{"id":1814,"date":"2025-12-19T15:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:29:42","slug":"a-milestone-42-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/2025\/12\/19\/a-milestone-42-years-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"A milestone 42 years in the making!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December is a month that seems to sparkle a little brighter with Christmas lights, the joy of our Emmanuel, God <em>WITH<\/em> us, and those quiet moments when we look back on the year. But this December feels extra special for us. Forty\u2011two years ago we stepped off a plane in Panama as two young, wide\u2011eyed missionaries. We were trusting\u00a0God to somehow use our lives and were completely unaware of the adventure God was about to unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-600x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1815\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-600x482.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-125x100.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-250x201.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card-315x253.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/files\/2025\/12\/First-Prayer-Card.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our first prayer card picture, 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve watched ministry stretch and shift in ways we never could\u2019ve imagined\u2014from an isolated little jungle village in Panama to circling the globe, from working in one language to many, from simple hands\u2011on ministry tools to software and digital communication. Through all that change, a couple of things have stayed the same: the desire God planted in our hearts for people to have full access to His Word in their own language, and the incredible gift of partners who pray, encourage, and give so generously. Your partnership is woven right into this milestone, and we\u2019re so grateful for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December is a month that seems to sparkle a little brighter with Christmas lights, the joy of our Emmanuel, God WITH us, and those quiet moments when we look back on the year. But this December feels extra special for us. Forty\u2011two years ago we stepped off a plane in Panama as two young, wide\u2011eyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"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":[43,406,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-1814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-gods-word","8":"tag-prayer","9":"tag-travel","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jerry-mcdaniels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}