Fellow Legionaries, The Lord’s Blessings be upon you. Should you require any prayer, help or support of any kind, please let me know [email protected] or 808-202-1702 or Thomas Bodine 5803 Bull Creek Austin Texas 78756. I am keeping a list of post members willing to help other members, send me a note if you’d like to be on that list.
Our Spouses are our help and support, we need each other
Many of us are well served by our spouse.
Marriage is not a competition. Marriage is completion of two souls Abhijit Naskar
He created for you spouses from among yourselves, in order to have tranquility and contentment with each other, and He placed in your hearts love and care towards your spouses. Koran 30:21
Behind every soldier, there is an even stronger spouse who stands behind them, supports them, and loves them with all their heart. Unknown
My friends, continue to love and help your spouse .
Dear Lord, thank you for your love and kindness. Thank you Lord for all the blessings we enjoy each day. Lord, those of us who have our spouses with us, we thank you. We honor the memory of those who’ve gone before us and ask that they enjoy your blessings in the hereafter with you. Oh Lord, keep our airmen, marines, solders, sailors and guardians safe and return them safely to their families. My Lord God, please bless America, Amen
In July 2022, the post held its business meeting and social on the same day Monday, July fourth.
We set up the Tennessee Room for a banquet and set out chairs in the south east end of the parking lot for fireworks observation.
Decoration was done by Commander Sean, John McKinney, Clayton Griffiths and his wife Janna . The Banquet was supplied and cooked by Former Commander John McKinney. It was delicious barbecued deer sausage and hamburgers. There was Ice cream, pies and cake. A good time was had by all.
On August 7th 2022, it is National Purple Heart Day. Let us remember these women and men, who selflessly gave themselves for our country. The Purple was originally given out by George Washington in 1782 as a Badge of Merit. Purple Heart Day was 1st observed in 2014 and has been observed every year since. Lt. Annie G. Fox was the 1st woman to receive the Purple Heart for combat. She was the Chief Nurse in the Army Nursing Corps at Hickam Field after the attack at Pearl Harbor. Let us all take a moment on August 7th to give thanks for these brave men and women.
The Lords Blessings be upon you. Should you require any prayer, help or support of any kind, please let me know [email protected] or 808-202-1702 or Thomas Bodine 5803 Bull Creek Austin Texas 78756. I am keeping a list of post members willing to help other members, send me a note if you’d like to be on that list.
have been thinking about how We should serve veterans and the community.
No one has ever become poor by giving
Ann Frank
As we lose ourselves in service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.
Dieter F Uchtdorf
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
John Holmes
My friends, let us continue to serve your community, friends and neighbors. We will be happier for it.
Let us pray:
Dear Lord, thank you for your love and kindness. Thank you Lord for all the blessings we enjoy each day. Lord, please give us opportunities to serve our neighbors, friends and veterans every day. Please guide us in how to best serve their needs. Oh Lord, keep our airmen, guardians, marines, solders, and sailors safe and return them safely to their families. My Lord God, please bless America, Amen
Commander Sean Bridwell, member of Post 76 and Scout troop 413 from Redeemer Lutheran Church posted American Flags on the Graves of veterans in Austin Memorial Cemetery May 29, 2022
Chaplains Prayer
Dear Lord
Today we honor our military dead. We will honor their memory with prayers, songs and flags. May their memories be honored always. Lord be with our living sailors airmen soldiers coat guard and guardians as they go through their daily duties. Allow them to come safely home to their families. Please bless America Amen
Hello Fellow Legionaries. Should you require any prayer, help or support of any kind, please let me know [email protected] or 808-202-1702 or Thomas Bodine 5803 Bull Creek Austin Texas 78756. I am keeping a list of post members willing to help other members, send me a note if you’d like to be on that list.
I am trying to be more gracious to my family, friends and strangers. I try to speak only kindly and what is necessary in my conversations with my fellows.
Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend. Proverbs 22:11
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. Francis Bacon
Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity. Maximilian Degenerez
So My dear friends, let us be gracious to one another
On this Memorial Day and every day let us remember and revere those who have fought that we might live in peace and freedom.
Dear Lord, we thank you for the grace you show by granting us life. Guide us that we may show grace and love to our fellows. Help us to serve our fellow veterans as well as others. Oh Lord, keep our airmen, marines, solders, sailors and guardians safe and return them safely to their families. My Lord God, please bless America, Amen
Fellow Legionaries, The Lords Love shines on you. Should you require any prayer, help or support of any kind, please let me know [email protected] or 808-202-1702 or Thomas Bodine 5803 Bull Creek Austin Texas 78756.
Please Keep Henry Shoenfelt in your prayers, his wife passed and was buried in April.
In April, I celebrated Easter, spending time with my Family. Family is important. We should support our family in times of need as well as sharing the joys and sorrows of their lives.
The strength of the family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other. Mario Puzo
What can you do to promote world peace? Go Home and love your family. Mother Teresa
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12
Let Us Pray: Dear Lord may we continue to love and support our families in you, Help us to love our fellows. Please be with our soldiers, sailors, marines, guardians and airmen. Please guide them safely home to their families. Dear Lord please bless America Amen.
March is Women’s History Month. This is a time for us to recognize the women who have served in every war since the American Revolution, as well as make great improvements in the care for women veterans today and in the future.
Today, women are the fastest-growing demographic in the military and veteran community – the number of women veterans is projected to be approximately 2.2 million in 2046. With this, VA must plan now to account for these demographic shifts and ensure that women veterans are provided high-quality care and resources.
An American Legion legislative victory for the first session of the 117th Congress was the passing of the Protecting Moms Who Served Act, which will improve maternal health care for women. Continued improvements in Veterans Administration’s reproductive care ensures that the needs of women veterans in areas of newborn, maternity and reproductive care are being met through comprehensive health services. This improved care will allow women veterans who seek health care through the VA feel that it is a system built with them in mind.
As we move forward in improved care for women veterans, it is important to advocate for new legislation which fills gaps remaining in care for our women veterans. This means improving mammography services (Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options – MAMMO – for Veterans Act, S. 2533/H.R. 4794), mitigating the cost of contraceptive care, increasing access to child-care services and newborn care at VA medical centers, and studying the need for women-specific drug and alcohol dependency rehabilitation programs (H.R. 344, Women Veterans TRUST Act), as well as others.
This is also includes addressing gender-specific difficulties that affect women veterans, such as not being recognized as a veteran by VA employees, lack of awareness and understanding of VA health-care benefits, and that women veterans being more likely to experience mental health issues and military sexual trauma, as well as chronic pain management and musculoskeletal condition treatment. To address these problems and barriers to care, VA must have care models and standards that are gender-specific and culturally competent.
As women remain the fastest growing veteran demographic, The American Legion will continue to advocate for Congress and VA to meet the unique medical needs of women veterans. A veteran is a veteran, so let’s stand ready to care for and meet the needs of our women veterans and recognize the sacrifices they have made by improving their care.
Past Commander Gene Volcik passed at Seton Hospital Thursday March 4 2022.
We will miss his gracious, joyous presence at the Post and from our lives.
Gene served as a Pharmacist’s mate in World War II, then went on to a career as a Pharmacist for several years in Austin where he owned a few Pharmacies.
He served as a Deacon of his church. He served as Post Commander for Post 76 many times.
He has joined his wife Viola who passed in November in peace.
