{"id":4271,"date":"2012-01-02T02:29:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2012-01-02T02:59:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T02:59:21","slug":"when-the-metal-meets-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4271","title":{"rendered":"When the Metal Meets the Rails….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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January 1, 2012, 9:05 p.m., back in another Marriott. \u00a0Yep! \u00a0Christmas vacation is over. \u00a0 I’m flying out in the morning at O”Dark Thirty for New Orleans. \u00a0I’m covering the Sugar Bowl and then later early next week the BCS Championship Bowl. \u00a0I will be in New Orleans for the next 8 days, then home for a few and right back to New Orleans for Imaging USA. \u00a0Oh well, they do send a check every two weeks. \u00a0I will try to find some interesting things to photograph over the next week to share with you! \u00a0 I enjoy New Orleans and I’m sure some great subject matter will present itself.<\/p>\n

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I am on a more important mission though, of course there is the work to be done for Nikon, when I say covering a bowl game I mean assisting the media that is covering the game for publications. \u00a0While I often get to make some images that is not my main reason for being there, sorry to disappoint you! \u00a0The atmosphere should be exciting and I always enjoy working with the media, so all will go well! \u00a0My other mission is to serve my Heavenly Father by reaching out to everyone I come in contact with His love. \u00a0It’s amazing how many people He sends your way when you are looking for someone to serve! \u00a0Prat that He will make me able to complete His mission, an that all the glory in victory will go to Him! \u00a0I can’t tell you how excited I am to have the opportunity to do the work I do and serve the God I serve.<\/p>\n

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Please pray for me and all the others out there that know who they belong to, and who they serve! \u00a0The spiritual war is raging, but God is in control and He will see His plan completed! \u00a0I just pray daily that I’m a good servant and not and impediment to His plans! \u00a0 I met with Jim Begley at the house this afternoon and we talked about some of the great workshops and trips planned for this year. \u00a0You should never wish a single day or moment away, but I can say I can’t wait for some of the great times that are out there in the future!<\/p>\n

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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic start to your new year. \u00a0I look forward to sharing with you each day on this assignment.<\/p>\n

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My best,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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1 Corinthians 13 \u00a0 \u00a0New Living Translation (NLT)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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13 \u00a0Love Is the Greatest<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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\u00a01<\/sup> If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn\u2019t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2<\/sup> If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God\u2019s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn\u2019t love others, I would be nothing. 3<\/sup>If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;but if I didn\u2019t love others, I would have gained nothing.<\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a04<\/sup> Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5<\/sup> or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6<\/sup> It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7<\/sup> Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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