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Living like a hamster...Worry has been described as a rocking
chair. You are always
moving but never get-
ting anywhere.
Our natural ten-
dency is live like the
hamster. A problem
begins running
around in our minds.
It makes a circle and
finds no place to stop.
We eventually tire of
the process and sim-
ply ignore it for a while. Then, we start
thinking again and again and again. We
look at issues and results, beginning to
agonize because we either don't like the
options or we can't decide which will give
us the best answer. We put it down, we
pick it back up. We are much like a ham-
ster running on an exercise wheel. We run
and run but still get off at the same place
we started.
The next time you find yourself in the
hamster wheel with a problem, consider
these options.
Trust the one who sees the whole plan:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
lean not on your own understanding in all
your ways acknowledge Him and He
shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6,
NIV)
Focus on the motivation behind the
issue:
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33
NIV)
Remember God can be trusted even in
overwhelming circumstances:
I lie down and sleep; I wake again,
because the LORD sustains me. I will not
fear the tens of thousands drawn up again
me on every side. (Psalm 3:5-6 NIV)
Talk to other's who have wisdom and
insight:
Plans fail for lack of counsel but with
many advisers they succeed. Proverbs
15:22 (TNIV)
All of us will come to times in our
lives that we begin to worry about some-
thing. When we do, we need to get out of
the rocking chair and move away from
the hamster wheel. Learn to talk to God,
read His word, and trust Him. He has
your best interest at heart. In the end, we
may need to be more like Mark Twain
who said, “As an old man, I have worried
about many things in life, most of which
never came true.”
The following worship opportuni-ties are available through CampShelby Joint Forces TrainingCenter.
ON POST• General Protestant
Sunday, 9 a.m., Greer ChapelSunday, 12:30 a.m., Greer Chapel
• Catholic MassSaturday, 2 p.m., Greer ChapelSunday, 2 p.m., Greer Chapel(Confessions 30 minutes prior
to services)
OFF POST*Transportation provided for
Jewish, Episcopal, Lutheran,Muslim services only (due to timescheduling) Transportation phonenumber is 558-2622, unit respon-sible for setting up transportation.
• Lutheran*Sunday, 8 a.m., St. John
Lutheran Church, 2001 HardyStreet, 601-583-4898.
• Episcopal*Sunday, 8 a.m., Trinity
Episcopal, 509 West Pine St.,601-544-5551.
For Jewish, Latter-day Saintsand Muslim services, please con-tact the Post Chaplain for assis-tance at 558-2378.
• JewishFriday at Temple B’Nai Israel at
801 Mamie Street, 601-545-3871.Every Friday at 6 p.m.
• Latter-day SaintsSunday, 9 a.m., Latter-day
Saints Meeting House, 1618Broadway Dr., 601-268-2438/Hall: 601-268-9706. Contact thePost Chaplain.
• MuslimContact Post Chaplain
Worship Opportunities
By Capt. Partin
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33 NIV)
BY: SGT. MICHAEL WILLIAMSCSJFTC PA
Entering high school, Sgt. Jeff Haight
found himself going down the wrong path.
“I was heading down hill after my junior
year in high school,
but once I signed up
for the Delayed
Entry Program
(DEP), I knew this
was going to be a
lifelong career,” he
said.
Haight of the
221st Ordnance
Company, which is
currently mobilized
at Camp Shelby
Joint Forces
Training Center
(CSJFTC), serves as the Supply Sergeant
for his unit.
The unit is headquartered in Fort Wayne,
Ind., and has been training at CSJFTC for
nearly two months. He is a native of
Minden, Neb., and has been in the military
for 18 years.
Haight said this is some high-speed train-
ing. “This training is the best that I have
seen. It is top notch. I find that the instruc-
tors and staff are professional and that they
are not wasting our (Soldiers) time with
irrelevant information.”
“I believe this training will help in all
aspects of our duties and help reiterate some
important Army standards,”
Before Haight was deployed, he ran his
own sports bar and grill in Nebraska called
the Double Down. He also said he has been
in the food service industry since he joined
the Army.
While he is deployed, his wife, Marci,
now runs the bar and grill. “I miss my wife,
my daughters Kyra, 8, and Muryn, 3, and
my business.
“When I'm not training and I have time, I
call my kids when I have time. Back at
home I really didn't have that much time off
but when I did, it was with my kids.”
Photos by Sgt. Michael Williams, CSJFTC PA
At left, Sgt. Johnnie Harper, right, checks Soldiers in during the demobilization process at
Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC). Above, Wisconsin Army National Guard
Soldiers of the 105th Cavalry look over military paperwork while they wait in line during their
demobilization at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC). During the demobi-
lization process, the Soldiers will complete financial paperwork and other military documents,
and receive medical evaluations. The Wisconsin Soldiers spent nearly nine months in Iraq
where their mission was to conduct convoy security.
SUBMITTED BY SGT. FIRST CLASS DEBORAH
GREENCSJFTC EONCOIC
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month
which is a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in
the United States. During this month, we honor the
many contributions of citizens of Asian and Pacific
Island ancestry who have helped to enrich our nation by
exhibiting their strong values of love of family, love of
community, and love of America helping to defend our
safety as we struggle for peace around the world.
Just for Fun Quiz!1. What island was nicknamed “Ellis Island of the
West” because it was a major immigrant processing sta-
tion in the early part of the 20th Century?
2. Who were the Pensionados?
3. What's a “picture bride”?
4. Why did many Laotians immigrate to the U.S.
after 1975?
5. What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion
Act of 1882?
6. When did Chinese workers begin to build the
Transcontinental Railroad?
7. What is the name of the Asian American cultural
movement in the 1960s that advocated self-acceptance
and fought racism and ethnic prejudice?
8. In 1976, whose work incorporated Asian American
history, myth, and memories of the author's family?
9. What group helped to spur passage of the 1991
Civil Rights Act?
10. What was the major reason for boycotts of Miss
Saigon on Broadway in 1991?
Photos by Sgt. Michael Williams, CSJFTC PA
Rosa Fort ROTC visit Rosa Fort High School Air Force Junior ReserveOfficers' Training Corps (JROTC) cadets pose in frontof a CH-54 Tarhe Sky Crane during their visit at theMississippi Armed Forces Museum, located on CampShelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC). Theschool is located in Tunica. At left, Cadets CarrushikaDavis, Sertoria Ellington, Cheniqua Teal and ShanaMartin look at military artifacts in the Mississippi ArmedForces Museum. “We have brought down 28 cadets todo a base and museum tour,” said Master Sgt. JerryThomas, Aerospace Science Instructor at Rosa FortHigh School. “We wanted to see how the military trainsbefore they are sent over to Iraq and plus to visit themuseum.”
105thDemobilization
Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month observed