{"id":199,"date":"2014-10-13T17:53:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/?p=199"},"modified":"2014-10-13T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:53:44","slug":"installation-of-a-new-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/2014\/10\/13\/installation-of-a-new-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation of a new Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often Josh is required to travel around Ecuador as a part of his position on the Pastoral Council. In the past few months he has been a part of installing 3 different pastors in their churches. I (Naomi) am thrilled\u00a0when my schedule allows me to &#8220;tag along&#8221;. Two weekends ago we traveled to a town called Cunchibamba, about 2 1\/2 hours away from Quito to install Pastor Jorge Muso. It was an incredible blessing to be a part of a celebration like this. The whole church joined in one voice affirming their eager acceptance of him as their leader.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-200\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6374-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6374\" width=\"560\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6374-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6374-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little tot just cracked us up, hands in overalls, that haircut, those eyes! He wasn&#8217;t too sure about me taking his picture, though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-201\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6345-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6345\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6345-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6345-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This church is very connect to it&#8217;s indigenous roots and they praise God with traditional songs and dances. It was touching and beautiful to see them express their relationship with God in a way so deeply connected to their culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-202\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6320-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6320\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6320-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6320-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2014\/10\/IMG_6320.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=199&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often Josh is required to travel around Ecuador as a part of his position on the Pastoral Council. 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