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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers opted to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
The rusty fonts of either Polish or Lithuanian scripture on the 1970 gravesite of Mykola's Krupavicius.
This all welded steel structure marks the grave of Mykola’s Krupavicius - (1885-1970). All the letters that are inside the arc shaped structure are welded to hollow steel tubes which are welded in place between each piece of vertical square tube.
The base at the bottom of the structure has more letters that may have threaded studs welded on the backside so they could possibly be bolted down.
I am also not sure if the entire structure was ever painted. There is no evidence of any paint. The structure is rusty. The letters inside the arc show faded & worn paint as does part of the base under the individual letters.
I'm going to have to reshoot this when the sun is lined up dead center so all the letters are bathed in sunlight or wait for a cloudy day.
Saint Casimir Lutheran Cemetery
4401 W 111th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, USA
I took the image of the 2pac tattoo i have and drew it out with a sharpie on some paper & added some of his quotes & lyrics to it
I found some TINY antique salt and and pepper shakers and although I didn't know what I was going to do with them, I knew I just had to get them!
Soooooo this necklace features the tiny salt shaker measuring not even two inches tall and a brass wire looped securely through two of the holes.
I LOVE this verse in Psalms that reads...
"God keeps track of all my sorrows. He collects all my tears in His bottle"
I was thinking about this verse when I thought how adorable and sweet it would be to fill this little bottle with "tears". The tears are GORGEOUS faceted glass beads that change with the light...mostly purple, greens and blues.
I glued the top on and then decided I needed to actually put the verse....or at least part of the verse....somewhere on the bottle. I found a small silver button with a hold in the middle so I glued the button to the bottom with a little wire to hold the bauble. I used a brass lace edged bezel and placed the tiny scripture inside and then covered it with a glass cabochon. There is one tiny tear that escaped and is dripping down the very bottom of the bottle.
The silver chain measures 30" with the pendant adding another 3" and the pendant portion adds another 3" or so. I added two lovly "grape" beads, brass spacers and the same glass beads inbetween the chain for added BLING!