{"id":367,"date":"2015-04-20T23:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T23:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/?p=367"},"modified":"2015-04-20T23:46:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T23:46:23","slug":"visitors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/2015\/04\/20\/visitors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK8\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainText Content\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<div>Back in 2009 Josh helped his friends the Williams with translation for a Short Term Mission team from California. They took canoes into the jungle and worked among indigenous people, sharing life and God&#8217;s love. During this trip Josh met (among other people) Jim and Suzi Macy and they struck up a friendship and have stayed in touch ever since.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last year Suzi came down with the same team from California to do ministry in the jungle again. There Naomi met Suzi and they instantly connected over and formed a friendship.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Now, this past Saturday, Jim and Suzi arrived in Quito to spend a week with us, explore Quito a bit, see our ministry, meet our friends and just relax and connect! We are thrilled to have this time together and are grateful that God knows just how to provide times of refreshing when we need it most.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2015\/04\/4-e1429573512735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-368\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2015\/04\/4-e1429573512735.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2015\/04\/4-e1429573512735.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2015\/04\/4-e1429573512735-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jnswenson?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=367&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2009 Josh helped his friends the Williams with translation for a Short Term Mission team from California. 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