{"id":4272,"date":"2010-08-20T08:13:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2010-08-20T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T12:13:32","slug":"living-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2010\/08\/20\/living-the-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A boy from Thailand's So people group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have your dreams ever come true?<\/p>\n

When I graduated from high school, I dreamed of becoming a globe-trotting journalist. With Julie and I planning to go to Thailand in October \u2014 my fifth trip overseas with NTM \u2014 it sounds like I\u2019m living my dream.<\/p>\n

I am \u2026 but I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t misunderstand \u2013 I love the work God has called me to, and I enjoy traveling. What makes what I\u2019m living today different from my dream is my motivation.<\/p>\n

I wanted to be a globe-trotting journalist so I could have great experiences. Today, I want to share those experiences so people get involved in what God is doing.<\/p>\n

I wanted to get stories in far-away places, because it\u2019s an ego-boost to be the first to know, and to be the one sharing stories. Now I want to share stories because they glorify God and help others glorify Him.<\/p>\n

In short, I wanted to be a globe-trotting journalist for me. Now I do it for God.<\/p>\n

Yes, I really do feel like I\u2019m living the dream. It\u2019s not always dreamy, but I\u2019m where God wants me, doing what He wants me to do, and that\u2019s a great place to be.<\/p>\n

Find out more about our trip, and how you can help >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have your dreams ever come true? When I graduated from high school, I dreamed of becoming a globe-trotting journalist. With Julie and I planning to go to Thailand in October \u2014 my fifth trip overseas with NTM \u2014 it sounds like I\u2019m living my dream. I am \u2026 but I\u2019m not. Don\u2019t misunderstand \u2013 I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"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":[4],"tags":[1262],"class_list":{"0":"post-4272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-thailand","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}