{"id":214,"date":"2009-10-08T02:33:58","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T07:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/?p=214"},"modified":"2010-01-20T20:25:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T01:25:38","slug":"christmas-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/2009\/10\/08\/christmas-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2009\/10\/j0409662-low-res.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2009\/10\/j0409662-low-res.jpg\" alt=\"j0409662 low res\" width=\"153\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2009\/10\/j0409662-low-res.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2009\/10\/j0409662-low-res-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/files\/2009\/10\/j0409662-low-res-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a>A few days ago, some co-workers with another people group in the same region came back from the US from a translation workshop.  So, they brought in our mail and packages that had been waiting at our mailing address in El Paso.  Living so far into Mexico, we don&#8217;t get regular mail delivery.  It is dependent on people traveling down this way, which doesn&#8217;t happen but every few months.  So, it&#8217;s like Christmas when we do get our mail!<\/p>\n<p>Some people have asked about what things they can send me.  Here are some things that I enjoy and\/or things that I can&#8217;t get here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>notes &amp; photos<\/strong> \u2013 I love a hand-written note, or an encouraging email!<br \/>\n<strong>sermons <\/strong>&#8211; Chip Ingram, Chuck Swindoll, Ravi Zacharias, John Piper<br \/>\n<strong>music <\/strong>&#8211; Praise &amp; Worship music, Amazon mp3 downloads<br \/>\n<strong>stamps<\/strong> -US stamps &#8211; Forever or postcard<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><strong>nuts <\/strong>&#8211; brazil, macadamia<br \/>\n<strong>dark chocolate <\/strong>&#8211; especially Dove&#8217;s dark chocolate promises with or without almonds<br \/>\n<strong>books, DVDs, and music<\/strong> that&#8217;s on my list to get some day&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.com\/w\/HV9CASL41AIK\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>kitchen things<\/strong> &#8211; Ranch dressing powder mix, tea (chai, english breakfast tea-regular &amp; decaffeinated, mint)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, some co-workers with another people group in the same region came back from the US from a translation workshop. So, they brought in our mail and packages that had been waiting at our mailing address in El Paso. Living so far into Mexico, we don&#8217;t get regular mail delivery. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"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":[1],"tags":[1182],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-mail","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rachel-chapman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}