We cannot say “thanks” loudly enough to express our gratitude to all who helped us with the Warrior’s Weekend. We made over 4,000 breakfast tacos for the Saturday breakfast, and were honored to serve those who are serving our nation and some who have served with such distinction. Personally, some of us were so busy that we had no time to interact with our Heroes. The Chapel could not possibly accomplish this task without the help of many who provided supplies, donated funds to purchase what was not donated, and to put in the many hours of hard work that it takes to do something on such a large scale. Thanks sounds so trite compared to our gratitude, but it is the best word we know in any language. THANKS!

Hermano Jesse led our Memorial Day service. Having retired from the Army just a few years ago, he did an excellent job of helping us honor those who paid the supreme sacrifice defending our nation’s way of life. Without those willing to serve, the freedoms we enjoy would have been long gone and we would be speaking a different language! Thanks!

On Sunday evening, May 29, we celebrated the graduation of one of our own. Perla Resendez was graduated from Calhoun High and we honored her with an All-Church Fellowship. We enjoyed hot dogs – not the normal ones – and all the trimmings. We had a number of outside games and enjoyed spending time together as a Chapel family. It was a great time and we are praying for Perla as she continues her education.

David and Kelly Walker welcomed a daughter-in-law into their family on June 9. Their son, Matt, married Ashley at a sundown ceremony on Magnolia beach. Afterwards, the guests returned to David and Kelly’s for a shrimp boil and a great time. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Gee, we congratulate you on the beginning of a great life as one!
Our men joined with other men from this area for a great Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, June 11. We traveled to El Campo and enjoyed a “full meal deal”! Truly, the best part of the day’s activities was the traveling together and the time we shared going and coming from the event. We have these area breakfasts about each quarter, so look forward to the next and invite you to come with us.

Father’s Day is always special at the Chapel. This year will be no exception. Each dad present will receive a special gift – thanks to Marty’s Landing. I am sure no one could imagine what they will be receiving, but it will be close to what they have gotten the past 20 plus years! We will be honoring dads of all ages and invite you to come and bring your dad for our special Father’s Day activities.

Has anyone heard that POCO Bueno is coming back to our town? Yes, the Chapel will again be involved with POCO Bueno by accepting the donations of food and fish to be distributed to needy folks. Each year, many friends of the Chapel gather to help glean the donated  fish by cleaning them, bagging them, and getting them ready for distribution. This year the task will be much easier since we have a walk-in freezer. Instead of having to ice everything down until they can be transported, we will be able to simply put them in the freezer and distribute them as the need arises. Again we say thanks to the men from Fort Worth who came, brought the freezer, and installed it! It will make our lives easier. BUT, we still need help to get all this ready for the freezer, so plan to help, please!

We are also planning to participate in the Lone Star Shoot Out tournament and the Shark Tooth. These tournaments have also donated fish that we clean and package for the needy. We will need help with these as well, so please plan to help!

Our Summer Book Study is taking shape now. Pastor Joane has selected a very contemporary book concerning the persecution of many Christians at the hands of “Radical Islam”. Those who wish to participate should make contact with Pastor Joane as soon as possible for all the details by calling her cell at 361/648-4622. The classes will meet on Tuesday evenings beginning the first part of July at the Chapel parsonage.

You are invited to meet with us here at the Chapel. “Come, grow with us!”

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the columnist to enlighten readers on a subject as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication.

News You May Have Missed

The Media is creating a big ‘Kerfluffle’ about a Class Action Lawsuit against Trump University, and Trump’s criticism of the Judge, who is of “Mexican” extraction. The Media lap-dogs are howling for his blood, but as usual, seem to miss many of the most important facts.

Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel is a member of the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association (SDLRLA), the group which considers various pro-illegal immigrant organizations as part of its “community.” Luis O. Osuna, SDLRLA President, recently claimed that they were not “affiliated with the National La Raza Council”’(NLRC), but that flies in the face of their name and their history. http://declared economic war on Donald Trump in a national campaign launched on thedailycaller.com/2016/06/06/meet-the-pro-illegal-immigrant-groups-the-la-raza-lawyers-of-san-diego-consider-part-of-their-community/ Judge Curiel is a lifetime member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, a La Raza-affiliated group that group’s website one year ago. http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/trump-u-judges-group-boycotting-trump/

The NLRC is a ‘race-based’ organization whose major program is aiding and abetting “illegal Immigration” or Criminal Invaders from Mexico. They provide legal help to keep them here, and also aid these Criminal Invaders in enrolling in Welfare Programs that add to the burden on American Taxpayers. There are many reasons that individuals and groups want more Illegal Immigrants, but they are selfish, often anti-American, and contribute to ignoring and violating Federal Law, as well as damaging our economy.

Why is a member of an organization whose major purpose is to violate Federal Law and aid these Criminal Invaders allowed to be a Federal Judge? Why is he not impeached, and removed from office? His bias is obvious. Trump is pledged to stop, or at least try to stop, illegal immigration. Here is a Federal Judge who is violating his Oath of Office to support the Constitution and enforce Federal law, but openly supports race-based violation of the Law, and Trump, who is trying to expose his bias; so who is the real “Racist!” here? Duh?

In the TU case, students and graduates of the now defunct Trump University are suing him because they are not successful in their “Real Estate careers”, even after writing very positive reports on their educational experience. One of the original ‘Complainants’ had to be “dismissed” because of earlier testaments praising Trump University. Trump’s defense is if that Complainant had to be dismissed, the whole case should be dismissed. Another point is the law firm representing the Plaintiffs is closely connected with the Clintons & Hillary’s campaign. The Real Estate Market has collapsed since 2008 because of very bad Lib/Prog Democrat policies! Why don’t they sue the real cause? (Because Politicians write the laws, and give themselves immunity, but it is easy to get “help” to sue Trump!) It is really a lawsuit designed to embarrass Trump and influence the election. That is why Trump refuses to “settle the case” and insists on a trial. Point of honor.

The book, CLINTON CASH, the Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped make Bill and Hillary Rich is available through the county library, and every voter should read it before the General Election. Bill Clinton has been paid more than $16 million to give speeches and serve as “honorary chancellor” of Laureate Education, while Hillary Clinton’s State Department funneled at least $55 million to Laureate Education Inc. http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/clinton-for-profit-education-scandal-dwarfs-trump-u/#qphGGcpilbcUGYiu.99 Hillary was instrumental in giving hundreds of millions of Govt tax dollars to this company, but it too convoluted to explain here. Isn’t that slightly more important than a few former ‘students’ of TU who failed to meet their income expectations trying to “shake down” the Trump campaign with the help of a “Clinton Crony” law firm, and an “Illegal Immigrant activist” judge?

When they left the White House in 2001, the Clintons claimed to be “dead broke”. But their income from 2001 to 2012 was at least $136.5 million, mostly from Bill’s speeches. CLINTON CASH explains that many of the groups and individuals that paid $150,000 and up for his ‘words of wisdom’ hoped to gain support from SENATOR Hillary Clinton in addressing issues or getting grants. After Hillary became Secretary of State, his fees exploded up to $750,000 and even one for $800,000. The book explains the convoluted process how Hillary managed to sell a large part of the U.S. uranium production to a Canadian based company, and then to Russian oligarchs representing the Putin govt of Russia. All for large ‘donations’ to the Clinton Foundation. Does anyone wonder why Putin and the Russians have no respect for, and certainly no fear of the Obama Clown Circus? We also know that Hillary has given very lucrative speeches to Wall Street Companies and collected millions in campaign donations. What is she promising them this time? She will NOT release the transcripts, and there is no way to force her.

George Orwell, who wrote the dystopian socialist novel 1984, said, “In times of universal deciet, telling the TRUTH is a Revolutionary Act.” Trump is the brave soul that is doing that, and there is now a real ‘Movement’ to save America. Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning, but Hillary , Obama, and other Lib/Progs read it as ‘an instruction manual’. Destroying America is OK as long as they get to be in charge. Trump realizes this and is going to change it. In his his post election speech Tuesday 6/7/16, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/08/trump-brushes-aside-judge-controversy-goes-after-clinton.html?intcmp=hpbt2 he explained that he beat a rigged system to win the GOP primary, he intends to be America’s champion, and Make America Great Again. He has been fighting against all of the Washington Cartel: RINOS, Democrats, Progressive Socialists, Lobbyists, political lawyers, The Media, and dozens of “Special Interest Groups”, and he has won, and won fairly by simply telling the truth. The Leftist Media hate that, but he gets more Media exposure fighting them than his enemies can buy with millions of dollars. When they attack him, it only proves their bias and exposes their lies, because Trump will not fold and bow down to a crooked system or Political Correctness. He is beating the Media at their game of “controlling the news”, by speaking out, and with the Internet, the truth is out there, just takes a little effort to uncover it, because the Media is going to spin it to suit the Dem/Socialists and the Washington Cartel, and try to destroy anyone that threatens their little playhouse in Sodom-on-the-Potomac.

The Fourth of July celebration will soon take place in Port O’Connor with the greatest fireworks display in the whole region. Our Chamber of Commerce always does an excellent job with a huge task. They must plan long before summer arrives so all the festivities can come off as expected. A group of friends gather each year on our parsonage’s balcony to watch the excellent display of beautiful “lights in the sky,” then we watch the hundreds of cars that are trying to get back home from the front beach – and that “light show” generally lasts much longer than the official one.

The Chapel will have a special service where we will all remember the founding of our nation and praise the Lord for His blessings upon us. There is no nation on earth that has been blessed by God like the United States of America. We have more freedoms, more natural resources, and more opportunities than any place on earth! We believe it is fitting for us to pause from the ice cream, watermelon, and barbecue to praise the Lord for His blessings!

Less than three decades after the end of the Revolutionary War that won the United States its independence, the former colonies once again found themselves embroiled with Great Britain. Two years into the conflict we now call the War of 1812 the British marched into Washington, D.C. nearly unopposed.

The United States Army and government officials abandoned the capitol, escaping to Virginia. The humiliating British onslaught climaxed with the torching of the Capitol building, the White House, and many other structures. It took a providential storm to drive the British from the city.

During the following assault on Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, lawyer Francis Scott Key found himself aboard the admiral’s ship of the British fleet in order to negotiate the release of a medical doctor friend. The release terms attained, the two were temporarily detained while the bombardment of the fort continued. The darkness caused Key to wonder how the fort – and the flag – fared.

When the morning dawned, Key peered anxiously through the early mist that shrouded the ship. The flag was still flying, which meant that Fort McHenry was still in American’s hands. Quickly he scribbled some words on an envelope he had been carrying. They were the lyrics of “Defense of Fort McHenry,” later to be called “The Star Spangled Banner.”

How many of us know the fourth verse of “The Star Spangled Banner”?
“Oh! Thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peach, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”

Frances Scott Key was a devout Christian who started thousands of Sunday Schools in his role with the American Sunday School Union. That final stanza was based upon Psalm 143:8: “Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Three do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.”

It was not until 1931 “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem. But 50 years after Key penned his tribute, “In God We Trust” first appeared on our United States coinage – and in 1956, Congress declared it the national motto. By faith, Francis Scott Key saw that as the motto for our nation in 1814.

With many people attempting to replace our flag, may we fly our flag proudly this Independence Day. May we also recognize our Dependence upon God! Trust in God is our national heritage, our mottto…and in our national anthem. “ “God Bless America!” “God Bless the U.S.A.!”

Cornerstone Charity and Seadrift School
presents
2016 Kids Clothes Drive
Drop off All New or Gently Used Clothing at the House of Prayer on Hwy 185 in Seadrift
Until the end of July
Call Richard at 361-250-0574 or Sonja at 361-746-2836