There is always spiritual inspiration in the Universe. Once upon a time, we didn't know of the truth, but the grace of God allowed to see the light, as the true light is from the triune Almighty God who created the Universe in general. Once upon a time, we didn't know about religious deception, about the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, and the importance of holiness, but we know about these concepts presently. This inspiration comes from the fact of human resiliency. William Tyndale knew of the risks of translating the Bible in the English language. Yet, he didn't succumb to fear or intimidation by the establishment. Tyndale proceeded to translate the Bible into English so the poor and anyone in general can have the opportunity to read the Bible free from theocratic tyranny. Back in the Middle Ages in Europe, mostly the clergy people, the upper middle class, and the rich had access to the Bible. Tyndale and others in Europe would help to change that reality. Harriet Tubman was a faithful follower of God who freed slaves and led an army to fight the Confederate enemy in Combahee, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. Harriet Tubman was strong and purely inspired by God to set people free from evil bondage. Harriet Tubman would stand up for civil rights, abolitionism, and women's suffrage in America. Later, we see the many leaders who fought against the evil of Nazism during World War, those religious voices who spoke out during the Civil Rights Movement, and people in our generation opposing racial injustice and the illegal, excessive actions done by ICE (done not only against undocumented human beings but American citizens too). The fundamental truth is that all human beings will experience adversity among varying degrees. No one who lives on this Earth will escape death. That is why it is important to keep as much discernment during moments of adversity and never waver in our commitment to follow moral principles and God's moral truths. There are paraplegics who have world records at various events, there are people with massive diseases (with tons of pain) who have PhD.s, and there are those can't speak a word because of illness who know the cosmos in intricate detail. Therefore, that reality should never make us lose hope at all. We should never give up and grow our inspiration to help ourselves and others around. Anyone can have all of the money in the world, but if that person's character is wicked, then that money doesn't mean a thing. Therefore, character and accountability matters. How we treat people in private matters, how we engage with society when the cameras aren't around matters, and blessings others without fanfare always matters. Therefore, will always fight for justice, we will always believe in the Dream, and we will have hop for the future.
In any generation, there is always a remnant of people who not only spread the Gospel but stand up for righteousness too. There are many people who mention that they are the only people on Earth who has the truth or exposing certain things. That is certainly not true, because God always has a remnant speaking the same truths that we are speaking now. For example, Ed Decker was a former Freemason and former Mormon who embraced the Gospel after he left both Masonry and Mormonism. Decker said the story about he accused Masons in Scotland trying to poison him with arsenic over his public dissent of Freemasonry. Freemasonry has members like Albert Pike, who was a former Confederate general, a racist who didn't want voting rights for black Americans, and the author of Morals and Dogma, which is very influential in Scottish Rite Freemasonry and other Masonic orders. Masonic swear oath invoking death (even if not to be taken literally), claims that other false gods are just one expression of the one true God, and claims to have the true light (when Jesus Christ said that he is the light of the world). Many people spoke out against Masonry like Charles Finney and William Morgan. You have many prophets and other religious leaders speaking out against occult secret societies, against the recreational usage of drugs, against racial injustice, against notorious heresies (like amillennialism, works alone based salvation, anti-Trinitarianism, justifying adultery and other immoral actions, the veneration of images or statues, transubstantiation, etc.). Many of the remnant are in YouTube and outside of YouTube. You don't have to be famous to be great. You don't have to seek massive popularity to be loved by God. You just need a loving heart who seeks righteousness, holiness, justice, and saving souls globally. Saving global was a command from Jesus Christ before his ascension into Heaven almost 2,000 years ago.
Are we living in the latter days? The answer to that question is a resounding yes. If you would have told me back in 1999, that the 21st century would have the original Twin Towers destroyed, Russia illegally invading Ukraine, the majority of the American public opposing Israel's policy in Gaza, the rise of the MAGA fascist movement headed by Trump, and a pandemic that killed millions of people worldwide including over 1 million people in America, I would have believed that person. Yet, this is the reality that we live in, because since World War II, technology has increased rapidly. The seven churches are not only descriptions of prophecy. It relates to the many personalities found in churches to this day.
Engineering is one of the most important topics of world history. From building buildings to studying mathematical formulas, engineering gives us wisdom about how many aspects of the world work. Engineering has helped STEM geniuses to process information and evaluate which forms of infrastructure will work best to help the human race. Engineering helps creative material substitution and design optimization via innovation. We know much of the history of some of the greatest engineers in human history. Imhotep of ancient Egypt designed the Egyptian Step Pyramid of Djoser around 2,700 B.C. as the world's first recorded architect and engineer. Archimedes invented the screw pump, compound pulleys, and many principles of hydrostatics and mechanics. Li Bing created the massive Djiangyman irrigation system in the 3rd century B.C. in China, which remains operational today. There was Mary Jackson was NASA's first black woman engineer. Even Leonardo da Vinci sketched visionary concepts for flying machines, bridges, and armored vehicles which look centuries ahead of their time. John Smeaton and Isambard Kingdom Brunel were expert engineers too. Annie Easley coded software for the Centaur rocket stage and researched alternative energy conversion. Nikola Tesla, the Wright Brothers, Charles Babbage, Granville T. Woods, Lewis Howard Latimer, Elijah McCoy, and other people contributed a great deal in engineering too. In our times filled with A.I. and climate change, we have to use engineering in a constructive fashion to better our world in a prodigious fashion.
Beyonce has made many ventures in her life. In 2012, Beyoncé held a fundraiser for Obama's presidential campaign and voted for him in the presidential election. Three years later, Beyoncé attended a celebrity fundraiser for 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and headlined in a concert for Clinton the weekend before the election. She endorsed the bid of Beto O'Rourke during the 2018 US Senate election in Texas. Beyoncé endorsed Joe Biden for president during the 2020 election and Kamala Harris in 2024, giving the latter permission to use "Freedom" as the official song for her presidential campaign. In December 2012, Beyoncé joined a coalition of celebrities in the "Demand a Plan" campaign—an initiative led by US mayors to urge federal action on gun control legislation following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Beyoncé has spoken against police brutality toward African-Americans. She attended a 2013 rally after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, and featured the mothers of Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner holding photos of their deceased sons in the music video for "Freedom." Her 2016 single "Formation" was interpreted as a critique of law enforcement, though she clarified it was a celebration of her heritage. Performing the song during the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show, with dancers dressed in outfits referencing the Black Panther Party, sparked backlash from conservative figures and law enforcement groups. Beyoncé responded to the criticism by selling "Boycott Beyoncé" merchandise on her tour. In 1999, Beyoncé, her mother Tina Knowles, and former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland established the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Beyoncé, Solange, Tina, and Rowland co-founded the Survivor Foundation to offer transitional housing for displaced families and support the construction of new homes. They extended aid after Hurricane Ike in 2008, with Beyoncé donating $100,000 to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund. In 2007, she launched the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments, a housing development that accommodates 43 displaced individuals.
After learning about Phoenix House—a nonprofit focused on drug and alcohol rehabilitation—during the filming of Cadillac Records in 2008, Beyoncé donated her entire $4 million salary from the film to the organization. She later founded the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center, a program at Phoenix House that provides a cosmetology training course. Beyoncé and Jay-Z donated tens of thousands of dollars to post bail for Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, and contributed to building the infrastructure needed to establish BLM chapters across the US. In April 2016, she pledged to fund ten college scholarships for students in financial need. In June, she donated over $82,000 to the United Way of Genesee County to assist victims of the Flint water crisis and provided financial support for fourteen Michigan students pursuing higher education. That August, Beyoncé and Jay-Z donated $1.5 million to civil rights organizations including BLM, Hands Up United, and the Trayvon Martin Foundation. In August 2017, during Hurricane Harvey, Beyoncé launched BeyGood Houston to support those affected and donated $75,000 worth of new mattresses to survivors. Later that month, she released a remix of J Balvin and Willy William's "Mi Gente", pledging all proceeds to disaster relief efforts across Puerto Rico, Mexico, the US, and the Caribbean in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as the Chiapas and Puebla earthquakes. In April 2020, Beyoncé donated $6 million to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, UCLA, and local community-based organizations to provide mental health and wellness services for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. She featured on the remix of Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage" (2020), with proceeds supporting Bread of Life Houston's COVID-19 relief efforts.
Beyoncé worked with the Feminist Coalition in the End SARS movement in Nigeria to cover medical costs for injured protestors, legal fees for arrested protestors, and resources for those in need. Beyoncé also supports the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, ShutItAllDown in Namibia, Zimbabwean Lives Matter in Zimbabwe, and the Rape National Emergency in Liberia. In December 2020, Beyoncé donated $500,000 to alleviate the housing crisis in the US caused by the cessation of the eviction moratorium. In partnership with BeyGood, in 2024 she introduced an annual grant program to support cosmetology students and professional hair stylists with financial assistance. In January 2025, she donated $2.5 million to Los Angeles fire relief funds amidst the wildfires that month in Southern California. In 2005, Beyoncé and Tina launched House of Deréon, a women's fashion line inspired by three generations of women in their family. The two also established Beyond Productions to handle licensing and brand management for House of Deréon and its junior line, Deréon. The collection features sportswear, denim offerings with fur, outerwear, and accessories like handbags and footwear. In 2005, Beyoncé partnered with House of Brands, a footwear company, to produce a range of shoes for House of Deréon. Beyoncé acquired LVMH's stake in SirDavis in August 2026, becoming the sole owner of the brand.[656] In October 2024, Levi's launched a four-part global campaign titled "Reiimagine" with Beyoncé, spotlighting women's history with the company and featuring her Cowboy Carter track "Levii's Jeans." In May 2026, Beyoncé co-chaired the Met Gala alongside Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams, which Vogue announced in December 2025. The event, themed "Costume Art", marked her first Met Gala appearance since 2016.
There is information about my late 4th cousin Theodore Roosevelt Satchell Jr., who was born in May 10, 1942. His parents were Theodore Roosevelt Satchell (b. 1923) and Elaine Virginia Willis (b. 1925). The parents of Theodore Roosevelt Satchell were Andrew Phillips Satchell (1897-1957) and Annie M. Bailey (1891-1986). The parents of Andrew Phillips Satchell were Jackson Satchell (b. 1845) and Harriet Susan Kelley (1860-1927). The parents of Harriet Susan Kelley were George Kelly (b. 1830) and Easter Perkins (1840-1910). The parents of my 3rd great-grandaunt Easter Perkins were my 4th great-grandparents of George Perkins (b. 1814) and Esther Perkins (b. 1816). Theodore Roosevelt Satchell Jr.'s wife was Doris Smith. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his daughter, Jamie Cross, and a special cousin that was more like a sister, Isabella Six, both of South Bend, IN. Theodore leaves behind to cherish his memories, his devoted and loving wife of 54 years, Doris Satchell; sons, Darren Satchell of New York and Kevin Roulhac of Clarksville, TN; daughters: Dawn Satchell (Kenny) Drain, Shana Satchell (Brian) Parker, and Deidra Johnson, all of Clarksville, TN, and Alacyn Smith of South Bend, IN; 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He had no siblings, but he had special brothers and sisters-in-law who were always there for him.
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