{"id":1724,"date":"2012-12-11T15:53:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2012-12-11T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:53:53","slug":"the-oasis-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/12\/11\/the-oasis-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oasis In the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t know that we could be in paradise while living in the desert, but this past week has been that. \u00a0Words can’t express what a blessing this time has already been and it has only begun. \u00a0It is amazing to be in our home with family celebrating Christmas. \u00a0Joel and his dad have been working on projects and have successfully brought running water to our house! \u00a0The boys are filled with Joy to have some much time with their Grandparents. \u00a0Ethan told me that even if he got no presents this Christmas, just having Grandma and Grandpa here was special enough. \u00a0There is not much more I can say to express how amazing this week has been, so I will let the pictures speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

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We celebrated Thanksgiving together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Decorated for Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With homemade crafts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frosted lots of cookies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And maybe snatched a few bits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Read Stories together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But mostly are just enjoying every moment we have together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These moments for us are rare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But we are grateful for every moment!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t know that we could be in paradise while living in the desert, but this past week has been that. \u00a0Words can’t express what a blessing this time has already been and it has only begun. \u00a0It is amazing to be in our home with family celebrating Christmas. \u00a0Joel and his dad have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":830,"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":[2545],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-updates-and-news","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}