{"id":4339,"date":"2017-03-02T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T09:37:45","slug":"coming-and-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/03\/02\/coming-and-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming and going!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our lives are filled with hellos and goodbyes, tears and smiles.\u00a0 We always are sad to leave dear friends and family behind and at the same time look forward to being again with dear friends and family where we are headed.\u00a0 Some have said jokingly that missionary kids are maybe most at home in the air, in the inbetween.\u00a0 All I have to say is this \u2013 as a missionary, I am not at home in the air.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that it troubles me unduly, as with fear or worry, it\u2019s just that it is not a place I like to be for too long a time.\u00a0 With my kindle in hand, socks on my feet, and a big warm scarf cum blanket around my shoulders, the time passes.\u00a0 Sometimes we get the thrill of discovering something new, like a good movie or game on the little screen in front of us (that is if the flight has such a thing).\u00a0 Most recently, we flew in a plane whose windows didn\u2019t have shades to slide down, there was a button to darken the tint of the window instead!\u00a0 Everybody say \u201cWhoa, what will they think of next?!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/03\/blog-hello-goodbye.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4332\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/03\/blog-hello-goodbye.jpg\" alt=\"blog hello goodbye\" width=\"336\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/03\/blog-hello-goodbye.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/03\/blog-hello-goodbye-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4339&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lives are filled with hellos and goodbyes, tears and smiles.\u00a0 We always are sad to leave dear friends and family behind and at the same time look forward to being again with dear friends and family where we are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/03\/02\/coming-and-going\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,2728],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-thoughtsmusingsideas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coming and going! 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