A Letter To My Longtime Friends V: The Honorary Letter

Dear Longtime Friends,

This is your friend Victor. I haven’t written a letter to you guys in about a year. I am writing to you all because I am celebrating the fourth anniversary of out high school graduation on May 27, 2006. Yes, we remember those good old days and times when we were gathered together for a farewell. We shared great moments with each other. There were plenty of laughter, lots of smiles on every face (that’s for sure), there were hugs and kisses, there were plenty of pictures taken, there were final greetings from our other class friends, and of course, there were tears of joy. It was really a joyous time for us. It was held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. It was a wonderful place to have our graduation there. And after graduation, we bade farewell to each other and then we parted ways. And ever since then, I was in peace. Although, I still reminisce in the high school yearbook. Everything went well during the days ahead. It had been four years ever since we have parted ways for home. That was the peace that God brought upon me. It was a true blessing. I am still determined to be an underground and independent book writer and novelist. So I need for you guys to pray for me so that I'll make a prosperous time with it. Hopefully when it gets published, the people I knew would buy them first, and I'll donate most of the money to my church, give to charity, and the poor and needy.

Our Fallen Saints:
As we all know, our longtime friends: Jonathan Holloway and Damian Power are now deceased. Jonathan passed away in the same week when my uncle passed away. It was very devastating. But we must continue to remain strong in the Lord. If you still have the high school year books of your own, take the time to cherish the good times we have spent with Jonathan Holloway and Damian Power. May both of them rest in peace as they are now in the hands and arms of our Lord Jesus Christ. We shall keep on believing in Him. We will continue to walk on the path where God left footprints for us to follow. We will NEVER quit believing, praying, following, and worshiping Jesus Christ. Even though Jonathan, Damian, and my faithful uncle had passed away, it doesn’t mean that it is the end, but the beginning of a new chapter. They still live in our hearts spiritually with the Lord. I truly hope that these memories will never fade away like a playing film without any sound, but we shall remember like a portrait photo in a still frame.

The Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you for allowing us to be here on your land and letting us serve you, glorify you, praise you, follow you, magnify you, and obey you in the name of Jesus. We ask you to keep watching over us and protecting us from ALL evil and against the adversaries. If it wasn’t for you Lord, we wouldn’t have made it thus far. We thank you for sending your only begotten son Jesus Christ to die on the Calvary cross for our sins. We are ALL sinners and Jesus paid the huge price for our sins so our names would be written in the Book of Life and we would go to Heaven and dwell there forever. We thank you for our parents for raising us since we were infants and toddlers. Without them, we would be here on this planet Earth right now. Lord, we thank you for all the blessings you have poured upon us over the years. You are an AWESOME God we serve. We pray that we will never sin against thee. We can’t thank you enough. As life goes on, we will remember each other in prayer, in Jesus’ name we pray,

Amen.

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:7 [King James Version]

As always: Remember to stay strong, stay on top of your game everyday and like I said in my first chapter, Don't back down for anyone! Keep living for our Lord Jesus Christ!

Until Next Time,
-Victor

P.S. I wish everyone good luck here in America. Continue to live right and eventually, God will bless. All of the Males and the Females! 2006 FOREVER!!!
***A CLASS TO REMEMBER***
-LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!-
~In The Name of Jesus!~

The Legacy of My Uncle

This is a story about my late uncle. He was a preacher and my pastor. I have knew him well ever since I was a toddler. Every time I attend church, I listened to him preach the Word of God. Although I joined a Baptist church when I was an infant, Elder Donald Bowden had been a preacher at a local non-denominational church with the holiness doctrine. I know him for a long time. It first started in a church home. It was a regular-sized house. We worshiped there for a while. Not only I enjoyed listening to them, but he was a great Christian minister who was perfectly used by God on ALL occasions. He also enjoyed helping the poor and those who were in need. His heart was always warm inside. He was a devout Christian and he NEVER set one foot out of his faith. He was a true man of God. He always visits nursing homes to show love and care for the people there. He even preached the gospel and sing songs to them and the rest of the family did too. Bowden even invited ministers from other churches to preach at his church. He even preach at other churches too. And guess what, I enjoyed listening to the preachers he invited as well. We didn't worship at the little church forever, so Elder Donald Bowden thought of a master plan. He made a suggestion for us to make donations for bricks to build a new church. So we made donations. While the church was under construction, my brother and I went with my grandfather to help him with the church. Years before, he held a fund-raising carnival on the land of the future church. Though we were still at the church house at the time, we were still preparing for the new church building. I am forever grateful for him bring the gospel to me. Better yet, I am thankful for a man like him and God deserves all of the praise from us. He always buy bread for the church and many more things. We even went on trips with the church. I will always remember, cherish, and reminisce on the good times I had with my uncle. His legacy will carry on, but NO ONE can clone him whatsoever. He knew which buttons to push and he knew what went wrong. He is now in the Hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope we meet each other again because only God can do it. Thank you all for listening to me and I am wishing you a blessed one.

Be God's.
-Victor