{"id":457,"date":"2013-10-14T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T23:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/?p=457"},"modified":"2013-10-14T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T23:48:12","slug":"grandparenting-from-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2013\/10\/14\/grandparenting-from-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandparenting from Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n{font-family:Arial;\npanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\nmso-font-charset:0;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\npanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\nmso-font-charset:0;\nmso-generic-font-family:auto;\nmso-font-pitch:variable;\nmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n{mso-style-unhide:no;\nmso-style-qformat:yes;\nmso-style-parent:\"\";\nmargin:0in;\nmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:11.0pt;\nfont-family:Arial;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n{mso-style-type:export-only;\nmso-default-props:yes;\nfont-size:11.0pt;\nmso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;\nfont-family:Arial;\nmso-ascii-font-family:Arial;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Arial;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\nmso-fareast-language:JA;}\n.MsoPapDefault\n{mso-style-type:export-only;\nmargin-bottom:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n{size:8.5in 11.0in;\nmargin:.7in .7in .7in .7in;\nmso-header-margin:.5in;\nmso-footer-margin:.5in;\nmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here is a SHOUT-OUT to all of the grandparents that receive our e-communications. As you know we have joined your ranks and your level of life this year with the births of two granddaughters (and the third one well on the way, due in October). Here is also a SHOUT-OUT to all grandparents who deal with great distances (like us with different continents) between them and their grandchildren and who deal with differences of time zones which may make times together and opportunities to talk and communicate fewer than what you may wish was the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>We just returned from spending some very precious time with our newest granddaughter, Eliana Luz, with Gary being present at her birth, and Mary Lou arriving later. Our daughter, Lissa and son-in-law Corey, and their baby, Olive, joined us, as well as our daughter, Leah, who will give birth in October. So, in essence, we got to spend time with \u201call three\u201d of our granddaughters as well as the w<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2013\/10\/IMG_1253.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-458\" alt=\"IMG_1253\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2013\/10\/IMG_1253-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>onderful opportunity to be with Mary Lou\u2019s siblings for a family reunion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Many people have asked us if the arrival of grandchildren will affect our commitment to being missionaries in Colombia, \u201cHow long will you stay in Colombia after the grandchildren begin to arrive?\u201d they ask. At this point we don\u2019t believe that it will affect our commitment to being in Colombia. Part of our call to Missions from the Colombia Covenant Church and Ministries was that we share our lives with them as a ministry couple, as parents, and now as grandparents. We can\u2019t really fulfill the request to share our lives as grandparents if we aren\u2019t here, living it out. Plus, with the technology today we can \u201csee, talk, communicate, etc.\u201d with our grandchildren and their parents quite easily and regularly (we mainly use facetime, skype, facebook and text messaging). It is hard to imagine being missionary parents and\/or grandparents without the communication technology of today\u2019s world. From our experience so far, not being able to \u201csee, talk, communicate, etc.\u201d with our children, sons-in-law and daughter-in-law, and grandchildren may have had an affect on our missionary time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>But, now we are fully into being grandparents and experiencing the wonder, depth, joys, challenges, etc., all those things that are hard to fully express (as we were told would be the case by all of you \u201cexperienced grandparents\u201d out there) when someone asks us, \u201chow do you like being grandparents?\u201d We give it our best try; we show the latest pictures or videos, and we smile, smile, smile. Just like you. And, just like you, we wouldn\u2019t trade places with anyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=457&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a SHOUT-OUT to all of the grandparents that receive our e-communications. As you know we have joined your ranks and your level of life this year with the births of two granddaughters (and the third one well on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2013\/10\/14\/grandparenting-from-colombia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grandparenting from Colombia - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2013\/10\/14\/grandparenting-from-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grandparenting from Colombia - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is a SHOUT-OUT to all of the grandparents that receive our e-communications. 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