{"id":481,"date":"2017-09-28T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T11:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/?p=481"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:23:18","slug":"longing-to-return-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/2017\/09\/28\/longing-to-return-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Longing to Return  2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During our time in Georgia we have been helping Dad to get used to the idea of mom being gone. \u00a0We are also expecting our fourth child and were thinking of having her in Senegal. \u00a0However, doctors said that there may be some complications. \u00a0After much prayer, Charles and I decided to stay in the states until after she is born.<\/p>\n<p>We are longing to return to Senegal. \u00a0We did not want to be away right now but circumstances have led us here and we are following God&#8217;s leading. \u00a0The good news is that in our absence, some local believers are growing in their roles as leaders. \u00a0It is also good for the community to see them as leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, they have cleared off the church property and praying together for what God has for the future, a building perhaps? \u00a0They have also celebrated a baptism. \u00a0Several people were recently baptized and it seems from the pictures that we missed a joyous celebration. \u00a0We are longing to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our time in Georgia we have been helping Dad to get used to the idea of mom being gone. \u00a0We are also expecting our fourth child and were thinking of having her in Senegal. \u00a0However, doctors said that there may be some complications. \u00a0After much prayer, Charles and I decided to stay in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":681,"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":[1],"tags":[112230],"class_list":{"0":"post-481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/heather-badiane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}