{"id":290,"date":"2011-03-11T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/?p=290"},"modified":"2011-03-11T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T15:03:12","slug":"the-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/2011\/03\/11\/the-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/files\/2011\/03\/DSCF2361.JPG\" alt=\"Joel measuring the water height...this is the best pic of the Launch though. :)\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2011\/03\/DSCF2361.JPG 320w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2011\/03\/DSCF2361-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel measuring the water height...this is the best pic of the Launch though. \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">What is &#8216;the Launch&#8217; you ask?\u00a0 It is the large boat just behind Joel.\u00a0 It belongs to the school &amp; is the way in which we buy our supplies for the month, get the students to and from town in order to travel, and occasionally it&#8217;s the transportation for a little fun (like going on camping trips) too.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">However, lately we have been without the use of this nice, large boat.\u00a0 A few months back the Launch was on it&#8217;s way home from a shopping trip in town when it got stopped.\u00a0 As it turned out, the paperwork was never done properly &amp; it is now illegal for us to use it in town.\u00a0 So the mission is now in the process of trying to get it\u00a0all legal.\u00a0 This doesn&#8217;t sound like it would be a big deal, but let me tell you- it is VERY BIG\u00a0DEAL.\u00a0 The paperwork process is slow, hard, and there are soooooo many hoops to go though.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">Please pray with us that this will be resolved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>soon.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Not being able to use the Launch has been a big problem for the school &amp; the families living here.\u00a0 Not only is it just a hassle to work around (think about needing to buy supplies for 40 kids&#8230;shampoo, soap, food, toilet paper, etc.), but it&#8217;s a financial burden as well (it&#8217;s much cheaper for us to all use the Launch for a day trip to town &amp; split the cost, rather than just a few people going to town in smaller boats).\u00a0 And please pray that we&#8217;ll all have the stamina to do what we need to do until we get the use of the Launch again.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><strong><em>Thank you!!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;the Launch&#8217; you ask?\u00a0 It is the large boat just behind Joel.\u00a0 It belongs to the school &amp; is the way in which we buy our supplies for the month, get the students to and from town in order to travel, and occasionally it&#8217;s the transportation for a little fun (like going on [&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":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","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=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}