While going through some old family boxes I came across a few Civil War letter that came from one of my great-great Grandfathers.
Below is the opening to the letter.
Writing in the mid 1800s was certainly different than it is now. Will people look back 150 years from now and discover blogs? Writing will soon be a lost art.
Here is the first page of the letter in full. The letter itself is about 8 x 11 sheet of paper folded long ways with horizontal lines. The letter was written by Martin Lee on May 5, 1864.
In the small farming village of Binayuyo children play in a small opening in the jungle. We have just finished distribution and worship service at the Mission Love Seeds worship center. A camera always gets attention from the kids.
Mission Love Seeds coordinator in the Phillipines Fely Zapanta needs our help. Her home needs a new roof as it leaks badly and she has over 15 people living in her home.
A new roof will cost $2500 US dollars. To help raise the money Mission Love Seeds is selling tickets for a chance to win a week stay in a condo in Destin, FL. For every $5 donated you will get a ticket and a chance to win.
Here is the new video we put together for the mission group Isaiah 6:8. Shelly Schuttler handled the editing while we used footage from several of my trips to Jamaica over the past two years, including the trip in February 2009.
On March 7, 2009 Mission Love Seeds held a video conference between children in the Philippines and children in Destin, FL. This is the introductory video for the children in the United States.
On Saturday we attended a worship service in the Antipolo dumpsite. Several hundred people live in the dumpsite area. Some work in the dump gathering anything they can use or resale. Even the plastic garbage bags are reused.
At the conclusion of the service some 20 children were baptized by Patsor Marvin of the Antipolo United Methodist Church.
Well we are packing up getting ready for the long trip home. Did a quick check on what’s happening with North Korea since we fly into Seoul tomorrow.
We leave Manila at midnight and fly into Seoul. From Seoul we fly to Atlanta. Normally we fly over Pacific but with North Korea issue I’ve seen flight flying west over Russia and Europe. We’ll see…
It’s been a good trip. Fely and her family took care of everyone. I did get my iPhone to finally work when ATT turned on International package. I limited myself to texting though as rates are pretty high.
I’ll get pictures and video up when I get home so stay tuned.
Friday night we’ve scheduled a video conference between Destin United Methodist Church and Mission Love Seeds children in the Philippines. Actually in the Philippines it will be Saturday morning.
The video conference will be over Skype. Over40 children from the mission villages will sing songs and talk with other kids from Destin.
Click Here to see a video introducing the Mission Love Seeds video conference.
June 19, 2009 
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