{"id":915,"date":"2012-05-15T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T07:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/?p=915"},"modified":"2012-05-15T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T07:27:28","slug":"an-unexpected-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/2012\/05\/15\/an-unexpected-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unexpected Mother’s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We praise God for His provision for the Agta VBS team.\u00a0 One portion of the team went in by boat (three hours by land and then nine hours on the open ocean) while the rest of the team were able to fly in (a much shorter trip by air).\u00a0 The original plan was for our family to join the team but God however had other plans.<\/p>\n

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Shay with a visit from some of her MK friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This past Mother\u2019s Day we found ourselves unexpectedly in the hospital.\u00a0 Sheila had been complaining since the Thursday previous of stomach problems and so on Friday she was taken to\u00a0a local pediatrician.\u00a0 After initial examination and lab work she was treated for UTI.\u00a0 The pediatrician did say however if problems persisted we should take her to the hospital.\u00a0 The next morning she showed no signs of improvement\u00a0while in fact she seemed to be getting worse and so off to the local hospital we went.\u00a0 Within\u00a0the hour she was diagnosed with appendicitis and she was operated on later that same day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mother's Day Card Sheila made for Cirena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We praise God despite the unexpected Mother\u2019s Day. \u00a0Had we waited one more day (Mother\u2019s Day) the appendix likely would have ruptured. In fact, this will be one Mother\u2019s Day we can always be grateful for knowing that things could have turned out far worse.\u00a0 Furthermore, had we been located in this remote village when she began showing signs of her illness, it would have made for a much more difficult situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Inside view of Mother's Day card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We praise God for providing such great doctors and medical facilities in northern Luzon.\u00a0 Not too many years ago a case like this would have meant a trip to Manila.\u00a0 So while we are disappointed about not\u00a0making the trip\u00a0with the team, we are grateful for God’s sovereignty and perfect timing.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sheila Marie is home now and continues her recovery.\u00a0 Please pray that she will stave off infection as her body continues to heal.\u00a0 Please continue to be in prayer also for the work of the Agta VBS team.\u00a0 What a tremendous opportunity to water the seeds that others have planted.\u00a0 We are confident that this is just one more process in one day seeing an abundant harvest among the Agta people and their Illocano neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We praise God for His provision for the Agta VBS team.\u00a0 One portion of the team went in by boat (three hours by land and then nine hours on the open ocean) while the rest of the team were able to fly in (a much shorter trip by air).\u00a0 The original plan was for our […]<\/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":[3,1975],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-family","7":"category-prayer-request","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","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=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/robert-smith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}