{"id":91,"date":"2009-01-01T14:19:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=91"},"modified":"2009-01-01T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:48:32","slug":"itineration-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/01\/itineration-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Itineration reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Itineration has gone well for us this fall.\u00a0 In October through mid-December we visited 10 of our supporting churches in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.\u00a0 We preached and spoke to Sunday School classes, confirmation and youth groups.\u00a0 In NE we were invited to speak to the public school for a 3rd grade class and HS world geograpy.\u00a0 The HS kids got interested when we talked about creative text messaging that some Nigerians use to say &#8220;I love you.&#8221;\u00a0 In WI we heard the Right Reverends in concert at Clear Lake&#8217;s HarvestFest.\u00a0 Fun!<\/p>\n<p>Each visit was special as we were able to reconnect with many friends as well as make new ones.\u00a0 That is the treat and pleasure of traveling and speaking &#8211; connecting with friends.<\/p>\n<p>We were also priviledged to connect with several former missionary colleagues.\u00a0 While in CO for the Midwest Pastors&#8217; and Spouses&#8217; retreat we were also able to connect with 2 of Pete&#8217;s cousins and a great aunt and uncle.\u00a0 What a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>For some photos go to Pete&#8217;s facebook page or click on this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=72932&amp;l=cdffb&amp;id=723734788\">Colorado trip photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=91&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Itineration has gone well for us this fall.\u00a0 In October through mid-December we visited 10 of our supporting churches in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.\u00a0 We preached and spoke to Sunday School classes, confirmation and youth groups.\u00a0 In NE we were invited to speak to the public school for a 3rd grade class and HS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflection","category-world-mission-events-trips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Itineration reflections - Ekstrands in Congo<\/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\/ekstrand\/2009\/01\/itineration-reflections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Itineration reflections - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Itineration has gone well for us this fall.\u00a0 In October through mid-December we visited 10 of our supporting churches in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.\u00a0 We preached and spoke to Sunday School classes, confirmation and youth groups.\u00a0 In NE we were invited to speak to the public school for a 3rd grade class and HS [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/01\/itineration-reflections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-01T19:19:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-01-01T19:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete &amp; 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