{"id":309,"date":"2009-11-24T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T17:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/?p=309"},"modified":"2009-11-24T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T17:32:34","slug":"counting-our-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/2009\/11\/24\/counting-our-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting our Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 56px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"1\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"56\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>T<span style=\"color: #008000\">his is a beautiful time of year i<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/Peter-firewood2.JPG\" alt=\"Peter gets the firewood in for the long winter.\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/Peter-firewood2.JPG 448w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/Peter-firewood2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\">n Canada, and it&#8217;s a little bit surprising that we have not been<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> crunching around<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> on snow yet! Yes, that&#8217;s a big blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Peter has been busy with the usual outdoor tasks that he fits in around the caring <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\">ministry that God has <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\">entrusted to us. It continues to bless and encourage our hearts to have His people stay in the Loft and enjoy its comforts, while having the opportunity to be reminded of freeing truths from the Word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Much time is also spent studying, and praying for those who need comforting and encouraging. Keeping in touch by email and phone with those who have come through (or can\u2019t travel to Still Waters) is part of the ministry that we both enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">For now, we have no kids and grandkids living close by, and this has been difficult to get used to. How precious it is to be able to communicate freely with them because of present day technology. That\u2019s a big blessing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/bubblepic33.JPG\" alt=\"Nana plays with Emery\" width=\"504\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/bubblepic33.JPG 640w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/bubblepic33-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/files\/2009\/11\/bubblepic33-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">You, dear ones, who pray for us and give sacrificially each month, are firmly implanted on our blessing list. We thank God for you.\u00a0 We have some urgent prayer requests for our ongoing ministry here at Still Waters that we will be sharing with you soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">In the midst of your busyness today, know that you are prayed for and loved!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">HAPPY THANKSGIVING! and warm blessings from our house to yours.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counting our blessings at Still Waters, and thanking God for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"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":[4,2534],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"category-news-article","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/pete-humphreys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}