{"id":2432,"date":"2012-05-30T06:53:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2012-05-30T06:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:53:04","slug":"meandering-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/meandering-to-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Meandering to Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We missed the boat an hour ago. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>For the second time this year already.<\/p>\n<p>At 5:53 this morning, our last two young folks at home left for a visit to our congregation&#8217;s mission operation in northwest Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Chayli and Andy sure wanted us to go along. Had God opened the door, <!--more--> we would have. Do we \ud83d\ude25 or \ud83d\ude42 ?<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-stuff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-stuff.jpg\" alt=\"Stuff for youth trip\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>5:44 &#8212; most of their stuff, waiting<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-loading.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-loading.jpg\" alt=\"loading stuff for youth trip\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>5:46 &#8212; starting to load an already loaded car!<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-stuffing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-stuffing.jpg\" alt=\"stuffing the stuff in the full trunk\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>5:51 &#8212; Darlene is optimistic!<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-leaving.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-leaving.jpg\" alt=\"there they go\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>5:53 &#8212; there they go; here we stand!<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-strubhar-girls-leaving.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/youth-trip-strubhar-girls-leaving.jpg\" alt=\"there goes the next load\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>5:55 &#8212; there goes the next load!<\/i><\/div>\n<p>We are so glad Andrew and Michayla can go on this trip. This is their first time going to Mexico without us. That&#8217;s pretty historic. And we&#8217;ll try to keep the hysterics at bay&#8230; \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>We are also delighted Darlene and Emily (also shown above) are going as well. They&#8217;re both very neat gals who add stability and maturity to our youth group.<\/p>\n<p>May God keep them and bless them all. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ababab\">And it sure doesn&#8217;t seem right not to have gone, but God does all things well.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We missed the boat an hour ago. \ud83d\ude41 For the second time this year already. At 5:53 this morning, our last two young folks at home left for a visit to our congregation&#8217;s mission operation in northwest Mexico. Chayli and Andy sure wanted us to go along. 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