{"id":217721,"date":"2024-12-01T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=217721"},"modified":"2024-12-01T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:26:38","slug":"letter-to-family-and-friends-in-bolans-village-st-marys-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-to-family-and-friends-in-bolans-village-st-marys-parish\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: to family and friends in Bolans Village, St. Mary’s Parish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Letter to family and friends in Bolans Village, St. Mary’s Parish<\/p>

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I want to ask readers a question before I begin, what do you think about the excessive amount of money people pay on funerals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am against paying substantial amount of money on a dead body and funerals. <\/p>

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I believe that when I die, no money from me or another shall be used to pay for any coffin, no money shall be paid to a church for its use, no money shall be paid to a pastor to preach God’s words, and no money shall be paid for a coffin (please get an old box thrown out by the grocery store and put my body in that or in nothing at all).<\/p>

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No money (mine or yours) shall be paid for show or what you call respect while I am dead. It must never ever happen. Do not even use an expensive suit. You can bury me naked. Folks alive need clothes on this planet, that have nothing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I die, I want my money to be given to family, and to help my community. To help provide medical care to those alive that are sick, feed those that are alive but hungry, to educate those that are alive but want to progress morally, not spent on my dead body. <\/p>

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So, whether the funeral would have cost $20,000 to $100,000 (I have no clue what funeral cost and I will never know) but that money should not be used on my dead and non-existing self. People alive need it, not my dead body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, no matter if I have $1ec and $5usd or whether I have $11 million EC and $20 million USD, or whatever the amount I may have on my debt. My funeral should not cost more than $1 (1 dollar) and that is still too much. I am dead. Folks who are alive needs medication, food, education, and other necessities. <\/p>

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Get a true pastor of God, he\/she would not demand or want or hope for payment for the burial of a dead useless body. Find a church (hopefully, valley church) but a church made up of true Godly people who would not demand money for using the church for a funeral service of a dead body.<\/p>

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Any person who violates my will would not be in my will and trust. No matter what I have accomplished while I am alive, I do not want any extravagant funeral on my dead body while people are alive and are still suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I continue to help in my way, and this is just my way of helping. Find people that genuinely loves you and will sacrifice for you. You deserve so much more<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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