{"id":3070,"date":"2023-08-18T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:17","slug":"now-attending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2023\/08\/18\/now-attending\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Attending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you remember the day your kids went off to college?\u00a0 We imagine for your family it was a day of emotions, especially if they were traveling a distance away.\u00a0 Your kids were probably excited, anxious, and overwhelmed.\u00a0 And you were probably a little hesitant, or maybe a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Luke and Abigail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Well, that is our family today.\u00a0 Today we sent not just one, but two kids off to college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a year ago, both Abigail and Luke were accepted to attend Ethnos360 Bible Institute in Wisconsin.\u00a0 One would think a year is plenty of time to prepare and enjoy our time together.\u00a0 Yes, it has been a great summer, full of memories.\u00a0 Yes, Ginger has tried to think of and purchase anything Luke and Abigail would need for college.\u00a0 No, our hearts are not ready, as today is the day they leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night, as a family, we took one last opportunity to spend time together as a family and take a few pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Last family picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Last sibling picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We greatly appreciate your prayers for all of us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Abigail and Luke as they travel, adjust to life at college, and seek employment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rebekah as she prepares to begin her last year at Grace Christian University, looks for employment, and hopes to graduate in May;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jonathan as he adjust to life without siblings;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Stephen and Ginger as we give our kids to the Lord, as we have done every day for the last 24 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Our hearts are full of pride and love for our kids and that is why our hearts have some sadness, too.\u00a0 But there is hope in our hearts, too.\u00a0 Lord willing, a team will be coming to the Philippines in July 2024 to help us with Sports Bible Camp, and on that team are Rebekah, Abigail, and Luke.\u00a0 That will be a wonderful reunion!\u00a0 More information about this mission trip will be shared soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Back to today and our kids leaving, we greatly appreciate your prayers and words of encouragement, both to us and to our kids.\u00a0 We can\u2019t express with words our gratitude to you all, but please receive this \u201cthank you\u201d knowing that this is all we can put into words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Do you remember the day your kids went off to college?\u00a0 We imagine for your family it was a day of emotions, especially if they were traveling a distance away.\u00a0 Your kids were probably excited, anxious, and overwhelmed.\u00a0 And you were probably a little hesitant, or maybe a lot.\u00a0 Well, that is our family today.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":3073,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}