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12/03/2025

12/01/2025

PRAISE THE LORD!!! National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe is now awake and responsive reports say!!

Keep praying!!!

12/01/2025

11/30/2025

🚨 BREAKING: Prayers Needed for Maryville TN Officer FTO Justin Brown 🙏
Critically injured Fri 11/14/25 in motorcycle crash while escorting VP JD Vance on E Lamar Alexander Pkwy.

Collided w/ THP SUV at 6:11pm. Bystanders saved his life—heroes! Surgery Sat @ UT Hospital; still critical.

Continued prayers for Officer Brown, family, med team & trooper.

11/30/2025

🇺🇸 IN AMERICA, WE BELIEVE IN STRONG SCHOOLS — AND STRONG VALUES. 📚✨
Parents, teachers, and communities all want the same thing:
for our kids to grow into confident, capable, responsible Americans.

But with so many pressures and distractions creeping into classrooms, it’s easy to feel like we’ve drifted from what matters most.
So here’s a truth worth remembering:

🏫 Schools should unite us, not divide us.
🇺🇸 Patriotism isn’t politics — it’s pride in the country we share.
👧👦 Every child deserves an education rooted in respect, responsibility, and love of country.

When we teach kids:
⭐ what America stands for,
⭐ how freedom was earned,
⭐ and why responsibility matters,
we’re not teaching ideology — we’re teaching identity.

Instead of fighting over labels, we can work together for classrooms that:

📘 Strengthen civic understanding
📜 Teach real history — the triumphs and the lessons
🛠 Build character and responsibility
🤝 Encourage unity over division

Because the future of our nation sits in every classroom.
And when America teaches its children to love their country —
America grows stronger for generations to come.

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11/30/2025

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