{"id":2106,"date":"2012-11-20T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T12:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2012-11-20T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T12:41:41","slug":"top-10-things-the-delps-are-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2106","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Things the Delps are thankful for&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/Thanks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2107\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/11\/Thanks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 10<\/strong>:\u00a0 A multitude of different food choices that we have missed-including favorites like Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle, Suishi Station, Einstein Bagels and Wendy&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 9<\/strong>:\u00a0 Cell phones that don&#8217;t require more &#8216;saldo&#8217; (phone credit) in the middle of conversations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 8<\/strong>:\u00a0 Flat Roads to drive on<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 7<\/strong>:\u00a0 Not needing to flush toilet paper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 6<\/strong>:\u00a0 Kim&#8217;s new job<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 5<\/strong>:\u00a0 All of God&#8217;s blessings, especially good health for our family<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 4<\/strong>:\u00a0 A great national church we were able to work with in Ecuador and the lifelong friends we have made there<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 3<\/strong>:\u00a0 Our son who continues to teach us every day and show us what life is all about<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number 2<\/strong>: \u00a0Time spent with family and friends we haven&#8217;t seen in a while<\/p>\n<p><strong>NUMBER 1:\u00a0 YOU!\u00a0 Our faithful prayer and financial supporters!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2106&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Number 10:\u00a0 A multitude of different food choices that we have missed-including favorites like Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle, Suishi Station, Einstein Bagels and Wendy&#8217;s Number 9:\u00a0 Cell phones that don&#8217;t require more &#8216;saldo&#8217; (phone credit) in the middle of conversations Number 8:\u00a0 Flat Roads to drive on Number 7:\u00a0 Not needing to flush toilet &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2106\">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":[124,114,4074,72],"tags":[104,115,24662,24651],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador","category-family-fun","category-reflections","category-updates","tag-answered-prayers","tag-ipee","tag-reflections","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top 10 Things the Delps are thankful for... - Delplog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2106\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 10 Things the Delps are thankful for... - Delplog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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