OS91 Card with Eph. 6 Coin as Spiritual Armor

Spiritual Armor: Eph. 6 Coin...

and Psalm 91 card

OS91 received these photos from overseas! A member of the German Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan was given a Psalm 91 card while deployed. He carried it with him while there. What a joy to receive an email and these photos from him! 

OS91 cooks Thanksgiving Dinner for WGFR

WGFR gratefully receives Thanksgiving Dinner from OS91

Special Delivery! To very special Firefighters! Yes, OS91 loves our own Winter Garden Firefighters and we are honored to take this Thanksgiving holiday to show them in a very tangible manner. This afternoon, OS91 cooked, carved, and delivered two turkeys, stuffing, gravy, sweet potato casserole, corn, rolls and butter, cranberry sauce, tomato juice, iced tea,  pie, and whipped cream to our hometown heroes at Station 24. Firefighters from the other  Stations in Winter Garden were on their way or had already arrived to celebrate this wonderful holiday together. 

Gift boxes full of Thanksgiving dinner 

organized before delivery

Hungry and grateful Winter Garden Firefighters

Of course, along with Dinner, we took the opportunity to leave some Psalm 91 cards and Books for anyone who hadn't received them before! May God protect you all as you serve us! Thank you for all you do for us! And special Thanksgiving wishes to our friends, Winter Garden Fire Chief John Williamson and Deputy Chief Matt McGrew! 

LT Sean speaking with Ed

OS91 celebrates Thanksgiving at NHCA with Minneola FD

L to R: Ed with Minneola FFs: CPT Jim Simon, and FFs Sammy and Kevin

New Hope Christian Academy (NHCA) in Minneola, FL http://newhopeca.org/page1.html is an outstanding nondenominational private school, founded in 2004 utilizing the highly acclaimed "Accelerated Christian Education", (or "ACE"), curriculum. The focus is on helping each student to see themselves as God sees them and for them to reach their potential using the strengths that God has given to each of them. Ed and I have been privileged to serve on the Board at New Hope for several years. 

Ed and Mary enjoy a full turkey dinner with the Firefighters

One of the highlights of the year is NHCA's giving back to the parents in the fall by providing a delicious Thanksgiving Dinner for them to enjoy together with their children and the teachers. And to top it off New Hope invites the local Minneola Firefighters to join us as we thank God and enjoy His blessings. 

 3 happy Firefighters leave NHCA ready to rescue and fight fires,

armed with God's supernatural protection of Psalm 91

A heartfelt thank you to all who made today's Thanksgiving Dinner possible, to Mrs. Angi, Principal and Founder of NHCA, Mr. Rusty, her husband who definitely is an award winning cook, and to our local Firefighters who are always there for us at a moment's notice. Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to you all!

New OS91 partner Ministry: Brave Hearts

http://youtu.be/nWznRY81LXA

OS91 speaks First Assembly Church of Deland, FL

Pastor Mike Modica embraces our wonderful helpers: 

Carlene and Bob with Mary

What a blessed evening OS91 had with First Assembly Church of Deland, FL http://firstassemblydeland.com/ and Pastor Mike Modica! Thanks to a Divine Connection with Chaplain/Deputy Mike Dye of Volusia County Sheriff's Office and Florida Head of the Fellowship of Christian Police Officers (FCPO), OS91 was invited about one month ago to this, his home Church, where the FPCO Annual Conference was being held. It was at this time that we were introduced to his Pastor, Mike Modica and the rest is history!

Chaplain/Deputy Mike Dye and Mary 

Ed and Mary speak about OS91's mission and vision

First Assembly Deland is a very patriotic Church beginning with the Pastor Modica, who is a Veteran of the U.S. Army and whose son, Sam, is a Marine, deploying soon to Afghanistan. Before the Service, we were invited to join Pastor Mike in his Office where we shared prayer and a bit of fellowship. It was here we spotted a photo of his brave son (below).

Pastor proudly displays his son' photo in his Office

Among the Responders we met were Pastor Mike Carroll also of First Assembly Deland who serves as Chaplain in Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Mary was honored to share dinner and speak at length with another Deputy of VCSO, former Military, during dinner. 

Fire Marshall with Psalm 91 card

Also we met a Fire Marshall/Assistant Chief who very gratefully accepted a Psalm 91 card.

Pastor Modica hands Ed a Love Offering for OS91

After speaking, Pastor Mike handed Ed a check for OS91 which can make over 25,000 Psalm 91 cards. Thank you, Pastor, and all those at First Assembly, Deland, for your overwhelming generosity to us. We are so very grateful to you. Thank you so very much for your partnership with OS91 to help get Psalm 91 into the hands of Responders for their protection! We appreciate you! "Together we can do so much more than separately!"

OS91 meets Jorge Diaz of Officer of the Lord Ministries

L to R: Mary, Ed, Jorge Diaz and his lovely wife Patricia

Yesterday, Veterans Day, we were so honored to meet, spend time, and fellowship with Jorge Diaz, co-founder of Officer of the Lord Ministries, http://officerofthelord.com/, his lovely wife Patricia and their new little girl, Victoria, in West Palm Beach, FL. Jorge is a Police Officer with West Miami Police Department and retired Veteran of Miami-Dade County's Hialeah Police Department. He is also author of an outstanding Psalm 91 book geared specifically for Police, Law Enforcement and SWAT: Your Shield and Buckler. 

Your Shield and Buckler by Jorge Diaz

http://officerofthelord.com/shieldandbuckler.htm

Jorge and we were connected through Don Aldridge, Chaplain for Orange County Sheriffs Department and this is truly a Divine connection! Jorge will be the Keynote Speaker for Operation Safety 91's 5th Annual Tribute to Honor America's First Responders to be held at the Rosen Centre on International Drive in Orlando, Florida on February 22, 2013. 

OS91 is so very grateful that the Lord has connected us with Jorge, who has such a heart to reach his fellow officers with the life saving message of Psalm 91. We believe with all our hearts that during this 5th Annual Tribute, God will use Jorge to make this message real to them!

OS91 speaks at Christ Family International Church

Pastor Gerry Khourie (showing Ps 91 card) of CFI introduces Ed

Christ Family International Church http://cfichurch.com/ of Port St. Lucie, FL, is Operation Safety 91's premiere Church partner. Both the Pastors, Gerry and Donnelyn Khourie and the Congregation have been outstanding supporters of OS91 for two years now. Yesterday, Veterans Day, we were privileged to spend time with this Church , not only speaking during their two Services, but also enjoying family time together afterwards at their "Harvest Celebration", an all out fun time fellowship/cook out on their campus at 6501 NW St. James Rd.

L to R: Navy Responder, her proud mother and sister 

OS91 was able to set up a table again and offer an opportunity to our CFI partners to give a Christmas gift of Psalm 91 cards to Responders whom they would never know in this life. The Pastors and people responded so generously that OS91 will be making an order of between 25,000 to 50,000 more Psalm 91 cards with the monies donated. Card were made available to anyone who wanted them or any Responders in attendance. The young Navy Responder pictured above just flew in during the wee hours of the morning to be reunited with her mother and sister.

Marine dad with wife and son at Harvest Celebration 

While in line for some good food, I met the young man on the left, Miguel, who was wearing a Marines shirt. He told me his dad was a Marine and took me out of line to meet him. What an honor! Then, he found the picture in his phone of his cousin's Jeep with PSALM 91 written on it! That was a "must have" photo for me. Miguel told me he was going to have that done on his vehicle as well. I couldn't wait to share this photo (below) with you on this blog!

Psalm 91 inscribed on Jeep 

Ed also spent time with a young Responder pictured above who just joined the U.S. Army. Isn't he a fine looking young man? We so appreciate him and all the hundreds of thousands of Responders: Firefighters, EMS, Law Enforcement, and Military, who risk their lives daily to protect, rescue and defend us! Thank you all so much! 

OS91 partners with The Villages' Operation Shoebox for Soldiers

Sandy DeChristofaro (left) and Eileen 

head Operation Shoebox for Soldiers table

This past Saturday OS91 made a new partnership to reach our Troops with the life saving message of Psalm 91! Operation Shoebox www.operationshoebox.com - Supporting Our Troops is a 501(c)3 non profit Organization located in The Villages, FL and we met Sandy DeChristofaro, VP/Director at St. Timothy's Church on Saturday. An immediate connection was made and we handed a package of 500 Psalm 91 cards to her for their Care Packages to the Troops. If you look closely in this photo, you will see this box of cards on the table in front of Sandy, with a Psalm 91 card on top. Thank you to all our partners and supporters for your donations to make cards. Here is one more partnership made to reach our Responders!

OS91 at First Baptist Cocoa with COL McKnight

OS91 Spokesperson, COL Danny McKnight introducing Ed and Mary

OS91 is so blessed to have COL Danny McKnight, U.S. Army (Ret.) as our National Spokesperson! Tonight, through COL McKnight and the gracious invitation of Dr. Charles Horton, his Pastor, Ed and Mary were invited to 1st Baptist Church of Cocoa (http://www.cocoabaptist.org/), to speak to the congregation about Operation Safety 91. 

 Ed prepares beforehand with the COL

COL McKnight cares deeply about Responders and is very actively involved in promoting OS91's mission to honor and protect America's Protectors: Firefighters, EMS, Law Enforcement and Military. COL has a real heart for what we are doing. In fact, not only does he promote us on American soil, he has been to Afghanistan twice this year...right in the heart of the battle... and took Psalm 91 cards with him to distribute to the Troops. One of the greatest honors Ed and I have ever had was tonight, when COL McKnight introduced us as he would normally and then added, "And they are even much more than an Organization I promote; they are very, very good friends." Thank you, COL, so much! We appreciate and love you! 

 Youth at the Fellowship dinner at First Baptist Cocoa

Young and young at heart of all ages gather every Wednesday night at First Baptist of Cocoa to eat together, pray together and listen to the Word of God. Ed and Mary both spoke while a power point of slides of photos of Responders, Responder Chaplains and Ministies, all holding Psalm 91 cards were shown on the screen. (A picture is worth a thousand words!)

Rockledge Fire Department Battalion Chief Park and Ed

Of course there are always Responders around and we make sure they get a great big "Thank you for your service!" and a Psalm 91 card!

Dakota, a future Responder!

And there were some future Responders present as well, one young man in ROTC uniform, who is following in his father's footsteps and joining the Army, and another, serving at table pictured above.

Linda McKnight showing little Olivia 

the Psalm 91 book for Toddlers

Ed and I were honored to share some family time with Linda McKnight, daughter Katie and granddaughter Olivia, who stole the show! 

Olivia with Grandmom

Happy Birthday: 88 Years Young!

Last but not least! Linda McKnight's mother, Virginia, celebrated her 88th Birthday today! Happy Birthday! All in all it was a wonderful night and OS91 thanks God for the McKnights, Dr. Horton, and for the partnership of First Baptist Church of Cocoa!

OS91 at New Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in St. Augustine, FL

New OS91 Church partner: New Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

A Divine Connection story: 

About one and a half months ago, Mary received a phone request for a Psalm 91 card from the mother of a Soldier in Afghanistan. Her name: Lois Pennill...who just happened to be the wife of Pastor Allan Pennill of New Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in St. Augustine. There was an immediate heart connection between this wonderful woman and Mary. "The rest is history" as they say! This phone call turned into a most gracious invitation to visit these wonderful Pastors, stay at their home, and address their Congregation about Operation Safety 91! 

Picture of Pastor Allen and Lois' son, Christian 

currently deployed in Afghanistan in the U.S. Army

 L to R: Pastor Allan Pennill, First Lady Lois Pennill and Ed

The date was set for the last weekend in October and off we went to spend some time with some wonderful new friends on Florida's east coast. Pastor Allan is a humble, gentle man, a lover of God and of His Word. First Lady Lois excels in the gift of hospitality and encouragement, always "up" and excited about the Lord and life!

Mary and Ed share a delicious dinner followed by devotions with the Pennills 

and new friends, Maria and Sam of Church On The Rock on Saturday night

Stop at a Fire Station on the way to Church...

...to give out Psalm 91 cards!

And they need it, as you can see!

 Choir and Deacons in Sanctuary

Certificate of Appreciation from U.S. Army to

New Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

During Announcements, a Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Army to New Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, was read to the Congregation. That was Divine timing! But not surprising: Christian, the son of Pastors Allan and Lois, is a Soldier in the U.S. Army currently deployed in Afghanistan. And that is how we got connected in the first place!

Ed and Mary receive a Love offering from Congregation

for OS91

Ed and I were given a generous time slot to present OS91's mission and vision to the Congregation and Pastor gave OS91 a love offering from themselves and from the  generous people of his Church...a love offering which totaled 25,000 Psalm 91 cards! Praise God!

 Church Covenant hanging on wall

OS91 gives our most heartfelt thanks to Pastors Allan and Lois for their warm hospitality, opening their heart, their home, and their Church to Ed and Mary on behalf of the brave men and women Responders of America: Firefighters, EMS, Law Enforcement and Military. Your generosity will save many lives! God bless and reward you!

OS91 attends The Prodigal Project's "Restoring Honor" Event

Honor Guard for Restoring Honor Event:

Veterans and Boy Scouts together 

The Prodigal Project, founded by Pastor Howie Bennett and his dear wife, Karen, hosted an outstanding Event October 24 - 26, 2012 in Mount Dora, FL, called "Restoring Honor". This Ministry is a new partner of Operation Safety 91. Pastor Howie is now a Law Enforcement Chaplain as well as newly certified by The FBI in Police Suicide prevention. 

Psalm 91 cards to future Resonders and leaders!

We so appreciate Pastor Howie's invitation to OS91 to set up a table and distribute Psalm 91 cards and books to the attendees.

Ps 91 part of The Prodigal Project's ministry -

a dad and son attending Event together

The message of "HONOR" was given by friend and mentor of Pastor Howie, Rev. Roberto Rodriguez (a Marine) of Vida Abundante Church in Asbury, NJ. This message is the best message I have ever heard regarding honor. Pastor Roberto talked about his father, who stepped up to the plate at 12 years of age to be a father figure and raise and support his two younger brothers. It was a message so very needed in our day.

 Karen Bennett and Rev Roberto's wife, Millie

Thank you, Howie and Karen, for inviting us to "Restoring Honor". We believe this movement is for such a time as this, planted by the Lord in Central Florida! And thank you for your partnership with OS91! (To see more pictures of this Event, please go to our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/operationsafety91.)