UHappy Tuesday Friends!

Welcome to the last blog for September!

We have some great messages and photos today, so grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well deserved gratitude. 

Only 31 sleeps until the Thank You dinner.  

Hope to see you there!

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Dear Hilary P,

Thank you so much for the quilt and laundry bag! They arrived yesterday. I love the patterns and how the colours come together—it will make a great reminder for my time in the Middle East! Whilst the wet-bulb was reading over 56 degrees here the other day, I am definitely looking forward to the cooler nights in a few months to make good use of the quilt!

Great to hear you were able to get to Jordan and Egypt. I was fortunate enough to get into Jordan this deployment to meet with some of our forward deployed elements (also took the opportunity to visit Petra, the Dead Sea and the historical baptism place of Jesus). Jordan was an amazing country. I have not yet been to Egypt, however we do also send personnel there from time to time.

A bit about myself: I’m a Navy Principal Warfare Officer on an out-of-category land posting—my first non-ship posting in many years. I have a wife and 2 young daughters at home. I am looking forward to getting back home in a few months’ time, but thankfully they are very resilient with the amount of time away. My role at Headquarters Middle East is as the operations officer. I oversee most of our forward support missions to operations throughout the Middle East and I have a small team of about 5 who work around the clock to achieve this; all with families of their own back home.

Thank you again for your support. Keep up the good work and I hope you have enjoyed / are enjoying your road trip!

Yours Aye

Good Afternoon Jan-Maree B,

Just sending through an email to Thank you for our new laundry bags! I picked the Sunflower one that also has the Aussie Blue Mountains on the other side. It has already been so beneficial, especially since our washing machines are down currently on the ship, so it’s been great to have a strong bag to carry my laundry back and forth.

Sunflowers are my favourite flowers so as soon as I saw it I had to grab it, I honestly am so appreciative, thank you so much again. 

You guys are amazing!

Yours truly,

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Dear Ruth S,

 

Thank you so much for the laundry bag I received at the 85 Transport Platoon reunion in Darwin. I look forward to catching up with you in person in the near future.

 Kind Regards

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(The original thank you letter to Ellen was published in the Grati-Tuesday blog on 18 Jun 24. This photo came through recently.)

Hi Ellen N,

 

The quilt fits perfectly on the small couch in my room 

 

Kind Regards,

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Good morning Rita J,

Firstly I’d like to apologies for the long overdue expression of appreciation. Shortly after receiving your beautiful quilt, the family and I moved house and I lost your contact details.  Thankfully I was able to source them recently through AHQ.

I must say, I was a little nervous opening the package when it arrived, as I’d conjured up some very specific ideas on how I wanted it to look.  You did not disappoint, in fact you exceeded my expectations many times over. I was absolutely delighted when I unfolded the quilt and saw how skilfully you’d captured the very essence of what I had imagined. Your workmanship, attention to detail and overall vision is nothing short of outstanding. I don’t know exactly how to thank you, but I can guarantee you this quilt will be a treasured family heirloom and a constant reminder of my service my families sacrifice, for generations to come.

Thank you so much Rita and all the best with your future quilting/life endeavours, it’s a wonderful gift you have.

Kind regards, 

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Phill H,

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