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Monday, November 12, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Billy Graham
One of my heroes in life is Billy Graham. Here is a great video I found about his life.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Graduation Banquet
CH-BOLC is winding down and we celebrated tonight with a graduation banquet at the NCO club. Here I am with my beautiful bride of sixteen years.
Here are a few of the guys from my squad. Myself and the chaplain in dress blues are going active duty. The others are in either National Guard or Army Reserves.
Here are a few of the guys from my squad. Myself and the chaplain in dress blues are going active duty. The others are in either National Guard or Army Reserves.
Thank-you
Thank You for your thoughts and prayers. God is so good and I am thankful that his grace is sufficient. On Friday, I will Graduate CH-BOLC and my family and I will head to Florida to be with the rest of my family who is gathering there. We will have a memorial service on Saturday evening and then my family and I will stay there a week to help take care of things around the house.
Things are winding down here at Ft. Jackson. These three months have come and gone quickly and with the end of one phase comes the beginning of another. My family and I are looking forward to our arrival at Ft. Hood and the beginning of a new ministry there. I have included below an eight minute video that gives a glimpse of our last three months. I hope you enjoy it.
Things are winding down here at Ft. Jackson. These three months have come and gone quickly and with the end of one phase comes the beginning of another. My family and I are looking forward to our arrival at Ft. Hood and the beginning of a new ministry there. I have included below an eight minute video that gives a glimpse of our last three months. I hope you enjoy it.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Good Bye
1:30 AM on Monday morning, August 27, 2007, My father Frank Olson passed from this life into eternity. 
His death follows the death of my grandmother, Gusta Larson, who passed on Friday afternoon at 2:00.
I sit here this morning choosing my words carefully because my emotions are so raw. The Army allowed me to go to Florida last weekend to see my grandmother who was in the hospital. I was able to spend an entire night with her there and watch over her as she slept. In the morning I was able to say goodbye to her for now and so long until we meet again.
My dad was better than he had been in weeks. I was able to take him out to Sonic, and Dunkin Donuts for strawberry shakes. He really loved those. We went to Home Depot and picked up materials to fix some things around the house. It was so good to just be with him.
I last talked to him just yesterday morning at about 11:00. He was able to talk fairly well but I noticed he was struggling to remember a few things. However, after he hung up with me, my Mom told me he could not remember who he had just talked to. Within a couple of hours, Mom called 911 and he was taken to the hospital.
It all happens so fast. Just yesterday it seems that I was a young boy wanting to be just like Dad. Now he is gone and I am the Dad whose boys are wanting to be like me. Soon my time will come as well and the next generation will take the lead. But until then, I will have to carry the baton.
Goodbye Dad
Goodbye Grandma
Until we meet again
My heart and my prayers are with my mom who has lost both her mother and husband withing just a couple of days. I cannot even begin to comprehend the pain and grief she is experiencing. I ask all of you who may be reading this blog to please take a moment and pray for her. Her name is Lylas Olson, or Sis as her friends like to call her. Thank you for lifting her up in your prayers!
His death follows the death of my grandmother, Gusta Larson, who passed on Friday afternoon at 2:00.I sit here this morning choosing my words carefully because my emotions are so raw. The Army allowed me to go to Florida last weekend to see my grandmother who was in the hospital. I was able to spend an entire night with her there and watch over her as she slept. In the morning I was able to say goodbye to her for now and so long until we meet again.
My dad was better than he had been in weeks. I was able to take him out to Sonic, and Dunkin Donuts for strawberry shakes. He really loved those. We went to Home Depot and picked up materials to fix some things around the house. It was so good to just be with him.
I last talked to him just yesterday morning at about 11:00. He was able to talk fairly well but I noticed he was struggling to remember a few things. However, after he hung up with me, my Mom told me he could not remember who he had just talked to. Within a couple of hours, Mom called 911 and he was taken to the hospital.
It all happens so fast. Just yesterday it seems that I was a young boy wanting to be just like Dad. Now he is gone and I am the Dad whose boys are wanting to be like me. Soon my time will come as well and the next generation will take the lead. But until then, I will have to carry the baton.
Goodbye Dad
Goodbye Grandma
Until we meet again
My heart and my prayers are with my mom who has lost both her mother and husband withing just a couple of days. I cannot even begin to comprehend the pain and grief she is experiencing. I ask all of you who may be reading this blog to please take a moment and pray for her. Her name is Lylas Olson, or Sis as her friends like to call her. Thank you for lifting her up in your prayers!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Week 6 - End of Phase One
Greetings from the long lost blogger. Some of you have been wondering if I have fallen off the earth, or if the Army finally got the best of me. But, I am still alive and well! After recovering from a bad case of CHBOLC, I found the energy to blog again and to try to catch up a little.
The best news I can share with you is that my family arrives here in just a few hours. It has been over six weeks since I have seen them, so the reunion will be good. We will spend time swimming, fishing, playing at the playground, and going to the water park here on base.
The last two weeks have been spent mainly in the classroom covering military stuff. A few noteworthy things to mention however are interesting enough to pass along.
One of our afternoons was spent covering the history of the Chaplaincy. In the next two pictures you will see many of the items the chaplain school historian brought to class that represent the many eras of the chaplaincy. There have been chaplains in the Army ever since the Revolutionary War. Today there are well over 2000 chaplains serving in the Army as well as those serving in the other branches.
On Thursday of this past week, we took what is called a "Staff Ride" out to a place called Cowpens. A Staff Ride is opportunity for commanders to take his or her staff out to a historic military site in order to help them gain a better perspective on military history. Cowpens is a battlefield located near the South and North Carolina borders that was a critical Revolutionary battle field. The battle of Cowpens was the pivotal battle in the Southern campaign of the war.
This week began the involvement of student chaplains in the chapel services. Pictured here are Ch. May, and Ch. Kay. They are both fellow bloggers and good friends. Ch. Kay led worship that day in chapel.
On Wendnesday of this past week, our school sponsored a pray breakfast at the NCO club. The breakfast was designed to give us experience in putting a prayer breakfast together so that when we get to our future stations, we will have some idea of what is going on. Here is myself with Ch. Kevin Nagy.
One last thing worth mentioning. Here is the motor that runs the chaplain school. With out it, life would not exist.
Thanks for your prayer. Stay in touch.
Chaplain Mark
The best news I can share with you is that my family arrives here in just a few hours. It has been over six weeks since I have seen them, so the reunion will be good. We will spend time swimming, fishing, playing at the playground, and going to the water park here on base.
The last two weeks have been spent mainly in the classroom covering military stuff. A few noteworthy things to mention however are interesting enough to pass along.
One of our afternoons was spent covering the history of the Chaplaincy. In the next two pictures you will see many of the items the chaplain school historian brought to class that represent the many eras of the chaplaincy. There have been chaplains in the Army ever since the Revolutionary War. Today there are well over 2000 chaplains serving in the Army as well as those serving in the other branches.
On Thursday of this past week, we took what is called a "Staff Ride" out to a place called Cowpens. A Staff Ride is opportunity for commanders to take his or her staff out to a historic military site in order to help them gain a better perspective on military history. Cowpens is a battlefield located near the South and North Carolina borders that was a critical Revolutionary battle field. The battle of Cowpens was the pivotal battle in the Southern campaign of the war.
This week began the involvement of student chaplains in the chapel services. Pictured here are Ch. May, and Ch. Kay. They are both fellow bloggers and good friends. Ch. Kay led worship that day in chapel.
On Wendnesday of this past week, our school sponsored a pray breakfast at the NCO club. The breakfast was designed to give us experience in putting a prayer breakfast together so that when we get to our future stations, we will have some idea of what is going on. Here is myself with Ch. Kevin Nagy.
One last thing worth mentioning. Here is the motor that runs the chaplain school. With out it, life would not exist.
Thanks for your prayer. Stay in touch.
Chaplain Mark
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