and lifted her head into her lap, and gently brushed her hair off her face. Leaning down she placed a kiss on her forhead and closed her eyes and said a quick prayer of thanks.
Trevor moved over to Belle and began to check her vitals, as Mo continued to hold the elderly woman close.
Nathan moved over and began to rub Kristen's arm in a soothing motion.
The house seemed overly quiet, with the only sounds being Zoe's soft whispers, and Trevor's movements as he checked over Belle.
Kristen lifted the oxygen mask for a moment and tried to ask about Leon, her voice coming out in a croak.
"Don't talk Kristen. Your throat is badly damaged." Trevor looked over at the young girl. He kept eye contact with Kristen until she nodded.
After a few moments Trevor finished with Belle and advised Mo to take the woman to the main house and put her to bed. "She just needs to rest." Trevor said. With that Mo picked Belle up in his arms and left.
Trevor turned his attention back to Kristen. Zoe moved over and gave Trevor room to work. Gently Trevor began to inspect Kristen's throat. It was already beginning to bruise and swell. Then he checked her head where Leon had smashed it into the floor. Seeing no blood Trevor still wasn't relieved. He felt gently through her hair to see if there were any bumps. Feeling nothing he looked at Zoe. "I'd really like to get a cat scan, just to make sure there is no internal hemmorage."
Zoe nodded and got up to go to the phone.
While Zoe was on the phone calling Frank to see if they could bring Kristen in to the education center, Shade walked back into the house. In his hands was a length of chain. Around his waist was a tool belt. Walking over to the outside wall Shade began tappng with a hammer on the ceiling. Hearing a solid thud, he reached into one of the pockets in the tool belt extracted a large eye hook. He screwed the hook into the ceiling stud and then picked up the chain he had dropped to the floor. Attatching one ond of the chain to the hook he lay the other end on the floor.
He went back outside and came back in a few moments later with what appeared to be manacles. Attatching the other end of the chain to the manacles Shade walked over and caught Leon by his shirt and dragged him over the chain. He attatched the manacles to Leon's wrists and turned at Kristen's grunt of protest.
"He could have killed you." Shade said and left the house.



- Zags
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Andrew knelt with Steve as the two prayed for Jesus to save Steve. Andrew said quietly, "I think the Rabbi should really be doing this. I'm a new believer myself and although I watched Claire as she witnessed and prayed for friends, I think we could use the Rabbi's wisdom. Claire would be so proud of you."
Steve could barely speak then managed to say, "I don't know what overcame me to attack you like that, but I was always jealous of the relationship you had with Claire. I so longed to have someone like her in my life. She was a gentle spirit and so concerned with others. I almost hated you at times and was so angry because you had her. I always had the fear that one day you would realize how much I had coveted your beautiful wife. In a way, I think that's what happened to me.....it all finally came out of me, I....I...I'm sorry, Drew."
"It is not my place to judge you for your faults, but it is my place to offer you forgiveness. Now let's get out of here and go to the Rabbi."


- P4H
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“Goldfish 2 to 3, we have village in sight over”
“Copy 2, we are about three hundred yards out. 2 you take the east side, 3 will take the south, I will take the west and 5 will take north.”
“Copy 1”
Each man knew they really couldn’t just go down into the town even dressed like the locals. In a small village like this they would be spotted in a flash so we man took up a good spotting area to watch the whole village. They were looking for strangers who didn’t fit in as well as anything that could be used to compromise the security of the fleet.
Goldfish 1 found a good position in a thick cover of trees that over looking the village. Goldfish 5 continued on north of town and found a crop of large rocks he could hide in. Now that everyone was ready they just sat watched and waited.



- Alex
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As the day began to turn to dusk Yoshi waited patiently for Andrew to come out of Steves apartment. Yoshi had refused to just drop Andrew off after seeing where Steve lived. He lived on the side of town that trouble always seemed to come from. It was like the area was possessed and evil lurked at every corner. Yoshi silently prayed as angels surrounded him while he waited.

"Lets get out of here Steve. I called the Rabbi and hes waiting for us. He asked that you stay with us for awhile so lets get some of your things together. Yoshi is waiting outside in the car for us, so lets hurry." Andrew said.

After about 10 minutes Steve was ready and he locked his front door behind both of them as they headed out. Not that it mattered. After tonight Steve would never return to his apartment again.

- Renee
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Ben sat at the front table in the ships library. Looking at his watch it was ten till the hour and still no one had shown up. His message and his posters he sent out told everyone that the meeting would at 14:00.
“Lord, you know each mans heart, please Lord if any man or woman out there is searching for you please give them the means to be here today. Lord if anyone shows up please give me the words you want me to say. In your sweet name Jesus I pray, Amen”

14:00 came and went, a tear started to form in Ben’s eyes as he sat there. He couldn’t believe that out of all the men and women in this fleet of ships no one wanted to hear the word of God or to talk about what had happen. At 14:05, Ben stood up and was ready to depart and head back to his sub when the door opened and 15 sailors entered. Some enlisted, a few Chief, and one or two officers. They all came in and sat down, Warrant Officer Rice stood and told Ben that the boat that was going around picking up everyone had a hard time this afternoon in the ice that is why they were late.
Ben smiled and thanked the Lord for allowing this meeting to happen.

Ben opened up the meeting with a prayer the told them who he was and a little bit about himself. He then went around the room and each person did the same. Many truly wanted to hear more about God and what was going on but a few just came to get out of work. It was mostly the younger men wanting that but Ben was happy to see each one of them.
The meeting was to let out at 15:00 but with all the questions, it was 16:15 when Ben gave a closing prayer. In that meeting 3 women and two guys gave their lives to Christ, others Ben felt were heading that direction and a few Ben knew would never come back. “Thank you Lord for this time to share you and your word.” The next meeting was to take place tomorrow at the same time.

- Alex
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22:30 Onshore

“Goldfish 1 this is Goldfish 3, I have movement coming down the street to your area over”
“Copy 3, I have one figure in sight”
Goldfish watched as this person wrapped in a heavy coat turned the corner and was head straight towards him up a snow covered path. As the stranger got closer, Goldfish 1 slide back into the trees to hide himself. The stranger passed by and continued towards the coast.
“Goldfish 4, you are about to receive company, this could be out person of interest over”
“Copy 1, I’m ready”
The stranger walked to where the path split and stopped. By now Goldfish 4 had his sights on the stranger and wondered if this was the person. Surely they would have known the correct way to go. The stranger turned left and head to the area where Goldfish 4 sat.
Arriving at the clearing, the stranger brushed off the snow from a log then took a seat. He pulled out a pair of binoculars and started to count the ships.
Goldfish 4 moved up behind the stranger and stopped with just two to go.
“How many ships are there?” He asked in Spanish
The stranger jumped up from being scared then got mad. “Who are you and what are you doing up here” the stranger asked in a loud voice
“I was gong to ask you the same my friend”
“None of your business now leave” The stranger yelled as he pulled out a knife
Having hands free radios, Goldfish 4 could talk to his team without showing who he was.
“1 this is 4, subject has knife over”
“Copy 4”
“What business is it how many ships are here?” the Naval Seal asked the stranger
“That is my business; now go away before I feed your guts to the fish”
“Sorry can’t do that. The information you have who do you share it with?”
“None of your business now go away” The stranger repeated while tossing his knife back and forth between his hands
“Sorry sir but you must come with me”
The stranger yelled a few curse words at the man in front of him just before lunging at his with his knife.
Had the stranger seen the red dot on his forehead he might have stood still and did everything he was told to do, but he didn’t see the dot or heard the small pop when he started his lung.
The body needs a brain to tell the body when it is in pain. Without the workings of the brain, the body will either do one of two things. Continue until the brain tells it to stop or it will stop on its own and drop like a weighted sandbag. The stranger body did the second.
As soon as the body hit the snow covered ground, Goldfish 2 stepped out from the trees.
“Goldfish 2 to all fish, suspect has checked out over”
“Copy 2, all fish on 4, ASAP”
Goldfish 4 bent down and checked the man’s pockets for ID or anything else he had. The only thing was a strange cell phone and a piece of paper with writing on it.
Megail, come see me about making some real easy money. All you have to do is count them ships in the sea and use this phone.
The rest of the writing was how to use the phone and what time to count.
When the remaining Goldfish got to the scene, they tied a rope around 3 and pushed him over the cliff. The marks he left as he went over plus the marks he made as they pulled him back up made it look like someone had slipped. Next they tossed the body of Megail over the side along with the blood stained snow.
“Goldfish 1 to Starfish over”
“Go ahead Goldfish”
“Mike Charlie, RTB over”
“Mike Charlie RTB copy, Starfish out”
The Starfish radio operator sent a message up the chain of command. Mission complete, team was returning to base.



- Alex
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Upon the team returning and debriefing those in command, Admiral St John sent a message out to his fleet.
All Commanding Officers of all ships were to report to the Reagan by 06:00 tomorrow morning. Day old coffee and crackers would be served.
Supplies were getting low and still no word from the group who sent out the e-mail.



- Alex
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Yoshi saw them coming and motioned for them to hurry. The sun was setting and he wanted to be out of this neighborhood and home before it was completely dark.

Steve threw his bags in the backseat and climbed in beside them as Andrew walked around the car and climbed in the front seat as Yoshi pulled away as if he was in some sort of hurry.

Arriving back at the house Yoshi dropped them both off at the front door as he drove around back and parked the car in the garage. After closing and locking the garage he headed in the back door and found Ester busy preparing the evening meal. "Ummmm smells good." he told her as he turned her around and gave her a hug. " Glad your back. I was getting concerned with it starting to get dark." she said to him. "Could you help me set the table for our guest?" she asked him as she pulled the silverware and plates out of the cabinet. Without replying he took them from her hands and headed for the diningroom.

Andrew had taken Steve down to the underground shelter where everyone was getting ready for the dinner hour. " Nice to see you again Steve." the Rabbi said walking over to him and shaking his hand again. " We need to talk with you Rabbi. I'm still a baby at this and Steve needs to hear from you how to become a christian." said Andrew. "Well then, shall we go upstairs to my chamber and talk before dinner?" he asked them smiling at Steve as he headed up the stairs with the two men following him.


- Renee
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Ben was setting at his desk reading the bible while eating a piece of Spam from a can he had found down in the galley. Joe and Jack had gone over to the Reagan for the 06:00 meeting. Ben looked at his watch it was 08:45. Wanting to be sure of his studies for his meeting this evening with those who come, Ben wrote down passages he could fall back on to answer some of the questions.
Finishing up he was in prayer when a tap at his door sounded.

“Come on in” Ben said after he said amen

Joe and Josh entered and sat down; they talked briefly about the crew and the supply needs.
“Ben, we have been order to head North with a group of navy seals, we will depart this afternoon at 13:00.” Joe stated

Ben face dropped “We can’t, I have a meeting tonight with some guys who are looking towards the Lord.”

“Sorry Ben, you will have to find someone else to lead your group”

“I can’t, there is no one else, I have to”

“Ben, we need you and this is our orders, sorry”

“Orders? I have orders from Jesus to teach and plant the seeds” Ben said as he stood

“Ben, you above all have been a god send to all of us, you have shared his message and through you we all on this boat have found our Savior. But right now we need you to be with us, I think God would understand” Joe answered

“Why can’t you get Warrant Officer Mc Clean, the Weapon Officer who boat this first belong to. He knows these system better then I, besides when you all return I will be here waiting.”

“I don’t know Ben, we work as a team, I would feel better if it was you”

“Joe, you and Josh know me and know that I would be the first man on board to go but I truly feel the Lord calling and wanting me to stay here and plant these seeds. Please talk to the Holly and see if Mc Clean and go.”

Joe thought for a few minutes then asked the three of them to pray.

“Lord, we humbly come to you and ask for guidance on this matter, you know what the right thing to do is, please lead us to make the correct decisions. In your Holy name we pray Amen”

“Sir, Tower here, a Warrant Officer Mc Clean is here to see you”

All three men looked up and said thank you Lord.

“Guess he answered your request Ben. Let’s go work out the details”

At 12:00, Ben had his stuff packed and was loading on board the small boat tied up alone side. As he packed, each man of the crew stopped by and shook his hand and thanked him for his leadership. Ben couldn’t remember the last time he had shed so many tears. Some sorrow but many were tears of joy. He told each one that he would be back and for each one to continue to study the Bible. He claimed he would be holding a question and Answer Test when they joined up again.
At 12:30, Ben shook hands with Jack then saluted Joe his Commanding Officer as he departed for his new temporary home and crew.
At 13:00, the HMS Wales under the Command of Joe Akeman slowly slipped below the surface of the ice and sea. There mission, Head North.



- Alex

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