Showing posts with label Joshua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joshua. Show all posts
Joshua & Andrea's Betrothal
Upon Joshua and Andrea's engagement, our families held a betrothal ceremony and celebration. You can watch the video from it here,
Engagement of Joshua & Andrea
I'm very happy to announce that last Saturday, Andrea Noah and I got engaged. Our courtship over the last four months has been an amazing experience. We look forward to many years of joyful service to God together. Praise the Lord, for he has blessed me with far more than I could ever deserve!
Trip to Nigeria
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| A military checkpoint |
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| A locust, cooked for a snack |
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| Preaching |
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| Burning a field in preparation for planting |
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| Lagos, the largest city |
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| Abeokuta, Nigeria |
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| The Rock of Abeokuta |
Baltic Trip
Virginia Filming Trip 2013
Last week we filmed for a few days around Virginia for Discerning History. Here are some pictures.
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| Stone wall at Fredericksburg |
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| Chatham, a Union headquarters during the Battle of Fredericksburg |
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| Virginia Capitol Building |
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| St. Paul's Church, where Lee and Davis attended in Richmond, VA |
Battle of Chancellorsville 150th
This week is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Chancellorsville was one of the most important battles of the entire Civil War. Stonewall Jackson launched one of the greatest attacks of the entire Civil War, routing an entire Union corps. But as he was preparing to launch a follow up attack to seal his victory, he was wounded by friendly fire. He died a few days later. Some say that this was the turning point of the Civil War.
But although the story normally ends with Jackson's fall, that was just the beginning of the battle. The armies continued to fight for several more days, and the Union still had a good chance for victory. But the hard fighting from the Confederates and the mistakes from the Union handed the Confederacy the victory, but at a terrible cost. It was the fourth bloodiest battle of the Civil War, and May 3rd was the second bloodiest day.
Make sure to follow my Civil War 150th Blog for "live" blogging of the battle throughout the week.
There will be a reenactment this weekend in Chancellorsville, Virginia. Thousands of reenactors will be there and it will certainly be an impressive sight. We hope to be there filming, so check back next week for pictures and videos from the event.
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Hope vs. Sovereign Softball
This past Saturday Stephen and I played in softball game between Hope Baptist and Sovereign Redeemer. Hope initially had a good lead, but Sovereign ended up winning 28-16.
100 Years Ago - The Great Omaha Tornado
A century ago the nation was struck with several terrible natural disasters. The first was the Omaha Tornado of 1913, which struck 100 years ago today with terrible effect.
March 23, Eastern Sunday, 1913, dawned a beautiful day in eastern Nebraska. But towards evening the sky began to darken and threaten rain, but none fell. The day changed unexpectedly as the first tornado touched ground at 5:20 pm near Craig, Nebraska, destroying a dozen houses. Ten minutes later another tornado hit Yutan. As it made its way through the town 20 people were killed and 40 homes destroyed. To the south, another tornado leveled the village of Berlin and another dozen people were killed.Read the rest of this post on the Discerning History Blog.
CSS Neuse Replica
Recent Purchase - Philip's Spanish Cob
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| King Philip V |
When Spain settled the New World they
found mines which yielded vast riches. But those riches had to be
shipped back to Spain and taxed 20%. To do this, in America they were
made into temporary coins, called macuquinas or cobs. Instead of
rolling the metal into a smooth sheet, the cobs were just cut off of
a bar at their approximate weight and then hand struck in a rough
die. Roughly made, they were only in this form temporarily until they
could be melted down in Spain and turned into coins or jewelry. Some
cobs, however, did circulate as currency making their way to the
Spanish colonies. This brought numerous problems. Since they were of
such poor quality, a little metal could easily be clipped off without
anyone noticing, because their shape was already irregular. This
produced coins that were significantly lighter than the originals.
This particular coin, which I bought a few weeks ago, was minted during
the reign of Philip V, between 1700 and 1746. When King Charles II of
Spain died in 1700 without any children, he named Philip, the
grandson of his half sister, his heir. The succession of the Spanish
kings at the time was very complex. Philip was the first member of
the House of Bourbon to become king of France. Bourbon is a French
family, but Philip had attained the kingship through the marriage of
his grandmother to King Louis XIV of France. To avoid an
international crisis because of a powerful alliance, Philip upon
becoming King of Spain had to renounce all claims to the kingship of
France. Interestingly enough, upon becoming King of Spain, the 17
year old Philip had not yet learned Spanish.
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| Philip riding into battle |
Although the English and Dutch had not
opposed Philip when he became king, the next year the War of Spanish
Succession broke out because they feared that France and Spain would
be united under one Bourbon monarch. The Holy Roman Empire, with
Great Britain, the Dutch and parts of Spain loyal to the House of
Habsburg fought against France and the rest of Spain under Philip.
The war finally ended in 1713 when Philip renounced all claim to the
throne of France. This costly war sped up the decline of the Spanish
empire.
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| King Louis I |
In 1724 Philip abdicated his throne to
his 17 year old son Louis. The reasons for this are still debated. It
may be that he hoped to obtain the kingdom of France, or he may have
been gradually going insane and become unfit to rule. Either way it
did not last long. Within the year his son died of smallpox, and he
resumed the kingship as he had no other son old enough to take the
kingdom. Although Spain had been very rich because of the precious
medals obtained from the New World, by this time they were in serious
financial difficulty. Thousands of servants were employed at the
palace while the rest of the government went without pay for months.
The government was only kept going by the treasure ships coming from
America, one this coin may well have been on. Spain effectively went
bankrupt in 1739 by refusing payment on its debts. Philip died in
July, 1746 after the longest reign in modern Spanish history.
You can get coins like this one very inexpensively on ebay.
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