INTERNATIONAL PRAYER REQUEST

DEAR FRIENDS,

I AM QUITE CONCERNED THAT THE TRAGEDY, WHICH OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001, WILL DESTROY A WONDERFUL RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION-OR AS SOME SCHOLARS AND ACADEMICS WOULD STATE 'AN UNBEARABLE OFFSHOOT'.
I'VE BEEN A CLERGYMAN OVER TWENTY YEARS.
I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY, SOME EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
I'VE HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO SERVE WITH INDIVIDUALS, WHO WOULD PROTECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS IF THEY WERE BLOOD OF THE PRESIDENT (QUITE FRANKLY-THERE IS NO GREATER HONOR TO HAVE OFFERED THAT REASONABLE SERVICE.)
I HAVE SAT AND CONTEMPLATED WITH INDIVIDUALS, WHO WOULD STATE WITHOUT HESITATION-'I'M JUST LIKE YOU AND HAVE TO PUT MY PANTS ON THE SAME WAY!).
WHEN I WAS WORKING ON MY POST DOCTORAL DEGREE RESEARCH, FOR THE DOCTORATE IN RELIGIOUS HUMANITIES, I WAS WORKING IN A WAREHOUSE SETTING (AS MANY WOULD KNOW, THIS WAS WERE I DEVELOPED THE INVOLUNTARY TREMORS AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY I WAS WORKING WITH.). SOMEONE ASKED 'IF YOUR SO SMART-WHY ARE YOU WORKING HERE?'. AS I CONTEMPLATED FOR A MOMENT, IT WAS QUITE CLEAR-'BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO IS SMARTER THAN I'. (BROTHERS AND SISTERS-THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!).
IF YOU HAVE EVER LISTENED TO MOST CONVERSATIONS, WERE RELIGION AND POLITICS ARE A CENTRAL POINT, FOLKS WOULD STATE-'IF YOU WANT TO LOSE FRIENDS TALK ABOUT THE TWO.' INTERESTING ONE LINER, BUT FOLKS THE CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS DOESN'T HOLD WATER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TERRORIST OR EXCUSE ME-EXTREMIST.
INTERESTING DATA, IN THE MIDDLE EAST-AFFILIATION WITH AN EXTREMIST TRAINING CAMP, BEGINS AT FIFTEEN. IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, IT BEGINS AT SEVEN.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, DEALING WITH RESEARCH REQUESTS THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. TO STUDY A CULTUS, WHICH HAD ITS ORIGINS 300 TO 700 YEARS AGO. PAPERWORK FOR THE RESEARCH WAS THROUGH THE ROOF. I THANK GOD, THAT IT IS THAT WAY-ACCOUNTABILITY WAS ESSENTIAL, AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, ABOUT TWENTY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE FBI LATER, I WAS GRANTED APPROVAL TO FILL OUT AN 'APPLICATION FOR THE RESEARCH DATA.'
LET US LOOK AT THAT CONCEPT FOR A MOMENT, AND VIEW AT LEAST THE 'WESTERN HEMISPHERE'. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE RECOVERY OF DATA-NOT ONLY THE CAPACITY TO UNRAVEL A MYSTERY, SO TO SPEAK, MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. IT WOULD ALSO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT FOR PEACEFUL PEOPLES, TO EXAMINE AN ERA TO FIND A COMMON BALANCE FOR THE WAY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS INTERACTED AMONG OTHERS.I CANNOT POSSIBLY SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK OF THE FBI-COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, IT IS A BIG PART OF TODAY'S PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I WAS TALKING TO MY COMPANION ANIMAL-'SHEEBA', JUST THE OTHER DAY. I HAD MENTIONED A FEW OF THE 1)ORDERS, 2)STATUS OF FORCE AGREEMENT, AND 3)THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. WHICH PERTAIN TO A PROPER FOUNDATION FOR THE ART OF WAR.
GENERAL WESTMORELAND HAD MADE A STATEMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. QUOTE: 'MAN CAN NOT BE TAUGHT SOMETHING CONVENTIONAL OR UNCONVENTIONAL, IF HE CANNOT HANDLE ANYTHING GENERAL PURPOSE.' BELIEVE WHEN I SAY, THAT ALSO APPLIES TO POLITICAL PRESSURE.
IF ONE WANTS A GLIMPSE OF THE LAST-ONE SHOULD EXAMINE A BIT OF THE MEDIA IN THE COUNTRY OF IRAN. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OTHER TIMES AS I RECALL, WERE THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, HAD RELAYED A LESS THAN FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, WAS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I CERTAINLY HOPED THAT HE ENJOYED HIS TIME HERE AND MANAGED TO GET THE 'STICK OUT OF HIS BUTT, TO DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE MILLENNIUM GOALS-SET BY ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
MY COMPUTER IS TELLING ME 'GIVE IT A BREAK FOR UPDATE.'.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE A BLESSING UNTO OTHERS.

SINCERELY,
REV. DR. JAMES J. SHOWERS, JR.

GOOD DAY DEAR FELLOW SOJOURNERS;

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I CAME ACROSS A TEXT: 'THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD', BY HIS EXCELLENCY-HONORABLE MR. HENRY DRUMMOND. THERE ARE SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL COMMENTARIES, CONCERNING HIS LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND HIM. ONE I FIND VERY INTERESTING. HIS EXCELLENCY-HONORABLE MR. HENRY DRUMMOND, HAD NEVER ACTUALLY ATTAINED THE TITLE OF DOCTOR, FOR HIS COMMENTARIES, DISCOURSES, LECTURES, AND PUBLICATIONS. FROM SOME OF THE BIO ON MR. HENRY, HE DID SHARE A SPACE WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUND SPEAKERS, LECTURES, GUESTS AT UNIVERSITY. IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, WAS IN THE PUBLIC FORUM A PROCTOR OR AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.
HIS LIFE AND THE CALLING, TO SERVE AS AN INSTRUMENT TO THE CARRYING FORWARD OF THE WORD, CAME IN SEVERAL TEXTS. I FOUND A READING FROM MR. HENRY IN-'THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD'. THE TEXT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC, IN CEREAL BOXES OR THE 'CRACKER JACK BOXES' (NOT NECESSARILY IN THE 'CRACKER JACK BOXES'-USED AS AN EXAMPLE).
MR. HENRY AND HIS PASSION FOR THE WORD OF GOD, LEAD HIM TO MANY DARKEND AREAS OF SOCIETY. HE HELD TO THE SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE 'GREATEST GOOD', BUT NOT ALWAYS THE GOOD OF THE WORLD AS SCHOLARS MAY VIEW DIFFERENTIALLY.
ONE THOUGHT WAS, THAT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO 'CARRY FORTH THE WORD'-HE BECAME A VESSEL, THAT WAS TORN LIMB FROM LIMB, IN A WAY THAT HIS BODY WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF POTENTIALLY TEN MEN OR THAT HE SHOULD SACRIFICE HIS OWN LIFE FOR TEN MEN, TO BE CHANGED FOREVER IN THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY AND ONE TRUE GOD. IN A RETROSPECT, I CAN THANK GOD FOR 'REASONABLE SERVICE.'
A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON HOW I FOUND ONE OF HIS TEXTS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE FIRST READING OF THIS TEXT-'THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD'. I WAS PREPARING TO WRITE MY THIRD TEXT FOR PUBLICATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST COPY OF 'SEEDS OF INCORRUPTIBILITY-A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, QUOTES AND ANCIENT WISDOM.'.
I WAS WORKING AT THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, AT THE INTERURBAN RAILWAY MUSEUM (WHICH IS WERE MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE ONCE AGAIN. (AS SOME MAY RECALL, THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF HAVING THE INVOLUNTARY TREMORS, SLURRING OF THE SPEECH, 'WALKING LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR', THE PROBLEMS WITH MOBILITY, THE HEADACHES, ETC. ETC.) MY DIPLOMATE IN NEUROLOGY, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GET ME A CONSULT AT THE TEACHING HOSPITAL: UTSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER-MOVEMENT DISORDER CLINIC-DALLAS,TEXAS. WONDERFUL HEALERS AND TRULY BLESSED, BEYOND ANY CAPACITY OF MANS REASONING FOR THIS CURRENT MODERN DISPENSATION.
AS WAS PAR FOR THE COURSE, I WOULD ENJOY THE PROFOUND WORD OF GOD WITH MY DEAR FRIEND. TO SEEK THE ALMIGHTY GOD IN WORD AND TO PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT APPLICABLE TO 'REASONABLE SERVICE' AND AS A DEAR FRIEND WOULD RELAY-'NOT TO DISTORT THE KNOWLEDGE'.
MY DEAR FRIEND AND I HAPPENED TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, 'PIDDLING' AROUND AT A STREET FAIR (WERE I MET MY FIRST RETIRED TEXAS RANGER, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL). WE WANDERED INTO A ANTIQUE STORE AND I WAS DRAWN TO A GLASS CABINET IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE ANTIQUE STORE. IT WAS EITHER ON THE SECOND OR THIRD SHELF FROM THE TOP. A LITTLE TEXT, IN A RED BOUND SOFT COVER. THE BACK READ: 'LITTLE LUXURANT LIBRARY'. FORMERLY PRINTED AND PUBLISHED UNDER ROBERT K. HAAS PUBLISHERS.
I HAVE THE SECOND COPY OF THE TEXT, ENCLOSED IN A TUPPERWARE CONTAINER, SO THAT I CAN HAVE A BOOK CONSERVATOR, REPAIR THE TEXT TO AN ORIGINAL STATE.
THE TEXT IS A COMMENTARY ON THE 'GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD', WHICH IS REFERRING TO ONE ENTRY FROM THE HOLY BIBLE-'AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE!'.
MY FIRST COPY OF THE TEXT, WAS GIVEN AS A TOKEN GIFT FOR A BIRTHDAY AND CELEBRATION.
WHEN I INITIALLY PURCHASED THE TEXT CONSERVATION BECAME AN ISSUE, SO I FOUND A LADY, WHO RESTORE TEXTS BUT WHO IS NOT ACTUALLY CLASSIFIED AS A BOOK CONSERVATOR. I MENTIONED THAT THE CONTENT OF THE TEXT, FROM A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE WAS SUCH, WAS WELL WORTH HER BLOCK OF CONSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF THE TEXT.
SHE WAS TRULY GIFTED AND VERY THOROUGH IN HER TALENT. I WISH AT THIS JUNCTURE, I COULD RECALL HER NAME SO THAT HER GIFT COULD BE SHARED WITH OTHERS, BEYOND THOSE WHO KNOW OF THE RICHNESS IN HER TALENT. AS I WAS CONTEMPLATING THE WORK SHE WAS ABOUT TO PERFORM, I WAS THINKING OF THEE THREE WISE MEN, WHO WOULD TRAVEL FROM THE EAST.
AFTER READING THE WONDERFUL TEXT, BEFORE IT WENT INTO THE CONSERVATION MODE, I HAD TO STOP AND THANK GOD FOR THE BLESSING THAT WAS DELIVERED FROM THE HEAVENLY PLACE AND PLACED IN MY HANDS, WHERE A SENSE OF HUMILITY WAS INSTILLED.
THERE IS AN AMAZING SPIRITUAL ESSENCE, THAT CANNOT BE TRANSCRIBED SO TO SPEAK, WHEN THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR HAS HIS HANDS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT. THE PRESENCE IS JUST AS APPARENT, WHEN I PICK UP THE TEXT FROM THE-'NAG HAMMADHI LIBRARY' AND THE SCROLL 'MELCHIZEDEK'.
A MAN AND THE GIFTS, THAT COME FROM HIS HANDS, CANNOT COMPARE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY IN THE SOJOURNERS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE AND HOPEFULLY WILL ALWAYS BEAR A SEED THAT CANNOT BE CORRUPTED.
THE ALMIGHTY, IS THE ONLY ESSENCE WHICH TRANSFORMS THIS STATE OF BEING. MAN HAS SEARCHED AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A 'KEYSTONE', SO TO SPEAK WHICH LEADS TO CENTURIES OF SOJOURNERS SEEKING AFTER A PHRASE THAT CANNOT BE SPOKEN, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS KNOW THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMENTARY-THERE IS THAT ONE SEED!
THE EARLY BELIEVERS SOUGHT IT AND SO HAVE WE. A BEGINNING TO LIFE!
AFTER MY LITTLE BIT, THIS POST SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A CONSERVATOR, TO ASSIST ME IN PREPARING THIS WONDERFUL TEXT FOR ITS NEXT DISPENSATION. HOPEFULLY TO BRING AND KEEP THE GOSPEL OF TRUTH AND ITS RADIANT LIGHT A GLOW-EVEN IF WE MAY BE IN THE DARKNESS AND SEARCHING FOR THE BEGINNING.
AS I HEARD ONE SAY YEARS AGO-'THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU'.
THANK YOU! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE A BLESSING UNTO OTHERS.
SINCERELY,
REV. DR. JAMES J. SHOWERS, JR.

GOOD EVENING DEAR SOJOURNERS;

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY, HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

A QUICK THANK YOU, FOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR SOLIDERS, SAILORS, AIRMAN, MARINES AND UNITED STATES COAST GUARDSMAN.

I WAS CONTEMPLATING THE SACRIFICE OF OUR TROOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND FELT A GREAT SENSE OF UNITY, WITH THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THEIR UNWAVERING PURSUIT TO ESTABLISH RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS, THAT TOUCH THEIR FEET UPON THE SOIL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WHEN I PROUDLY WORKED FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, WE ALWAYS KNEW WHERE AND WHAT OUR TASKING WAS, AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE- 1)ORDERS, 2) STATUS OF FORCE AGREEMENT, 3) RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. (YET BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES)

THE ATMOSPHERE PRIOR TO THE ENGAGEMNT, HAS BEEN THE SAME SENSE THE FOUNDING OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND IS PART OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND TREATIES AS WELL.

TO A JOB WELL DONE AND TO A VISION WHICH CAN ENDURE EVEN THE MOST TRYING OF TIMES.

TO THE COMMANDER AND CHIEF- THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-HONORABLE BARAK OBAMA. MAY GOD GRACE YOU WITH HIS OMNIPRESENCE. WHETHER IT IS TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, MAY THE CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM SUSTAIN YOU EVEN IF IT CALLS FOR 'SETTING YOU ON A ROCK AND ASSISTING YOU IN HOLDING THE STAFF.' AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, JOSHUA, ABRAHAM. MAY GOD BLESS THE DEFENDERS OF THE OPPRESSED.

HAVE A WONDERFUL VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION!!!

I HAVE BEEN PREPARING RESEARCH DATA, FOR SERVICE DOGS. I AM WORKING WITH A DEAR FELLOW, WHO IS DEFINITELY IN NEED. AS I HANDED HIM AN ENVELOPE, WITH SERVICE DOG TAGS AND OTHER RESEARCH DATA, HE STATED SOMETHING WHICH I COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED-MY SUMMATION FROM OUR BRIEF CONVERSATION THIS EVENING 20091028. I QUOTE AN INITIAL THOUGHT-'I WOULD LIKE TO WALK AROUND IRELAND!'. I COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED THAT HE HAS A COMPANION ANIMAL-'NICKY' AND THAT I AM SURE, 'NICKY' WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT CONTACTING AAA, DUE TO THE FACT YOU CAN RECEIVE AN INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS LICENSE THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION. I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND INQUIRING ABOUT THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE, FOR TRANSPORT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, APPLIES TO THOSE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. A DIFFERENTIAL AND A CLOSURE ANALYSIS IS IN ORDER.
AS WELL, FROM THE MEDICAL SIDE. WITH THE PRESCRIPTION FOR THE SERVICE ANIMAL, WILL A NEW PRESCRIPTION AND PHYSICAL BE NEEDED? WILL THIS DEAR FELLOW AND COMPANION HAVE TO BE VACCINATED FOR THAT PARTICULAR REGIONS NEW 'BUGS'? WILL THERE BE A QUARANTINE PERIOD FOR 'NICKY' THE COMPANION ANIMAL? WILL THERE BE A QUARANTINE PERIOD FOR THIS DEAR FELLOW?
I BRIEFLY SPOKE WITH THIS DEAR FELLOW, TWO DAYS AGO AND HE HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING CONCERNING AN ENTITLEMENT, FOR THE RESEARCH COLLECTED, SINCE I LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR A DISABILITY. IN THE BEGINNING, I MENTIONED THAT ALL OF THIS RESEARCH DATA, WILL GO TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-MEDICAL CENTER, WERE I LIVE IN NEVADA. WELL THE MORE RESEARCH I CAN GATHER-THE BETTER.
I RECEIVED OODDDLES, OF DATA AT THE STATE LEVEL AND BY THE TIME I GO BACK TO SEE MY NEUROLOGIST, I MAY HAVE PICKED UP ONE OR TWO BUGS MYSELF, AS PART OF SOME 'HYPOCHONDRIA'.
YOUR IMPUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THOSE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES, PARALYSIS, PTSD, BRAIN TRAUMA, AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITIES. GRANTED IF IT GOES AS PLANNED, I'LL HAVE ENOUGH RESEARCH TO PUT ON THE DESK OF SOME SOCIAL WORKERS DESK (THERE ARE FOUR I HAVE IN MIND AS I RELAY THIS DATA.)
YOUR HELP COULD OPEN THE DOOR TO A HOST OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND COULD POSSIBLY GET THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER SYSTEMS.
I DO ENJOY THE WONDERFUL STORIES I HEAR ABOUT MY COMPANION ANIMAL-'SHEEBA'. IN PARTICULAR TO THE RECENT-I WAS DOWN AT THE LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE LAST NIGHT, AND A LADY CAME UP AND ASKED IF MY COMPANIONS NAME WAS 'SHEEBA'. SHE THEN MENTIONED THAT SHE VOLUNTEERS AT THE SHELTER WHERE I ADOPTED 'SHEEBA' AND WHERE 'SHEEBA' RECEIVED HER FIRST BATH. 'SHEEBA' HAS QUITE A FEW OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME AT PRESENT. HER LIVER IS TWO OR THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF HER STOMACH AND SHE HAS SPINAL PROBLEMS AND TWO OR THREE OTHER PROJECTS WHICH MUST BE WORKED ON. SHE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND A FULL BRED DALMATIAN. WE HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER SINCE DAY ONE.
WHEN I HAVE MEETINGS AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-MEDICAL CENTER, I TAKE HER TO THE MEETINGS. I TAKE HER ON THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. I TAKE HER TO THE GROCERY OR WHERE I GO TO PURCHASE RATIONS.
THE SELECTION OF HER VETERINARIAN, WAS THROUGH THE PACKET I RECEIVED AFTER ADOPTING 'SHEEBA', AT THE SPCA HERE IN NEVADA. HER VET IS AWESOME AND VERY CARING, AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. I WROTE A REVEIW ABOUT DOCTOR KUSHLAN (I CALL HER DOC), IN ONE OF THE LOCAL MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEMS. I COULD NOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT HER. SHE REMINDS ME OF SOMEONE CAUGHT IN THE SIXTIES, WITH THE ROSE COLORED GLASSES. I'M QUITE SURE, AS I NOSE AROUND TO ASK HER STAFF QUESTIONS (CAN DOCTOR KUSHLAN REALLY PERFORM SURGERY?, ETC. ETC. ETC.). IN THE CRUNCH, I THINK SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES! ONE WOULD THINK THE SEPARATION WOULD BE GREAT-WHEN I TAKE 'SHEEBA' TO SEE DOC, I DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE PTSD AS 'SHEEBA' WANDERS TO THE BACK FOR THIS OR THAT. NOW I WAS CONCERNED WHEN 'SHEEBA', TOOK A FEW EXTRA MINUTES, TO GET TO HER PAWS, WHEN WE WENT IN THIS LAST TIME FOR RADIOGRAHS. I TOLD HER 'I WOULD BE RIGHT HERE WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR TESTS!. THEN I PROCEEDED TO Q & A, DOC'S STAFF-MAKING SURE THAT 'SHEEBA' WAS IN THE VERY BEST HANDS.
THESE QUESTIONS, ANALYSIS, CONTEMPLATIONS, CONJECTURE WILL BE ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR A VETERAN WITH THE PTSD, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, PARALYSIS, SPINAL CORD INJURY. THEY GAVE A NOBLE SACRIFICE, FOR MEN AND WOMEN, THEY HAVE NEVER MET OR KNEW. I HAVE TO GET TO THE 'AT EASE', BEFORE I START THE OLD WHINING.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SOLDIER, SAILOR, AIRMAN OR MARINE-I HAVE EVER KNOWN, WHO WOULD GIVE UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL.(YES, THAT ALSO MEANS INSTEAD OF CIRCLING AROUND THE TARMAC!). SO THIS NEXT PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS VERY ESSENTIAL, TO PROVIDING A CV FOR RESEARCH RETRIEVAL FOR THE VETERAN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ANALYSIS AND YOUR INFORMED AND INTELLIGENT DECISIONS. THERE IS A GREATER EMPHASIS NOW ON THE 'WHOLE' UNIFORMED PERSONNEL. YOU CAN TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THEY HAVE A COMPANION ANIMAL FOR THAT AREA OF LIFE AS WELL. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTARY!

REV. DR. JAMES J. SHOWERS, JR.