I have discovered a lot of communities have local caching groups that have a lot of fun together, so recently I decided to create a Geocaching Facebook group for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties. I hope that it will be a fruitful endeavor as we build and grow a friendly caching group.
I don’t know where you are from, whether you’re from the area or if you were just passing through, but if you are interested in becoming a member, check the group out at Lynchburg Virginia (VA) Area Geocachers.
We would enjoy having you, and feel free to in invite anyone else from the area as members of this group.
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Lottie Moon Loved China (爱中国)
Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon (Dec 12, 1840 – Dec 24, 1912) was a missionary to China who spent nearly 40 years (1873–1912) living and working in China. Born on a tobacco plantation near Scottsville, VA, Lottie grew to be petite 4' 3" tall woman.
In 1861 Lottie received one of the first Master of Arts degrees awarded to a woman by a southern institution. She spoke numerous languages: Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. She was also fluent in reading Hebrew.
Lottie's younger sister Edmonia accepted a call to go to North China as the first single woman Baptist missionary in 1872. Lottie soon felt called to follow her sister to China. On July 7, 1873, 32-year-old Lottie was appointed as a missionary to China.
Throughout her career, Moon faced plague, famine, revolution, and war. During the First Sino-Japanese War (1894), the Boxer Rebellion (1900) and the Chinese Nationalist uprising (which overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911), Lottie shared her personal finances and food with anyone in need around her, severely affecting both her physical and mental health.
In 1912, she only weighed 50 pounds. Alarmed, her coworkers arranged for her to be sent back home to the United States. However, Lottie Moon died from starvation en route at the age of 72, on December 24, 1912, in the harbor of Kobe, Japan. Her body was cremated and returned to her family. Lottie Moon's remains are interred in Crewe, Virginia.
Find the nearby Thomas graves...they are related to Lottie, but is not related to the location of the cache.