{"id":1945,"date":"2012-08-19T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2012-08-21T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T23:27:03","slug":"were-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"Were coming back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/USA-Flag_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1946\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/USA-Flag_02-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/USA-Flag_02-300x256.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/USA-Flag_02.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We have some big news &#8211; we have had a change of plans on when we will be returning to the States for Home Assignment.\u00a0 Things have been bumped up a little.\u00a0 We recently purchased our return tickets for October 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0because have interviews that week and the next as well as a 3-day Ministry Assessment. \u00a0All this is taking place because we are applying to be Long-term Covenant Missionaries and Joel is going through Covenant ordination process.\u00a0 We decided to purchase our return tickets for October because he had to return for these interviews and such and it didn\u2019t make sense to return to Ecuador afterwards only to return to the States a couple of weeks later when we were originally planning to in early November.\u00a0 We just couldn\u2019t see justifying the extra expenses in our minds. \u00a0In addition, we have already made plans to visit three churches and go to one Conference Pastor\u2019s Retreat in the months of October and November.<\/p>\n<p>We will remain Short-Term Missionaries and on salary through December 2012. \u00a0Thank you for your faithful support through the rest of this year. \u00a0 In January, we will begin a time of fundraising for our next assignment as Long-term Missionaries. \u00a0If you feel so led, you can continue to give in 2013 because we will immediately start raising financial support for our next term which will begin in January 2014.\u00a0 We will also have expenses related to our Home Assignment. \u00a0If you have any questions at any point please contact us at your convenience.\u00a0 There are many ways to get a hold of us (see contact information below).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1945&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have some big news &#8211; we have had a change of plans on when we will be returning to the States for Home Assignment.\u00a0 Things have been bumped up a little.\u00a0 We recently purchased our return tickets for October 9th\u00a0because have interviews that week and the next as well as a 3-day Ministry Assessment. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1945\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,4099,42,10,72],"tags":[73,4067,24666,24649,24650,24648,24651],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evangelical-covenant-church","category-home-assignment","category-ministry","category-travel","category-updates","tag-churches","tag-evergreen-covenant-church","tag-home-assignment","tag-ministry","tag-prayer-requests","tag-travel","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Were coming back! 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