{"id":718,"date":"2011-01-19T11:29:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=718"},"modified":"2011-01-19T11:29:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T15:29:32","slug":"back-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Back in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a 24 hour weather related delay in Atlanta, we finally made it back to Quito late last night!!!\u00a0 It feels really, really good to be back!\u00a0 Thank you for your prayers for the travel!<\/p>\n<p>We are returning with heavy hearts.\u00a0 Joel&#8217;s dad has returned to the hospital.\u00a0 It seems the open heart surgery was a success and it is ok.\u00a0 However, since a few days after the surgery, he&#8217;s been suffering from very low blood pressure where he can&#8217;t hardly stand without passing out.\u00a0 It has actually worsened since being in the hospital to where he is on bed rest and can&#8217;t even sit up in a chair and is tired all of the time.<\/p>\n<p>We know that God works through all things for His good.\u00a0 And we have seen the evidence of His hand in this entire process for dad.\u00a0 We just ask that all of you keep him in your prayers.\u00a0 We will keep you updated here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=718&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 24 hour weather related delay in Atlanta, we finally made it back to Quito late last night!!!\u00a0 It feels really, really good to be back!\u00a0 Thank you for your prayers for the travel! 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