{"id":293,"date":"2013-12-10T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/?p=293"},"modified":"2013-12-12T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T17:40:21","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/2013\/12\/10\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously on\u2026the Wilsons<\/span><\/h3>\n

We arrived back in the US in late June ~~ Doctor appointments ~~ Visited with family & friends ~~ Helped out at Vacation Bible School ~~ Joshua arrived in August ~~ More doctor appointments ~~ More visiting ~~ Helped at church ~~ Phoebe turned 2 ~~ More doctor appointments\u2026<\/p>\n

Retreat!<\/span><\/h3>\n

Paul got a chance to get away with the men of South Potomac Church (SPC) on their annual men\u2019s retreat. \u00a0Located in the hills of Maryland away from traffic and city, the SPC men were able to focus on God\u2019s design for man. The refreshing outdoors and insight from Genesis 2 was powerful. We looked at how God took Adam from man, to husband, to father. Godly men are few in today\u2019s society. Satan wants to destroy our families and attacking fathers is a priority.\u00a0 Destroy the family and you destroy a society\/nation. As men of God we need to ensure we are training up the next generation of godly men.<\/p>\n

Then Paul and Andrea got away for their second \u201cWeekend to Remember,\u201d by Family Life. \u00a0We both agreed we got more out of it this time and we were able to focus on new stuff. No, our marriage is not in trouble, but it is always under attack. Please feel free to pray for a strong godly marriage for us. We believe our marriage is well worth investing in and neither one of us are pro\u2019s at this\u2026yet. :^) It was a wonderful break away from Phoebe and Joshua who had a blast with their babysitters. This was our longest time apart from the kids so it was stretching for us, especially a nursing mommy. :^)<\/p>\n

Andrea has been able to get away to a couple of SPC lady\u2019s events. She has loved the chance to catch up with old<\/em> friends as well as make new ones. These times away have provided the much needed break from the wonderful, but demanding work of early motherhood.<\/p>\n

Paul and Andrea are enjoying their choice to spend the majority of this \u201cbaby furlough\u201d at SPC, our sending church. This is Andrea\u2019s home church for many years, but being located near Washington D.C. it is a fairly transient congregation of military, contractors and government workers. Thus there are a lot of new faces and familiar ones that disappear as they are reassigned. All this to say, Paul and Andrea very much need this time to get to know our home church and them us.<\/p>\n

Family Time<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Have no fear; we have spent time with the grandparents. Or more accurately put, we have allowed them to help spoil the grandkids. We had one grandma come and spend a month with us loving on the little ones (okay, Joshua isn\u2019t so little). This helped mom and dad get a few things done too. Free babysitter! Thank you Grammy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Wilsons also did a road trip to Parsons, Kansas. Three long<\/em><\/strong> days in the car each way, but it was well worth it. If you have ever traveled long distance with kids under two you know the scars, er\u2026 memories. :^) We praise God we had no travel difficulties.\u00a0 While in Kansas we had a great time with grandma and grandpa on their 15 acre mini-ranch. They have miniature ponies and a mule. Phoebe had a blast \u201criding\u201d on various ones, whichever ones daddy could keep up with. No, she was never on her own. Daddy had a firm<\/strong> grip the whole time. Wonderful memories were made for all \u2026 well probably not Joshua (2 months old at the time).<\/p>\n

Prayer<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022 Answers\/direction for Paul\u2019s allergy issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Answers\/healing for Andrea\u2019s foot spurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Wisdom for when to return to PNG.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Wisdom to be godly parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Safety in our travels in the D.C. area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 For more pilots & mechanics for PNG.<\/span><\/p>\n

Praise:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022 For our safe road trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Joshua\u2019s passport & visa are complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 For our wonderful kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 2 language groups in PNG recently received their newly translated New Testament!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 For the many blessings God has granted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 For our great support team.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 For our great home church (SPC).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previously on\u2026the Wilsons We arrived back in the US in late June ~~ Doctor appointments ~~ Visited with family & friends ~~ Helped out at Vacation Bible School ~~ Joshua arrived in August ~~ More doctor appointments ~~ More visiting ~~ Helped at church ~~ Phoebe turned 2 ~~ More doctor appointments\u2026 Retreat! Paul got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[3,4,690],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-family","category-ministry","category-update","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}