Dear Mr. Phillips,

I am writing to thank you for all you do. My family and I participated in the Jamestown 400 treasure hunt. We were elated to find that we were in the top 1000 to finish Phase I. My oldest two children worked with me in the wee hours of the morning to try to finish Phase II. We did, but we thought we were too late, surely others had finished much earlier than us. Imagine our surprise and elation when we discovered we were in the top 100! Sadly, we weren’t able to attend the physical hunt. Just after Phase II ended our family needed to travel to care for my husband’s parents and try to gather a celebration for their 50th wedding anniversary. It was a celebration indeed because just a month before we didn’t know if my father-in-law would even be alive on that day. Praise God he is recovering. We prayed for the finances to be able to attend the Jamestown Quadricentennial Celebration, but we simply couldn’t afford it. However, we found our treasure, worth far more than any number of gold coins, and I wanted to share it with you.

Our family joined an online group with other Jamestown 400 treasure hunters and through this group of amazing people we were ministered to and blessed beyond measure. Not only did we share treasure hunt related information, but we also shared our lives with each other. One of my posts to the group referred to our struggle with whether or not we should continue to homeschool. I was tired, exhausted really. My husband was supportive in our 8 years of homeschooling, but I was doing it on my own. The participants of the online group, all brought together because of the Jamestown 400, reached out to us in words and in prayer. Some sent us books and magazine subscriptions, and one contacted Vision Forum on our behalf. We received from Vision Forum 5 cd’s with messages that convicted, encouraged, and enlightened us.

I am writing with tears, as I tell you that our family is changed forever. My husband is back in charge of our family. He is taking a leading role in educating our children, and while I’ll still do the day-to-day work, he is making the how and why decisions for us. He has been leading the children in bible memory verses. He has begun planning our family’s future. He even has a vasectomy reversal scheduled later this month, and we pray that God will bless us with more children. He told me he feels like he’s standing at the foot of Mount Everest and needs to climb it, but at least now he can see the top. The prayers of the members of the online group, and the messages we received from Vision Forum have changed our family’s course, all as a result of the Jamestown 400. I wonder if you even dreamed of the impact it would have on the lives of the participants.

Words are not enough to convey how grateful we are to you and all who serve at Vision Forum. Our deepest thanks to you and your wife, for dreaming the dream and acting on it. May God continue to bless you. Sincerely, T.B.