{"id":231,"date":"2010-12-01T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/?p=231"},"modified":"2010-12-01T12:21:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:21:48","slug":"thanksgiving-chirstmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/2010\/12\/01\/thanksgiving-chirstmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving &amp; Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00323.JPG\" alt=\"Pies\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00323.JPG 240w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00323-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pie selection was WONDERFUL!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are SO BLESSED!\u00a0 Thanksgiving was a wonderful day.\u00a0 We got to spend it out at the boarding school where we are going to work.\u00a0 The day was filled with wonderful co-workers, family, yummy food &amp; lots of fun (a softball game).\u00a0 As missionaries we are constantly reminded of our blessings&#8230;monthly we depend on the Lord working in the lives of others to support us both financially\u00a0and with prayer &amp; encouragement.\u00a0 This year has been good &amp; we were excited to share this tradition of Thanksgiving with some of our Brazilian friends.\u00a0 They liked the idea of taking a day to remember all that the Lord has done for them.\u00a0 We do too. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00327.JPG\" alt=\"Grandparents' tree\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00327.JPG 320w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2010\/12\/DSC00327-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan, Summer &amp; Josiah in front of Grandma &amp; Papa&#39;s Christmas tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is on it&#8217;s way.\u00a0 Joel&#8217;s parents had the kids help them put up their Christmas tree.\u00a0 Needless to say, we had some laughs.\u00a0 I wish I had gotten a picture of when they first started&#8230;they actually put the branches that go on the bottom, on the top.\u00a0 And not just one or two&#8230;.there were quite a few up there!\u00a0 And Joel &amp; his dad were helping&#8230;and they thought it was right.\u00a0 Hehehe!\u00a0 We ladies just sat and laughed. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Christmas is on it&#8217;s way and so are we.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s time for us to move AGAIN.\u00a0 This should be the last time for a couple of years.\u00a0 We are heading out to PQQ next week.\u00a0 We are excited.\u00a0 Although we do have a couple of prayer request too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Please pray-<\/p>\n<p>-that all the details will work out for our move\u00a0(finding a moving truck, the river level will be high enough for us to use the launch [large boat], etc.)<\/p>\n<p>-that we will be able to afford all these extra expenses this month (moving costs)<\/p>\n<p>-that we&#8217;ll take the time to remember the REASON FOR THE SEASON<\/p>\n<p>-that our kids will once again adjust well to a new home &amp; environment<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do my best to get pictures up of our new place as soon as I can.\u00a0 But please be patient&#8230;we have a LOT going on.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Thanks for understanding!\u00a0 And Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are SO BLESSED!\u00a0 Thanksgiving was a wonderful day.\u00a0 We got to spend it out at the boarding school where we are going to work.\u00a0 The day was filled with wonderful co-workers, family, yummy food &amp; lots of fun (a softball game).\u00a0 As missionaries we are constantly reminded of our blessings&#8230;monthly we depend on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}