{"id":312,"date":"2016-03-29T02:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T06:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/?p=312"},"modified":"2016-12-17T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T15:34:55","slug":"austin-cimbed-kilimanjaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/2016\/03\/29\/austin-cimbed-kilimanjaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Cimbed Kilimanjaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/269\/files\/2016\/03\/Austin-Kili-m.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-313\" title=\"Austin-Kili-m\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/269\/files\/2016\/03\/Austin-Kili-m-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/files\/2016\/03\/Austin-Kili-m-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/files\/2016\/03\/Austin-Kili-m.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/files\/2016\/03\/Austin-Kili-m-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We trust you had a wonderful Easter. \u00a0It was our pleasure to celebrate the Resurrection in Swahili.<\/p>\n<p>We just wanted to give a quick update. Austin made it to the top of Kilimanjaro! We are very proud of all the hard work and perseverance he showed in facing this major challenge. \u00a0Thank you for praying for him and for those who helped sponsor his trip.<\/p>\n<p>The girls had a nice relaxing Easter break and weren&#8217;t too excited to head back to school this morning. \u00a0Pray for a good final term.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica and I plan on taking a Swahili grammar class this week to complement the\u00a0largely\u00a0comprehension-based language learning we have been doing so far. \u00a0We are so grateful for the Growing Participator Approach developed by Greg and Angela Thomson.<\/p>\n<p>Then next week Michael will be going to Mozambique for some evaluations and leadership meetings. \u00a0Pray that it will be a good trip and that he will be able to also encourage the one couple that is left in our Mozambique office. \u00a0Please be praying for another family to join them in the important work they do supporting seven families who are church planting out in the villages. They really need help!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the villages, we have great news. \u00a0After hearing foundational Bible teaching, a new church was born among the Yao people. \u00a0Pray as these believers grow in their difficult context. \u00a0It was our privilege to serve this team as they were growing in their ability to participate in the Yao people&#8217;s lives.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We trust you had a wonderful Easter. \u00a0It was our pleasure to celebrate the Resurrection in Swahili. We just wanted to give a quick update. Austin made it to the top of Kilimanjaro! We are very proud of all the hard work and perseverance he showed in facing this major challenge. \u00a0Thank you for praying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"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-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-family","category-ministry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/michael-richardson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}