So It Is Christmas

In all our hustle and Bustle this year, lets all remember the True reason for the Christmas Season.
We must remember that, God sent his son, the Lamb of God, for the sins of the world, Jesus was the only child Ever Born to die.
 And so, remember that, no matter what you give to someone it represents who Jesus was, the greatest gift of all.
And as Garfield said "Its not the giving, its not the getting, its the loving",

Have a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year

Talk to you all tonight.

Samuel "The Sergeant"

My First Book Report

A Knight of the White Cross

By G. A. Henty

This book is set in Rhodes in the 1480s, and depicts the knights of St John at the time of the first siege of that great city.

The main character Gervaise Tresham Was inducted into the order at a very young age and served many years in their service.

For two years He was a page of the Grand Master.  And then he became (at 15 years old) one of the professed Knights of the Order.  He served as an overseer of some of the slaves who were at work on the defenses; by the end of six months he had a great knowledge of Masonry which would come in to be very useful later.

  He was next sent out on board a galley under the command of Sir Louis Ricord, as part of a cruising fleet of three galleys.  They were going to cruise between the islands and the mainland.  As they went along the herd reports of a dreadful corsair, Hassan Ali.  So they kept out a sharp lookout for him.
One morning when Gervaise and his Dear friend Ralph Harcourt were sent to the hills to look and see if they could spot any ships of a suspicious character, for five minutes they looked without seeing anything that looked suspicious, but just as they were going to head down the ship, Gervaise saw smoke coming from an island about five miles away.  They ran to the ship, and made for the island as fast as the slaves could row.  There was a battle, and they captured four of the pirates, but the cost was dear, in all seven knights had fallen. So Ricord Sent Gervaise, Ralph, a English knight named Sir John Boswell, and ten rowers to their rendezvous some fifty miles away.
They were spotted by the corsairs, who had not made it to the ships when the battle started, and took a ship that was at the shoreline, and gave chase.  The knights almost did not make it.
But due to the knowledge of Turkish that Sir John Boswell had acquired while a prisoner of the Egyptians they were able to escape, make it back to the rendezvous, and get the other ships to come to the help of Ricord.

  For the next nine months Gervaise (seeing the advantage of knowing the language) took to learning Turkish, with one of the slaves (who was a nobleman in his own country) named Suleiman Ali.

And he discovered a plot by of the slaves, to escape in some of the galleys, Burn the rest, and Spike the guns at fort ST Nicolas.

And at one point he was Captured by the Moors, and used his knowledge of Turkish to escape.

Gervaise became a very distinguished Knight of the Order.

And during the Siege of Rhodes, he saved the fort of ST Nicolas by a action with Fire ships, and Saved the life of the Grand Master, when at a Breach in the walls, the Grand Master fell to the ground, Gervaise stood over him, until some other knights came to their aid.

This is defiantly a wonderful book to read.
If you like Henty, then you will love
A Knight of the White Cross.

Samuel Barton
December 23, 2009 

Meeting with Kyle and John

A few days ago, Kyle came over and we went to the army barracks store in Scarborough, ME
we had a great time. Then the next morning, John came and we had a wonderful time doing some military things until we went skating at the Dennys.

At Army barracks. ^

See, Real soldiers pray before the head into battle

Read your Bible
before you go out to have fun.
(not that reading your bible is not fun itself) ^

The enemy approaches. ^

Be prepared men  ^

Ready, aim, FIRE!!


It was a great time, I'll look for some comments on this one, haha
Have a Great Christmas.
We're praying that Lance will make it back in time.


Samuel "The Sergeant"

A Family Christmas Tree

Hi all I just wanted to show you a few pictures.

                                            

.This is Ruthie's Cheese ball snowman

Our Christmas Spread.

 

Ruthie's turn to put up the Angel,
she needed some help.

I hope you all have a good Christmas.

Its such a special time of year.

Samuel.

The M3 Grease Gun Finished (Almost)

It took me three months to finish it, but it is now just about done.

I just need to paint it and add a few details.

It is a blast to make these things, you can be Really creative

Sorry about the bad photos Its the best I got that night

This one is a little better.

Thanks Tash for telling me about how to do the pics.
see you guys tonight at volleyball.

Hey Lance

Lance when you get a chance give me a call (207) 784 2623.
 thanks.
 P.s. Its just a question

Thanksgiving

Hello everyone I hope you all had a great thanksgiving.
  I had a wonderful day, we went to my dads Mothers house had lunch and visited for a little while, Then...
 The Fletchers and Chicks came over for dessert and games. We played pictionary and four on a couch (After Uncle Pat Aunt Rhonda and Seth came).
then Ruth went to uncle Dennis and Aunt Debbie's so she could go shopping on Black Friday.
I on the other hand went home with the Fletchers to help them bring the boughs down to church on Friday.
So the day was Very eventful

Group meeting

On Friday November 6th,
Kyle (pfc) John (sgt) and Stephen (pvt) Came to the First meating of the 25th SOG.
  We had a Great time, lots of good things were acomplished.
 Hope to have you guys over again soon!

 Samuel (ssg)

The First Snow

This Morning It Snowed a little, not a lot but it's still snow.

Other things that are fun to do (Besides blogging, Facebook, and twitter)

I injoy many things, but one of the things that I enjoy most is Amateur (ham) Radio Contesting.
  You ask "so what is ham radio contesting anyway" My answer could take several pages, and probably
Should... but it wont, lets say this, the goal is to contact (not via email, instant messaging, or SMS) but on the radio, as many other stations as you can. in different country's or state's (depending on the contest) in a specified amount of time, usually 12, 24 or 48 hours.
  Now you ask "so who in there right mind is going to stay up ALL night just to talk to people that they have never met" well actually a lot of people will.

There is a lot of Competition, as to who will win
the contest, or who will win out of your state,
 section, or division.
 Because, if you win enough times your room (Shack) could look like this (this is the shack of long time contester jh4uyb, in Japan)
Mine dose not look like that unfortunately!
 And you can talk ALL over the world.
    You can become a better operator.

But most importantly you have a lot of fun.

   Well now some of you might see why, but for thouse of you who dont please email me to find out.
  w1skb@arrl.net

Sorry about not posting in SO long

hello everyone,
 I apologize for not posting in a while.
 but then again people might have gotten something done besides reading blogs. haha
  anywise I have  got a little bit more done on the M3 grease gun.
  well i've got to go.
  73's  Samuel (The Sargent)

Todays Inspiring Verse

Proverbs 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; But he that heareth reproof getteth understanding:

Todays Inspiring Verse

Psalms 144:1

 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Todays Inspiring Verse

Psalm 119:87
They had almost consumed me upon earth, But I forsook not thy precepts.

My Latest Project

We at the 25th SOG are starting to get some weapons made,
  The first one that I am working on is the M3 Grease gun.

First things first, the parts that you need are, 1) 14 inches of 11/4" pvc pipe (that you can find at hardware stores, plumbing, or electrical supply houses). a 11/4" to 1" reducer, (get the one that is designed for plumbing, it looks Much better! A 1" to 1/2" reducer (again get the one designed for plumbing). A 11/4" end cap (you would  find that in the plumbing section to). the top photo on the right is of the center housing of the Grease gun (which is made by cutting the correct shape on the band saw) you would use a 2"x4" or a larger piece of wood.
The next photo down on the list to the right is of the fittings
that were described earlier in this post.
the lowest photo on the right is of the barrel assembly, it incorporates the fittings, and includes the barrel (a 1/2" piece of pvc pipe 8 inches long). (the barrel is not cut in the photo).
 If you want to make one I would deffinatly suggest that you go to Wikipedia and look at the article on the M3 Grease gun
Its the best way to get a knowledge of the gun.
and you could do a Google search on the M3 grease gun,
In images, there are a lot of good pictures of that gun.

An Amazing Quote

I have an aunt who is 93 years old, she just had a stroke and is in rehab, she hopefully will come out of rehab alive. but last night she said (and meant it) "wherever you go you must bring joy"
  and I hope that you all will pray for her.
  Thanks

An Inspiring Verse

2 Chronicles 20:17 

  Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: stand still, move not, and behold the salvation of the Lord towards you: O Judah, and Jerusalem, Fear ye not, neither be afraid: tomorrow go out against them. and the Lord will be with  you.