{"id":3214,"date":"2020-12-31T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2021-01-26T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:58:11","slug":"covid-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/2020\/12\/31\/covid-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Christmas was going to look and be different due to covid.\u00a0 We knew that; it was expected &#8230; but little did we know what God was going to do for us!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We were able to spend time with my sister, Debbie, who had recently lost her husband the end of November.<\/li>\n<li>We were able to visit other family members and a few friends &#8211; one on one &#8211; keeping our distance for the sake of their health.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/McCargar-family-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/McCargar-family-2.jpg 187w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/McCargar-family-2-79x110.jpg 79w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/McCargar-family-2-180x250.jpg 180w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/McCargar-family-2-182x253.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/>We were able to celebrate our Lord&#8217;s birth with Holly and her family (what joy!) although not at my aunt&#8217;s farm, as is tradition, due to her furnace going out.\u00a0 \u00a0(Aunt Phyllis thought the space heaters would not keep it warm enough for our grandkids, the youngest being only two months old but we went anyway for a short visit.)<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3218\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2.jpg 593w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2-125x86.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2-250x172.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-jantz\/files\/2021\/01\/Olsen-Grands-1-2-367x253.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/>And then HE opened a window of good weather for us to travel out to see Heather and her family.\u00a0 What a blessing and a gift that was to us!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We had made our plans, but God always seems to tweak or totally change those plans &#8230; all for His glory! \u00a0We trust your Christmas was just as blessed as ours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Christmas was going to look and be different due to covid.\u00a0 We knew that; it was expected &#8230; but little did we know what God was going to do for us! 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