{"id":233,"date":"2011-01-21T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/?p=233"},"modified":"2011-01-21T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T19:33:35","slug":"2011-let-the-transition-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/2011\/01\/21\/2011-let-the-transition-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 &#8211; Let the Transition Begin&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">We are so thankful to the Lord for faithfully guiding us through another year.\u00a0 A year ago Lisa and I were still getting over the shock of having two daughters married less than three months apart.\u00a0 Then adjusting to our \u201cempty nest\u201d when Nathan when back to school in August. Now we are trying to get used to the idea of becoming grandparents.\u00a0 Tim &amp; Nicole are expecting a baby boy on May 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though a lot of change has taken place in our family this past year and a half we are anticipating 2011 to be a year where we will be facing probably the hardest transitions we have ever faced.\u00a0 We will be packing up and uprooted from our home of 11 years to move to a place we have never even visited.\u00a0 It will be difficult to leave our children in the USA but even more so leaving a grandson.\u00a0 We will be adjusting to a completely different culture and learning a new brand of Portuguese.\u00a0 We realize that our bodies are not as strong as when we first went to the field and quality medical help is not as readily available as it was even in Brazil.\u00a0 We certainly foresee times of discouragement due to homesickness and culture shock.\u00a0 It is comforting to know that our God will never leave us or forsake us and that He is already in Africa preparing the way for us.\u00a0 We certainly do not want negative feelings and circumstances to deter us from allowing God to use us to reach people groups in Southeast Africa with the Good News of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-236  \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_4942-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"My Office didn't take long to clean out but the house...another story....\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Office didn&#39;t take long to clean out but the house...another story....<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-237 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"What to get rid of, what to store, what to take...?\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/01\/IMG_5098-188x250.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What to get rid of, what to store, what to take...?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are so thankful to the Lord for faithfully guiding us through another year.\u00a0 A year ago Lisa and I were still getting over the shock of having two daughters married less than three months apart.\u00a0 Then adjusting to our \u201cempty nest\u201d when Nathan when back to school in August. 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