{"id":4231,"date":"2015-08-24T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2015-08-24T16:15:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T20:15:46","slug":"welcome-amundsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Amundsens!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week we welcomed Erik and Kristina Amundsen to the Ecuador field as they arrived this past Monday and will be serving a two-year term as ECC Short-Term Missionaries. \u00a0They will be serving mainly with FACE as Erik hopes to be involved in agriculture projects, but they will eventually get involved in various aspects. \u00a0Right now, their only task is to get adjusted to life in Ecuador. \u00a0It takes a lot to get used to a new way of life and culture so please be praying for them and their adjustments in these coming months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4232\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150817_212320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4232\" class=\"wp-image-4232\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150817_212320-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Erik and Kristina's arrival at the airport.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150817_212320-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150817_212320-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erik and Kristina&#8217;s arrival at the airport.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4233\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"wp-image-4233\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150822_134644-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150822_134644-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/08\/20150822_134644-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A prayer of reception by the leaders of IPEE at our national leadership summit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4231&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week we welcomed Erik and Kristina Amundsen to the Ecuador field as they arrived this past Monday and will be serving a two-year term as ECC Short-Term Missionaries. \u00a0They will be serving mainly with FACE as Erik hopes to be involved in agriculture projects, but they will eventually get involved in various aspects. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=4231\">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":[171,42,72],"tags":[73,24649,71,24650,24651],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evangelical-covenant-church","category-ministry","category-updates","tag-churches","tag-ministry","tag-prayer","tag-prayer-requests","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome Amundsens!!! 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