{"id":1312,"date":"2018-12-11T19:03:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2018-12-11T21:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:18:24","slug":"open-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/2018\/12\/11\/open-tabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Does your brain ever feel like there is so much going on that you have a hard time keeping things straight?\u00a0 <\/span>How about keeping the worry at bay when it\u2019s so busy?\u00a0 <\/span>My brain has felt like a computer screen with many browser windows open or a book with many bookmarks.\u00a0 <\/span>The above picture is my cookbook with recipes marked that I want to try but I\u2019m finding it hard to find time to try them all.\u00a0 <\/span>There just isn\u2019t enough days, energy or brain power to do it all.<\/p>\n

When I went to bed last night I couldn\u2019t seem to close the browser windows.\u00a0 <\/span>I wanted to try all the recipes in my head so I could remove the tabs and say “done”.\u00a0 <\/span>But they just wouldn\u2019t go.\u00a0 <\/span>I have found myself in prayer a lot lately and again that is where I ended up last night as I fell asleep.<\/p>\n

As hard as these days have been I feel that God is asking me to draw close to Him.\u00a0 <\/span>To seek Him through His Word and to talk to Him about all that is on my heart.\u00a0 <\/span>I am thankful for the comfort I can find in Him during these times.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u00a0 <\/span>God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.\u00a0 <\/span>He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others.\u201d 2 Corinthians 2:3-4<\/h4>\n

Would you bring the many tabs I have open in my brain before the Lord with me?<\/p>\n

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  • Erick and his recovery from his accident including surgery to remove part of his skull to relieve pressure.<\/li>\n
  • Chuck\u2019s lesson writing.\u00a0 <\/span>He has had very little time with the 3 people that work with him on the Bible lessons as they are wife, brother and sister-in-law to Erick.<\/li>\n
  • Chuck to finish writing the 40 Bible lessons he has planned by Christmas.\u00a0 <\/span>35 down only 5 to go.<\/li>\n
  • Papon, a 20 yr old young man from our village with ongoing kidney issues.<\/li>\n
  • Rain. \u00a0We have had very little rain over the last 3 months. \u00a0With an El Nino about to begin the lack of rain is supposed to persist until May. \u00a0We don’t think our village water source will last that long.<\/li>\n
  • Tourist Visa extensions. \u00a0How long to extend our stay? \u00a0Money to pay for it.<\/li>\n
  • Many friends dealing with cancer.<\/li>\n
  • Elijah as he tries to find a job and find his \u2018place’ in Ontario.<\/li>\n
  • Kyle as he spends his first Christmas away from his parents and siblings.<\/li>\n
  • Hala as she keeps busy with crafts and reading waiting for our return to Ontario.<\/li>\n
  • Charlotte as she is really struggling with concentration on her school work.<\/li>\n
  • Sophia, Jenna and Bea as we finish up our school year soon and plan for something else.<\/li>\n
  • Me, Shannon, as teach the kids and balance all my roles.<\/li>\n
  • Me, again, I\u2019m missing my boys.<\/li>\n
  • Our future.\u00a0 <\/span>It doesn\u2019t have any answers besides leaving the Philippines between March-May 2019.\u00a0 <\/span>Questions we have:\n
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    • where will we live?<\/li>\n
    • will we stay with Ethnos Canada?<\/li>\n
    • what should we take with us?<\/li>\n
    • how do we get rid of all our stuff?<\/li>\n
    • will other co-workers join the Easton\u2019s?<\/li>\n
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                  Does your brain ever feel like there is so much going on that you have a hard time keeping things straight?\u00a0 How about keeping the worry at bay when it\u2019s so busy?\u00a0 My brain has felt like a computer screen with many browser windows open or a book with many bookmarks.\u00a0 The above picture is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[3,4,3376],"tags":[448],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-family","7":"category-ministry","8":"category-prayer-request","9":"tag-ethnos360","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chuck-shannon-talbot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}