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My grandmother had a bad fall and is in the hospital. Please please pray

My mom started to tear up while reciting the Apostles Creed as she was looking through my prayer cards. I hope she will convert.

Pray for me, I'm going through a horrible time.

The industrial revolution did not begin in Birmingham in 1760 It began in Zaandam in 1592 Cornelis Corneliszoon invented the wind-powered sawmill Planks became uniform, ships became modular, and the Dutch merchant fleet scaled faster than any navy could match They built hull before frame Craftsmen became line workers And build time dropped from 12 months to 4 By 1670 the Dutch Republic owned half of all European merchant capacity Yards ran year-round on Baltic timber and Swedish iron while competitors waited for seasonal supply England and France bought their ships from the Dutch The country that would later surpass them learned how from them first