The Liberty Bell...
Saturday....although we are all in different places, all had fun.
Patricia went to the Mid-Atlantic African American genealogy convention. She took classes on finding records of her ancestors and listened to wonderful speakers. The BEST was being included in a special DNA test. This test will provide info on her heritage and can trace which African nation she is decended from. Very exciting! This was held in Cherry Hill NJ, about half an hour from Philadelphia. The concluding speaker was Martin Luther King lll, son of the late Martin Luther King Jr. There were over 550 African American people in attendance and it was such a great thing to be among so many different black folks all coming together to learn about their heritage.
Daniel and Jewel drove to Philadelphia and had a fun day taking in American history and visiting a farm. Jewel got to watch sheep being sheared and even bought back some wool of her own.
Dakota went to the Stake merit badge clinic to work on some badges. He waited for us to pick him up at the Glads' home. They were very generous to take him home with their family after the clinic.
gratitude thought: It's so much fun to be alive with so much new technology. I can't believe someone had researched and developed a database that includes the DNA makeup to test the 109 different African DNA codes.
grateful that I can be a part of new technology by sending notes to people via 'text messaging' I am slow, but am keeping up with the young folks. If the letters on my cell phone were larger (meaning if I could see them better) perhaps I could go faster ;-)
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So, have you found out where in Africa you are descended from? I am in awe, too, of this particular research, and that it's being used for the Lord's purposes.
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