{"id":1004,"date":"2012-04-30T08:11:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T07:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2012-04-30T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T07:11:20","slug":"transitions-trying-to-hold-it-altogether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2012\/04\/30\/transitions-trying-to-hold-it-altogether\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitions: Trying To Hold It Altogether"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>I am currently in a place that many of you understand, as we are in the middle of this transition.\u00a0 I am caught juggling my worlds &#8211; wondering if I will drop the ball!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Juggling-worlds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1013 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Juggling-worlds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Juggling-worlds.jpg 289w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Juggling-worlds-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong> My desire is to be fully present in the NOW, while doing what will make the move smooth and to be prepared for the FUTURE.\u00a0 This is what happens every four years when we move from ministry in Cameroon to ministry in the US.\u00a0 It is made more complicated this time since we are also moving out of the house we have lived in for the past fourteen years.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>So here is my list of the parts of my &#8220;Fractured Self&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Fractured-Self-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1010\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Fractured-Self-cropped-1024x876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Fractured-Self-cropped-1024x876.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Fractured-Self-cropped-300x256.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/04\/Fractured-Self-cropped.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Pray that the parts &#8211; like the pieces of a puzzle &#8211; will stay together and not come crashing down around us.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1004&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently in a place that many of you understand, as we are in the middle of this transition.\u00a0 I am caught juggling my worlds &#8211; wondering if I will drop the ball! \u00a0 My desire is to be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2012\/04\/30\/transitions-trying-to-hold-it-altogether\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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