{"id":397,"date":"2011-03-24T00:49:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T04:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/?p=397"},"modified":"2011-03-24T00:49:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T04:49:04","slug":"enjoying-friends-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/2011\/03\/24\/enjoying-friends-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Friends &amp; Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-404  \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n.jpg\" alt=\"Lunch with Mark &amp; Amy\" width=\"346\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/188475_509976683479_299800149_234011_2161462_n-250x188.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunch with Mark &amp; Amy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are heading &#8220;home&#8221; again tomorrow after a wonderful visit in Texas. \u00a0I am grateful to God for beautiful weather and great fellowship with family and friends, some of whom we have not seen in quite a while. \u00a0We know it might be a very long time before we have an opportunity to visit with them again this side of heaven. \u00a0It was great to pop in to see our friends at Waddill St. Baptist and give a quick update. \u00a0We were encouraged to hear from various ones that we are being prayed for faithfully.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-406   \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/IMG_5461-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Kent &amp; Velina\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was great to spend time with Kent &amp; Velina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When we get back to Missouri we will only have a couple of days to get ready for another trip. This time Lisa will be going east to be with her parents while her father undergoes surgery. \u00a0I will be headed southeast to our NTM home office for some training for our ministry in Mozambique. \u00a0I am excited about spending time with brother Joel and his family during that time. \u00a0When we get back &#8220;home&#8221; we will have only a couple of weeks to get our apartment packed up, cleaned and ready to move. Wow, it stresses me out a bit just writing this&#8230;but I am reminded of Isaiah 26:3, <strong>&#8220;The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-413\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-413   \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/files\/2011\/03\/IMG_5527-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan &amp; Jonathan Parker\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan &amp; Jonathan Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are heading &#8220;home&#8221; again tomorrow after a wonderful visit in Texas. \u00a0I am grateful to God for beautiful weather and great fellowship with family and friends, some of whom we have not seen in quite a while. \u00a0We know it might be a very long time before we have an opportunity to visit with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"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":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-family","category-ministry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jonathan-parker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}