{"id":1034,"date":"2013-03-26T20:10:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2013-03-26T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T13:03:05","slug":"a-surprise-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/2013\/03\/26\/a-surprise-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Surprise Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1035\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1035\" title=\"Picture 146\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-146-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-146-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-146-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-146-500x357.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanging with Pastor Mark (L), Bruce Camp (R), and new friends John &amp; Joshua.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The big highlight of 2013 thus far was having a surprise visit by Pastor Mark Ambrose and Dr. Bruce Camp from our home church in California.\u00a0 During their visit we traveled from one end of the city to the other gaining a broad view of what God is doing in keeping with Matt. 25:34-40.\u00a0 What a blessing to connect with Gods people as they fed the hungry, clothed the needy, and cared for the sick.\u00a0 The big picture we walked away with; we live in a very needy world and there is much work to be done.<\/p>\n<p>Praise &amp; Prayer:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-1421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1045\" title=\"Picture 142\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-1421-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visiting Street Kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Praise God for the time we had to spend with Pastor Mark &amp; Bruce and for the privilege of learning more about the work God is doing right here in the city.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 These past few months have involved a lot of travel to different parts of the Philippines.\u00a0 Pray for wisdom in dealing with some the different issues we have been confronted with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1046\" title=\"Picture 219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/files\/2013\/03\/Picture-219-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cirena, Sheila &amp; Teacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Travel can also be very costly.\u00a0 One trip alone cost $300 plus to visit co-workers in a remote location.\u00a0 Please pray for God&#8217;s provision.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Praise God for the opportunity to reconnect with ministry at Manda Bible Christian.\u00a0 Cirena especially has had a very fruitful ministry with the ladies meeting once a week in our home.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Sheila Marie has finished another school year and we were especially blessed to see her receive the Christian Character award among her classmates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u2018Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Matt. 25:40\u00a0 (NIV)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a very needy world and there is much work to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"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":[3,10059],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-family","category-about","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}