Thank you #ArizonaRepublic@azcentral#LaVoz and earthly Angel @PaulaPedene! Beautiful Article on @Archangels2007 CEO @SeanStoddard_ and our mission to serve!
🗞🙌🙏🤟 -Message from our CEO Sean Stoddard
At the heart of everything we do is a simple message: Love is the antidote. "Love of neighbor as oneself is the antidote," Stoddard said. "God loves us despite our imperfections. We can love each other, despite our imperfections. We are stronger together. One team; one fight. "In a world with plenty of real reasons to feel disheartened or angry, I’m reminded daily that there is still far more good than not. Yes, we face real tragedies, deep struggles, like death, loss, changes like from Traumatic Brain Injuries, comas, seizures, and other real storms we never asked for but we also have love, hope, and Angels, both earthly and heavenly, with us. I’m forever grateful for the blessing of serving alongside so many of you in Iraq, Afghanistan, and here at home here in the United States of America 🇺🇸.
When I was at my lowest, many of you reached out your hands and lifted me up. You were the Lord’s hands in my life. Most of all, I’m thankful for my incredible better half, my earthly Angel, who has stood with me through every challenge, every storm, and every chapter of this journey. She embraces life’s chaos with grace and strength, and I’m beyond blessed to weather every season with her by my side. No matter what you’re facing today, remember: we don’t have to be perfect to love well. We just have to strive. Love is the antidote.
We are stronger together.
One team; One fight.
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Happy Juneteenth to my extended family around the world. The world, including the United States of America, is filled with imperfect humans and yet God guides and encourages, indeed lives us imperfect humans. Imperfect humans are what God loves and labors with and despite that difficult reality He loves us enough to give us the opportunity to move on beyond our imperfections flaws sins and ailments and to balance the scales of justice ⚖️ with a Savior Jesus Christ who could be considered the first Veteran as Lucifer made the choice to initiate the still ongoing war on Heaven. Mankind and life is imperfect but despite the reality of a holistic war e.g., physical, spiritual, mental, nutritional, and Sleep filled with ailments indeed mountains and valleys and caves etc we are seen we are encouraged, we are loved. We are Enlisted till the conflict is o'er, (striving) happy are we (hopeful) striving are we.
This imperfect but striving eternal brother and Battle Buddy loves you and is striving.
Love of God, love or neighbor as oneself. Love is the antidote. Amore antidotem est.
We are stronger unified. One team; one fight; one family; one with God
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-@SeanStoddard_@Archangels2007 CEO
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As many of you know The Archangels CEO @SeanStoddard_ is a gratefully laboring on with the official Arizona America250 celebrations board. Please read and pass on this incredible opportunity for Youth in the state of Arizona.
We're excited to share our invitation to Gen Z in AZ: Civic Season at the 250th. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States, Civic Season is a nationwide initiative that brings together history, culture, and civic participation to help people, especially young people, explore the past and take action toward the future.
We are thrilled to partner with the Made By Us Youth250 Arizona Bureau, the Arizona Civic Coalition, and the Center for the Future of Arizona to host Gen Z in AZ: Civic Season at the 250th at the Arizona State Capitol Museum on Friday, June 26th.
During Gen Z in AZ, participants will have the chance to share space with other young leaders, tour the Capitol Museum, win prizes, and share what the 250th means to them through multiple storytelling avenues. These storytelling pieces may be amplified on social media by collaborating partners for National Youth Day (June 27th).
Please feel free to pass along this invitation to anyone ages 16–30 in your network, especially youth leaders who might be in or around the Phoenix area. An RSVP link is included on the flyer, but participants can also register here. If they have any questions, please don't hesitate to share our contact information.
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Happy 251st Birthday to the United States Army! 🇺🇸
Today, I'm filled with gratitude. Grateful for the honor and blessing of serving in the U.S. Army alongside so many immediate and extended family members who have also answered the call to serve. It has been one of the great privileges of my life to do my best to help others through life's chaos and challenges.
I am especially grateful to still be serving as a Command Sergeant Major alongside outstanding Soldiers. After the Traumatic Brain Injury and four medical boards, there have been many opinions about what the future would hold. But there is a difference between opinion and God's truth. Every day I am reminded that with faith, perseverance, and God's grace, all things are possible according to His will. Miracles happen.
My heart also turns to my Battle Buddies who have gone before us and now stand on the other side of the veil. I miss many of them dearly. Yet I find peace and hope in the promise of Jesus Christ, whose Resurrection broke the bands of death, making it possible for all of God's children to be resurrected and reunited with those they love.
I believe love is the antidote, amore antidotum est to so much of what divides us. I am grateful for every day, every breath, every opportunity to serve. I am grateful for a nation that protects the God-given freedom to worship how, where, or what we may.
I choose to worship Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I also choose to love my family, friends, and neighbors regardless of their beliefs, backgrounds, or ideologies. The freedom to choose and worship according to the dictates of our own conscience is one of the great blessings of the United States of America.
Much love to my family, friends, fellow Soldiers, Service Members, Veterans, First Responders, and all who strive to make the world a little better each day. May we continue to choose faith over fear, service over self, and love over division.
Army Strong. God Bless America.
"Grateful for every day. Grateful for every breath. Grateful for the opportunity to serve."
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-Archangels CEO @SeanStoddard_
This week the City of Mesa Mesa Police Department had their incredible Youth LeadershipAcademy and today I had the privilege of joining my MPD extended family while building tomorrow’s leaders. As a retired Mesa Police Officer still serving through MPD VIPS/a U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major, and President & CEO of Archangels (our 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting Military, Veterans and First Responders), I was deeply moved to be with my extended police family.
It was truly heartwarming to stand alongside officers I’ve served with for years as we continue the good work of protecting and serving our community! The world can seem filled with anger and hate but there is always more good than not. I had the joy of presenting challenge coins to these incredible young people and reminding them that loving our neighbor as ourselves is how we do good for others and for ourselves. As a child of God, I believe every day is a gift and every breath is an opportunity to serve and love. Despite what the enemy tries to throw at us, love is the antidote. There is always more good than evil. We are stronger together, One Team; One Fight.
Thank you, Mesa PD and City of Mesa, for investing in our youth. The future is bright because of programs like this and the quiet, faithful labor of so many good people.
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-@Archangels2007 CEO @SeanStoddard_
An incredible night!
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I and all the The Archangels board are grateful for those who serve us. Spending years away from family, homes, serving, laboring, sometimes in literal combat, sacrificing dream and desires for love Incredible! Amore antidotum est. 🤟
What an unforgettable Military Appreciation Night! We at @Archangels2007 are overflowing w/ gratitude for everyone who made this evening special for our Military Veterans, Service Personnel & their FAMILIES! 🏈🎉🏟🪖🇺🇸🌎
From heart-pounding football action & spectacular fireworks to the powerful Star-Spangled Banner sung by our incredible @usairforce Force Airmen (who also posted the flag ), the night was pure heartwarming joy!
Huge shoutout to @ArizonaRattlers' Kasey Bjorklund for setting up $17 tickets so fans could attend & directly support our mission. As a 100% volunteer-led 501(c)(3), every donation goes straight to serving Military Veterans, First Responders & FAMILIES, no salaries!
Heartfelt thanks to the #AZVHOFS Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society for their “Our Success is Your Success” program. They helped us buy 10 VIP tickets given to currently serving US Service Members & their FAMILIES (incl. some amazing kiddos, our future heroes!).
Your efforts strengthen those who served, who serve today & who will serve tomorrow. We love you! We are stronger together. One team; One fight!
Help us keep supporting the heroes who protect our freedoms, donate now at: https://t.co/2BAeK5shdk (instant tax receipt!) or visit https://t.co/3QLKKCmBwA.Every gift, share & kind word matters.
Thx for standing w/ those who serve.#Archangels #AZVHOFS #AZRattlers
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One team; one fight!
Amore antidotum
Love is the antidote
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Incredible message from @Archangels2007 CEO @SeanStoddard_ from this last week's service as a member of the @LDSchurch as he served with many others including Military! Veterans, and First Responders to strengthen the next generation 🙌❤️💚💙🪖🇺🇸🌎⛺️⛰️🤟
Greetings extended family! Hope the best for all of u Busy week this last week In these modern days when so many hearts feel heavy, when the weight of daily trials presses down like unseen mountains, I want u 2 know this truth straight from my heart U are not alone. Struggles have always been part of our mortal journey. They were part of the pioneers who crossed plains & pushed hand carts through rock & river. They were part of the early Saints who watched loved ones march off 2 serve their country in the Mormon Battalion, walking thousands of miles from Iowa 2 California, leaving wives & children 2 pull those very carts alone.
They are part of us today and here is the greater truth, every hardship is one of the Master’s brush strokes. This past week I was blessed beyond words 2 join my own family, my 16yo daughter, 13yo son & 11yo son, along with our extended Magma Ranch Ward family on a pioneer trek in the White Mountains. Led by several hundred Stake youth leaders, participants, & supported by adult leaders (my brother Bishop Josh Pearce led our group with outstanding loving strength). The youth planned it. The youth executed it. The adults simply supported. We left electronics behind, camped under open skies, carved wood with my brother David Fuller & his son, learned pioneer dances from Keara, Paul Mann & Lissa Peterson, & even fired the old powder muskets that once echoed across history.
The young men & young women (supported by strong sisters like Kiri Hunter, Rachel James & Ausi Kimmons) pushed & pulled hand carts for mile after grueling mile. There were moments the women took the ropes alone, just as our foremothers did when their husbands answered the call 2 serve both country & kingdom. Ailments came. Legs ached. Spirits were challenged. Yet in every weary step I saw miracles. I shared stories of how the Lord has carried me through my own valleys, & I watched Him carry these youth too. I even helped set up a comms radio antenna with my brothers Race Hunter, Tyler Hyer & Jeremy Peterson so no one was left without help in the “boonies.” Laughter rose above the sweat. Songs of Zion floated on the mountain air.
Through it all, I felt the Savior’s hand, exactly as He has guided every generation that ever faced overwhelming odds. Look at the history of this nation & of God’s people: time after time the darkness seemed too deep, the burdens too heavy, the future too uncertain.
Yet faith, hope, charity & simple service have always overcome. Why? Because Jesus Christ is our Savior. He doesn’t just watch from afar, He walks beside us, reaches His hand into our cold overwhelming trials, & pulls us out with love that never fails. He is crafting each of us, stroke by perfect stroke, eternally & beautifully.
Your struggles are not wasted. They are the very material He uses 2 shape a masterpiece. I’m so grateful for my immediate family, for every brother & sister, & for every good soul who gave their time & heart 2 make this trek possible.
We are stronger together. We serve our country, our neighbors, our families, & in that service, heaven’s blessings flow. No matter the trial u face today, remember this,
Amor antidotum est, LOVE is the antidote. The pure love of Christ is the healing balm that turns every hardship into growth & every sorrow into sanctification. He loves us perfectly. He is crafting us perfectly. Keep pushing. Keep pulling. Keep believing. There is hope 🙏
Don’t let go of the cart, u got this With all my brotherly love 🤟
Every Struggle Is Shaping Something Beautiful Yesterday I had the privilege of being part of the opening of this year’s Desert Challenge Games in City of Mesa, Arizona, and my heart is still full. Years ago, a Traumatic Brain Injury sent me into a lengthy coma and through months of hospitals and rehab. In that season of uncertainty, something unexpected and beautiful happened; I grew closer than ever to my extended family members living with disabilities.
We’ve strived side-by-side through cancer, Traumatic Brain Injuries, paralysis, seizures, and so many other challenges.The world is full of tragedy and heartache. Nevertheless, I’ve come to believe there is always more good than not. Every day is a gift. Every struggle is an opportunity for growth and can be a blessing. We are all being eternally crafted by the Master Craftsman, and our challenges are part of that loving, perfecting work. That’s why it meant so much to support the Desert Challenge Games. This inspiring event brings together athletes who have faced life's catastrophic injuries or live with disabilities from birth. The games have incredible events courage and joy in archery, shooting, swimming, track & field, and more. It’s hosted by Arizona Disabled Sports in partnership with @Move United and the City of Mesa Parks, Recreation & Community Facilitied and presented by title sponsor The Hartford, with support from sponsors like JFK Electrical Contracting and dedicated community partners including the The Mesa Hohokams and other good Angels creating good ripples. Ripple affect 🤟
Even more heartwarming, an incredible young woman invited me to serve as her Battle Buddy and guide during last year's AZ LEOS Shop with a Cop / Shop with a Sheepdog event where I and others e.g., U.S. Army Soldier, United States Air Force Airmen, and U.S. Navy Sailors along with Law Enforcement officers and community members, came together in pure service and love. Led by wonderful Jim Hill, and Cindy Hill of Arizona LEOS, and supported by partners like Sunbelt Rentals and The Archangels it was a powerful reminder of what “we” really looks like.
Archangels CEO @SeanStoddard_ shared that daughter, who is about the age of some of these young athletes and twins came out to support and love on these amazing striving athletes. He enjoyed watching her step into that space of empathy and service filled me with gratitude, joy, indeed love. We are stronger together.
Whether we move through the world in wheelchairs, fight cancer or other illnesses, navigate physical or mental challenges, or carry any burden at all, there is still opportunity to strive, to achieve, to serve, and to grow.
Challenges are like workouts; they can make us stronger. Amore antidotem. Love is the antidote. Love your neighbor as yourself. I’m deeply grateful to serve, to connect, and to witness the beauty of the human spirit in action. Every breath is a gift and opportunity. What challenge has shaped you most? How are you using your story to lift someone else today?
One team; One fight
Message from @Archangels2007 CEO & President @SeanStoddard_
I recorded this video while on duty on patrol and stopped at the City of Mesa Cemetery Memorial Day 2020. 78 days later I would be in a lengthy coma from an on-duty Traumatic Brain Injury that ended my 15 year career as a Sworn Mesa Police Officer. Nevertheless Angels earthly and heavenly were with me from the police department, the fire department, medical, neighbors, church, and the community. I know not why I live and am able to still strive and serve as a son, husband, father, Soldier, MPD VIPS, neighbor but I know that God loves us all.
This Memorial Day, my heart overflows with love for you, my dear extended family, both those walking this earth and those now laboring on the other side of the veil. Grandpa Opie (US Army), Grandpa Pop Stoddard (US Army), Uncle BUD KIA WWII (US Army) and all our earthly Angels and warriors, you fought, you served, you loved fiercely even to mortal death. Your battles didn’t end at the grave; they continue with the heavenly host, one team; one fight. I’m grateful beyond words, for your sacrifice, as I gratefully strive on during my own journey and as of today decades+ in uniform throughout the world 🌎 I'm eternally grateful for the love that pierces every veil. Jesus Christ has already won the victory; one day we’ll stand together again, whole and reunited. Life is imperfect. Striving our best is enough. Love is the antidote. Amore antidotum est. Every day is a gift. Every breath is an opportunity. Thank you blessing many including me. I love you all, here, there, and forever.
Happy hopeful Memorial Day!
One Team; One Fight.
To every Military Member, Veteran, First Responder Battle Buddy, and the families who stand beside you, @Archangels2007 love you. 🤟
We are so incredibly grateful to @ArizonaRattlers 🏈🏟🎆🇺🇸 an amazing organization with strong hearts and hands who continue to show up for those who have served. Their generosity, along with the support of incredible partners who helped us secure tickets and funding, makes moments like this possible. We love the Rattlers for their good hearts, their outstanding service to our community, and the unforgettable experiences we’ve shared with them in the past. Thank you for everything you do! That’s why we’re beyond excited to invite you to a powerful night of indoor football that’s about more than the game, it’s about honoring YOU.
Saturday, May 30th 5:00 PM Desert Diamond Arena
Arizona Rattlers vs Northern Arizona Wranglers
Thanks to the Rattlers’ big hearts, we have 10 "MVP" donated tickets ready for currently serving Military Members, honorably served Veterans, First Responders, and your family. If you or someone you served with would love to be there, right place, right time, full of energy and camaraderie, please reach out to The Archangels by emailing [email protected]. We’ll take care of everything so you can simply show up and enjoy. Can’t make it but still want to lift up our service members? You can support The Archangels’ Moral Welfare and Recreation programs (or any of our programs) by donating through our GiveButter link: https://t.co/slS4xpmYvF
Every donation instantly receives a receipt which can be used for tax-deductible purposes, and goes straight to creating more experiences like this for the heroes who have given so much.
Remember the Archangels is 100% volunteer organization so every dime goes to the mission. Although MVP tickets are limited, Archangels General admission tickets are also available starting at just $17 (scan the QR code on the flyer or click “Get Tickets Here” for easy purchase), with all proceeds benefiting The Archangels. We are grateful to stand with you. Your strength, sacrifice, and service inspire us every single day. Let’s come together, cheer loud, and make more powerful memories on and off the field. One Team; One Fight.
See you at the game! (Attached: full flyer with all the details
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Navy Veteran. Patriot. Servant.
Petersen answered the call to serve our country in the Navy. For years now she’s been serving in the US and in Asia, using her English expertise and deep patriotism to teach, train, and connect with students and families, building a stronger global community of hope. Now, unexpected challenges and ailments have disrupted the mission.
This good sister needs our help to make it back home. The Arcangels, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is raising $1,000 to get her there safely where she has room, board, food, and income. in order for her to get there donate here & get your immediate tax-deductible receipt:
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100% of every dollar goes straight to the mission. Board gets $0.00.
One team; One fight.
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Good message from @thearchangels2007 CEO @seanstoddard_
Last night’s AmPhil event, “Serving Those Who Served” filled my heart. Saw my Battle Buddy
@Joshua Stanwitz (Heroes on the Water) invite and knew I wanted to support him and the extended family. What a powerful gathering of leaders supporting Military, Veterans, & First Responders. No competition, just family, a true coalition of the willing. One team; One fight. Grateful to reconnect with Earthly Angels like Michelle DiMuro and
Vicki Stoufer with Imprints of Honor formerly Veterans Heritage Project.
Good to see @Todd Beauford (Phoenix Police Foundation) brother as well as my Air Force brother Bob Dalpe. Always good as Bob and chat. These nights feel like the best kind of family reunion. At Arcangels Nonprofit, we live this every day,, zero salaries on the board, because Battle Buddies take care of battle buddies. Love is the antidote. Service brings the joy. Thankful for every single person doing this good labor. We’re stronger together. One team;One fight 🤟
Message from @Archangels2007 President @SeanStoddard_
After a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in 2020, living in hospitals and Rehabilitation facilities due to the coma, blindness, leading to multiple medical boards over years that should have ended my both careers, I gratefully drive on, while being crafted and shaped with struggles, setbacks, and triumphs e.g., that first step, that first run, that first physical fitness test, that first weapons qualification, the Sergeants Major Academy, Pre-Command Course, missions spanning thousands of miles, training thousands Soldiers with outstanding Battle Buddies!
This week was another incredible milestone and strengthening as I attended a week long course for Combat Life Saver (CLS) with my Soldiers.
I previously had this course in preparation for years deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan but the life pausing and changing TBI of 2020 has has thrown mental smoke grenades into my brain but with focus, faith, and striving progress
Wherever we're at, whatever our ailments, we have choices. This Battle Buddy shares my brotherly love and encouragement. You got this. Strive each day and each breath. We will fall short of perfection but some is better than none.
Keep striving to serve, maintain belief and be hopeful despite overwhelming opinions and evidence. Doctors, nurses, therapists, extended family have been putting me back together, and the Master Craftsman is ever crafting all of us. Every breath is a miracle. Every day is a blessing overflowing with Heavenly and Earthly Angels.
I have been broken, yet I am striving. Look at my challenge coin I presented the staff it reminds me daily that I am clay in the Potter’s hands (Isaiah 64:8). Like the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with gold, our scars are not hidden, they are highlighted with strength, resilience, and purpose. God, the Master Craftsman, does the same for every one of us.
We all carry our own ailments, physical, mental, emotional, financial, spiritual. None of us are perfect. We have all fallen short. But the past does not define us. What matters is this, strive with what you have, right where you are. Amore antidotem est, love is the antidote, love of neighbor as oneself, love of your Battle Buddy, love of country. We are free to worship as we will, stand strong together. The adversary wants us to feel overwhelmed by duties, responsibilities, and holistic challenges that seem impossible to overcome. Nevertheless with God, all things are possible.
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Happy Tuesday @elonmusk! Any chance we'll see a 7+ passenger @Tesla@cybertruck or Tesla minivan?
Our family of 7 have loved our Tesla model Y for 7 passengers for 2 adults and 5 kids but as we're hitting 100k in miles from family trips, school etc., would love an upgrade 🙏🤟🌏
Heartwarming message from our CEO @SeanStoddard_
Are you catching this… or just scrolling past something special?
Tonight was different.
Date night with my better half, Rebecca ❤️ and not just any date.... From Sean 1.0 to Sean 2.0, I’m grateful for the journey… and even more grateful she’s been there through it all. (Iraq, Afghanistan, Mesa PD, Traumatic Brain Injury, etc...
We had the privilege of attending America 250: In Concert at the Mesa Arts Center, and wow. Choir. Orchestra. Storytelling. Faith. Freedom. Sacrifice. It wasn’t just a performance… it was a reminder.
A reminder that people have crossed oceans, left everything behind, and endured the unthinkable, all for the God-given right to choose. To worship. To live free.
Hearing about General George Washington, a warrior who chose to lay down power, not once, but twice as US Army General and as US President, that hits different as a Soldier. Leadership, humility, purpose. Indeed freedom is not free. I'm grateful for generations of Battle Buddies who have sacrificed and served.
And seeing the youth… kids, families, generations together… loving your neighbor, loving this country, loving God, that’s the antidote. Love is the antidote.
Grateful for incredible extended family like Bob Dalpe and his better half Lisa Dalpe, Airforce extended family who we love, but family all the same. Grateful to spend many hours with Bob on the Arizona 250 board as a subcommittee member. Grateful to be able to serve our extended family with him in various capacities. Grateful for every day and every breath. It is a miracle to be alive. Glory to God and His Angels Earthly & Heavenly
Grateful for the Pierce, Smiths, and so they shared their talents on that stage. Incredible!
Also ran into some of my Mesa PD extended family, my extended family sister Stacy Stevenson & Dan Hallenmyer, reminded me how blessed I’ve been to serve alongside such good people over the years. Love my VIPS family too, wish I could’ve been at the MPD VIPS reception at the same time, but you know the deal… one place, one time.
If you’re looking for purpose:
Serve.
Military.
Police.
Community.
Neighbors.
There’s a place for you.
Tonight was gratitude. For family. For freedom. For growth. For God.
We’re not perfect… but this country was founded on something good. And it’s worth protecting.
One Team; One Fight
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Do not go gentle into that good night....rage against the dying of the light.
Whatever your struggles and darkness, never quit striving. We are imperfect. It is not meant for us to be free of struggles but to strive and serve others. Love is the antidote. Amore antidotem est.
Heartwarming State of the City of Mesa in Mesa, Arizona 🌵🌞
Felt like informal therapy being surrounded by extended family today. Deeply grateful to my sister Sally Jo Harrison, CEO & President of the Mesa Mesa Chamber of Commerce, whose good heart keeps rippling kindness across our city and the world. Thank you for the invitation and your servant leadership!
Got to hug my extended family uncle & Mayor Mark Freeman, retired Mesa Fire and Medical Department Friends Firefighter, true builder, and leader with a special heart for First Responders and our whole community. This year’s “Building” theme was constructive!
Family is the ultimate construction project. Our family is under construction 👷♀️ 👷 🚧 🏗 Scattered by years in Iraq, Afghanistan, 🪖🇺🇸🌏 still FAMILY. In a world full of division, we choose: ONE TEAM; ONE FIGHT. Love is the antidote. After my on-duty TBI, I was extracted from my patrol car by Mesa Fire and protected by Mesa PD, I’m still here, still serving by God’s grace. Every day and breath is a gift as He continues building beauty from our struggles. Loved reconnecting with so many Earthly Angels:
• Brother Jayson Carpenter & family (Salt River Project title sponsor) Jayson is a brother, a Battle Buddy, and I am grateful for him and all the good Carpenter family 🤟
• Brother George Bliss & Battle Buddy David Scott (First Western Bank) 🏗
• Craig Olstrom & the good Olstrom family (old neighbors) 🏘
• Chief Dan Butler & MPD family (I'm still serving with VIPS, join us!) 💙🚔
• Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli (grateful for my post-injury assignment with the Fire Department) ❤️🚒
• HUGE shoutout to my brother Bob Nelson for your tireless work including securing & relocating that powerful statue of a Soldier carrying a wounded Battle Buddy. We don’t leave anyone behind. To everyone who builds, with bricks, service, or love, thank you. If you’re in Mesa or anywhere:
Support your Police & Fire, serve with them (join VIPS).
Lift up Military, Veterans & First Responders. Those struggling. There is joy in service.
We are builders.
We are family.
Love is the antidote.
One Team; One Fight. What are you grateful for today?
@SeanStoddard_@Archangels2007 President
Great message from @Archangels2007 CEO @SeanStoddard_
Happy Resurrection Sunday from all of us in the Sean & Rebecca Stodd Squad ✝️❤️
This weekend has been special for our family, away from home, gathered for General Conference, even embracing a little snowfall ❄️ all centered on one purpose🙏 drawing closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ.
This collage captures some of those moments… family, faith, and something that really touched my soul, witnessing the ongoing installation of a powerful statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross. There’s something about seeing that visual… it hits different. It reminds me that He literally carried it all, for each of us.
I know this might not be everyone’s lane, I recognize that rap, Jesus Christ, and faith don’t always get put together in the same sentence, but why world is odd.
This song, by FLAME and NF, has been on repeat for me this weekend. It’s called “Start Over".
Because the message hits deep:
No matter where we’ve been…
No matter how many times we’ve fallen…
Because of Jesus Christ, we can start over.
That’s grace. That’s love. That’s Resurrection power.
📖 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
- Matthew 11:28
📖 “I am the resurrection, and the life”
- John 11:25
His love truly is the antidote. When we bind ourselves to Him, we never game to try and carry our personal atonement indeed out crosses, alone.
Also grateful we got to briefly link up with my (very tall 😄) older brother and his amazing wife Lisa Stoddard. Moments like that matter. Family is part of the plan. Always.
From our family to yours,
He is risen. He lives. Because of Him… we can always start over. There is always hope. 🙏✝️