{"id":1442,"date":"2013-08-17T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T19:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2013-08-17T15:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T19:40:14","slug":"dont-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/2013\/08\/17\/dont-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1452 alignleft\" title=\"REB-2368\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/files\/2013\/08\/REB-23682.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of our NTM missionaries called me a few days ago.\u00a0 He said, \u201cRuth, Don\u2019t ever Quit!\u00a0 We don\u2019t know the answers to some of these questions, and we need you.\u00a0 So don\u2019t quit!\u00a0 No matter how hard it gets. Remember our Savior\u00a0 \u2013 He didn\u2019t quit!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We talked through his questions. Then, just before hanging up, he said, \u201cGreet Dave for me. And tell him not to quit either!\u00a0 We need him even more than you!\u00a0 We would be at a loss without computers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We weren&#8217;t\u00a0thinking of quitting, but wow, what a powerful reminder!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The picture in this post is representative of not quitting. Fort Mantazas in St. Augustine was built in the 1740&#8217;s and manned by small companies as the first line of defense for the city.\u00a0 Rugged living for those soldiers,\u00a0with great isolation for long periods.\u00a0 Maybe some individuals\u00a0quit, but the Fort stands as a testament to all\u00a0who remained faithful.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our NTM missionaries called me a few days ago.\u00a0 He said, \u201cRuth, Don\u2019t ever Quit!\u00a0 We don\u2019t know the answers to some of these questions, and we need you.\u00a0 So don\u2019t quit!\u00a0 No matter how hard it gets. Remember our Savior\u00a0 \u2013 He didn\u2019t quit!\u201d We talked through his questions. Then, just before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[1700,1708],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-daves-ministry-computers","category-ruths-ministry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-brendle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}