{"id":612,"date":"2011-05-04T09:29:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=612"},"modified":"2011-05-04T09:29:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T13:29:29","slug":"question-12-do-your-kids-miss-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2011\/05\/04\/question-12-do-your-kids-miss-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Question #12: Do your kids miss the Philippines?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rebekah\"
Rebekah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Abigail\"
Abigail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Luke\"
Luke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jonathan\"
Jonathan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are excited that our kids do miss the Philippines.\u00a0 To no surprise, they all miss it for different reasons.\u00a0 For example, Rebekah longs to get back to somewhere warm.\u00a0 For Abigail, she looks forward to the \u201cspecial\u201d father-daughter dates we used to have.\u00a0 For Luke, he really misses his best friends Ty and David & climbing coconut trees.\u00a0 For Jonathan, he just looks forward to being back in the village.<\/p>\n

Our kids have loved their time here in the States, especially experiencing new things.\u00a0 Can you imagine being five years old (Luke) and for the first time seeing a real fire truck?\u00a0 What about snow sledding for the first time (both Luke and Jonathan)?\u00a0 What about going for the first time to a week-long church camp (both Rebekah and Abigail)?\u00a0 All the pictures of our kids (in this update) were taken at a Children\u2019s Museum.\u00a0 As you can tell, they had a great time.<\/p>\n

As our time draws to an end here in the States, we are starting to see our kids\u2019 hearts being torn.\u00a0 They have built so many friendships and they hate to say \u201cgood-bye.\u201d\u00a0 As you already know by a previous update, our good-byes have already started. \u00a0It will be especially hard for our kids to say good-bye to their friends at Jenison Bible Church, as well as to family members.\u00a0 We treasure your prayers for our kids during this time.\u00a0 Here are some specific prayer requests just for our children:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they will continue to desire to return to the Philippines, even though it will be hard to say good-bye to their friends and family here;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they will adjust well to both the climate and culture;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they will renew their friendships with their Agutaynen friends;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they will be able to communicate in the Filipino language;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they will continue to see their part in the ministry.<\/p>\n

Thank you for praying for our children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are excited that our kids do miss the Philippines.\u00a0 To no surprise, they all miss it for different reasons.\u00a0 For example, Rebekah longs to get back to somewhere warm.\u00a0 For Abigail, she looks forward to the \u201cspecial\u201d father-daughter dates we used to have.\u00a0 For Luke, he really misses his best friends Ty and David […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","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=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}