For those who have not been following my story this week here is a quick recap.

On Monday I wrote that I was back from being a political spectator only, sensing President Obama needed us, just like he needed us back in the campaign.

On Tuesday I reported on the  Organizing for America site which had everything an activist needed to engage in this fight and I promised to report on whether or not I actually did something with those ready-to-use tools to make a difference.

And then on Wednesday morning I put the OFA site's tools to work and:

• Signed the declaration of support for President Obama's health care plan which now has over a million signatures

• Donated money to keep the ad on the air that tells moving stories of Americans who lost their care or whose care did not cover their medical bills

• Volunteered to host a house party of house health care

• Volunteered to show up at a town hall event in support of health care reform now

• Wrote the following editorial which, thanks to the nifty OFA Letter to the Editor engine provided, was submitted to four local, three regional, and three national newspapers when I hit the SEND button:

It is an outrageous failure of journalistic standards that the Fourth Estate has allowed what could have been a serious debate addressing the deficiencies in our health care system to be hijacked by those who prefer only to score political points, deflecting attention away from the clear case for change. Our current health care system is the world's most expensive.  It is not working for employers who bear the brunt of much the spiraling costs.  It is not working for the insured, who often face bankruptcy when dealing with catastrophic illness.  It is not working for the forty-six million uninsured who have little access to the kind of basic checks up that can prevent serious and costly illnesses. This is not about taking away anybody's doctor.  This is not about some government takeover of health care.  And it is certainly not about the crushing deficits that may come if health care reform is enacted.  It is about the crushing economic burden under which we will all suffer if fundamental change is put off yet again.

So that is my report on Wednesday morning - Day 3 of my Return to the Movement.

And then the strangest thing happened yesterday afternoon.

I got this message from the President:

Gregory -

This is the moment our movement was built for.  For one month, the fight for health insurance reform leaves the backrooms of Washington, D.C., and returns to communities across America. Throughout August, members of Congress are back home, where the hands they shake and the voices they hear will not belong to lobbyists, but to people like you.

How weird is the that?I think the President needs me - needs my help - and he does.  So much so that he sends me an e-mail.   Did a president before this one ever send you a message directly asking for your help to change the country?  Well, there was, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."  But JFK issued that call to a nation.  This message was to me. And this is the really weird part:  I heard that call BEFORE Barack sent me that message.

Well, that is my Day 3.

What did you do yesterday?  What are you planning to do today?  Every day we need to wake up saying what can I do today to make a difference.  Sound corny?  Sound over the top?  I assure you that is what the other side is doing. 

More from Barack's message yesterday:

Fixing this crisis will not be easy. Our opponents will attack us every day for daring to try. It will require time, and hard work, and there will be days when we don't know if we have anything more to give. But there comes a moment when we all have to choose between doing what's easy, and doing what's right.

This is one of those times. And moments like this are what this movement was built for. So, are you ready?

I know I am not the only one who got this e-mail yesterday - I know you all doing your part.  I know you have your own stories - communiques from the field of battle for the soul of our republic - stories of the fight to take our country back.

Let's hear them!