{"id":401,"date":"2013-07-24T06:25:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T22:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/?p=401"},"modified":"2013-07-24T06:25:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T22:25:20","slug":"in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/2013\/07\/24\/in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"In the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been in the US for about 5 weeks now. \u00a0It has been great to see family again and to reconnect with<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Cheryl-reunion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-402 \" title=\"Cheryl reunion\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Cheryl-reunion-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Cheryl-reunion-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Cheryl-reunion-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Cheryl-reunion-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl with former roommates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>friends. \u00a0Our first week was a whirlwind. \u00a0I went to a Faith Academy reunion in Texas a few days after landing in Kansas. \u00a0It was so good to see friends I had not seen for about 30 years and to catch up on their lives. \u00a0The day I flew back to Kansas, our family got together for Fathers&#8217; Day and we enjoyed seeing my brother, Brian and his whole family (whom I had not seen for 7 years and longer for the rest of the family). \u00a0It was special to attend their daughter\u2019s wedding on July 6. \u00a0We also enjoyed going to South Dakota for a few days for a cousin reunion with Walter&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>We are still busy getting settled. \u00a0We now have cell phones and bought a computer for Juliana and our family. \u00a0We are still seeking God\u2019s wisdom about housing and a vehicle. \u00a0We have looked at several houses and several vehicles. \u00a0We would appreciate your continued prayers for those items.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Walt-in-VBS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-403\" title=\"Walt in VBS\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Walt-in-VBS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Walt-in-VBS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Walt-in-VBS-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/files\/2013\/07\/Walt-in-VBS-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walt teaching in VBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are thankful that Paul and Ashley have summer jobs. \u00a0Juliana was not able to find full time work but has worked a few odd jobs for people and has been helping out at church with children\u2019s church and VBS. <!--more-->She hopes to get her drivers\u2019 license soon.<\/p>\n<p>Besides getting our family set up in communications, Walter was busy preparing for Vacation Bible School (VBS). \u00a0We were the missionaries and Bible teachers for our home church&#8217;s VBS program. \u00a0It was a lot of work but we were thankful for this opportunity to be a vessel and that God\u2019s Word had an impact in the lives of the children here in Rose Hill.<\/p>\n<p>It has been fun to see Paul and Ashley again and we look forward to the time we can see Ben and Jessica face to face, but for now, Skype still works. \u00a0They would appreciate your prayers as they settle in North Carolina and Ben is still looking for a teaching job.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued prayers and support. \u00a0We hope to see many of you during our one-year home assignment, and we would love to speak or share at your church.<\/p>\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl for the Spicers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been in the US for about 5 weeks now. \u00a0It has been great to see family again and to reconnect with friends. \u00a0Our first week was a whirlwind. \u00a0I went to a Faith Academy reunion in Texas a few days after landing in Kansas. \u00a0It was so good to see friends I had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"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":[3,4,3930],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-family","7":"category-ministry","8":"category-prayer-request","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}