{"id":385,"date":"2011-09-06T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/?p=385"},"modified":"2011-09-06T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T18:37:59","slug":"new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-386\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/FrontRight-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Front Right of Our New Home\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/FrontRight-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/FrontRight-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Well, we are slowly getting situated, enough to have people over for a meal. \u00a0Thankfully I am not one who cares if everything is perfect and in it&#8217;s place. \u00a0Go to our photos page and see all the pictures of our wonderful new farm home. \u00a0The family we are renting from are already becoming good friends and we are so grateful they are sharing their farm with us. \u00a0We got a tractor tour of the property the other day, but I think the tractor may have bit the dust! \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0Pray it can be revived! There is a German Shepherd we love already named Nino. \u00a0He fetches rocks. \u00a0They also have 2 horses and a donkey named Billy, who loves to get his ears scratched. \u00a0Contrary to horses, when his ears are back, it&#8217;s a good thing. \u00a0We lit a fire for the first time in the wood stove, as the temp went down to 9! \u00a0OK&#8230;remember it&#8217;s Celsius up here! (and everywhere else for that matter)<\/p>\n<p>Elijah starts school tomorrow and everyone is jealous, but tables will turn in June when he is still going and we are all out! \u00a0He is excited about the choices for classes and electives, and football tryouts will be coming up soon!<\/p>\n<p>My classroom is large and wonderful, and I start Drama today. \u00a0Last week we held a garage sale for the Academy, so afternoon classes were suspended. \u00a0Here is my classroom and pictures of the garage sale and &#8220;stuff&#8221; the Lord provided in our van:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-385 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0908\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0908-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0909\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0909-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0910\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0910-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0911\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0911-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0927\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0927-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0928\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0928-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0929\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0929-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0930\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0930-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/2011\/09\/06\/new-home\/100_0931\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/files\/2011\/09\/100_0931-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I am feeling very spoiled and well taken care of, as I have the largest classroom. \u00a0I monitor 2 videos classes in the morning: Biology with grades 9 &amp; 10, and World History and Cultures with my one 11th grader. \u00a0We pause the video and discuss things. \u00a0I check homework and give quizzes &amp; tests and run labs. \u00a0It&#8217;s a fun and not so heavy way to start back to teaching.<\/p>\n<p>When we left Canada in 2007, we got rid of most of our belongings, thinking we were headed to Indonesia. We are so thankful for the many things that have been provided for us: hutch, couches, beds, dressers, microwave, toaster oven, bread machine and more. \u00a0Most of our set-up costs have been spent on gas, U-haul, some furniture and electronics (internet, phone, tv)<\/p>\n<p>Conveniently, there was a garage sale held by the Academy this weekend. \u00a0The teachers took turns manning it and we scored some many needed items like: pepper grinder, 4 more chairs for our dining room table, silverware, quilt, boots, pots &amp; pans.<\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;funnest&#8221; story, (yes that is a word now according to Webster&#8217;s) is this: \u00a0When the girls and I were up looking for houses to buy or rent, we stopped in on our old apartment. \u00a0The door was wide open and a single girl was cleaning. \u00a0I had left our dining room table, 4 chairs and 6 bookshelves for others to use, and just wanted to check if they were still in the apartment. \u00a0They were! \u00a0all but 3 bookshelves. \u00a0Then, &#8220;it just so happened&#8221;, the man I needed to talk to about furniture, walked in. \u00a0I explained how I had left the furniture believing we were headed to Indonesia (he spent many years in a tribe in Indonesia), and could I get it back? \u00a0He gladly agreed and now we have our dining room furniture and 3 bookshelves. \u00a0The family that was slated to be in our apartment, is not able to come, so it did not inconvenience anyone either.<\/p>\n<p>God is Good! \u00a0Thank you for following, praying and giving! \u00a0We are a team and we couldn&#8217;t impact the world, reaching all tribes without you! \u00a0May we all be used by Him, in His strength, for His Glory! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ~Jinni for the family \u00a0 PS&#8230;we are getting close to reaching 70% of the 100% support we are trusting God for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we are slowly getting situated, enough to have people over for a meal. \u00a0Thankfully I am not one who cares if everything is perfect and in it&#8217;s place. \u00a0Go to our photos page and see all the pictures of our wonderful new farm home. \u00a0The family we are renting from are already becoming good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-article","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/roland-shaferjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}