{"id":1063,"date":"2023-11-07T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:48:00","slug":"donnas-trip-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/?p=1063","title":{"rendered":"Donna\u2019s Trip in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a few minutes, I will board the first of three planes as I journey from Kitale, Kenya, back to Texas. My three weeks have been very full. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n<p>It was wonderful spending time with Paul working side by side. He starts teaching Synoptic Gospels on Thursday. He returns to the States just before Thanksgiving. I am so thankful that we can minister as a couple again!<\/p>\n<p>I taught an intensive Children\u2019s Ministry course to pastors. It was amazing to see the pastors engage in what the scripture says about children and why the church should invest in them. It was a paradigm shift for many of the pastors. The response was that the course was heart-changing and practical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1065 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Programs_lr-1-500x347.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Programs_lr-1-500x347.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Programs_lr-1-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Programs_lr-1-768x532.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Programs_lr-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few days after I arrived, I ran into one of my first students in the Children\u2019s Ministry program that I taught seven years ago. She is now working on her degree in counseling. It was so great to see her and catch up. I am thrilled that she is continuing her education to work with children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/11\/1st_childrens_class_student_lr-1-300x222.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1st_childrens_class_student_lr-1-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1st_childrens_class_student_lr-1-500x370.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1st_childrens_class_student_lr-1-768x568.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1st_childrens_class_student_lr-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also had the opportunity to facilitate a workshop for 20 Sunday School teachers at a local church. The teachers are hungry for training. They want the Sunday School time to be meaningful with their limited resources.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1068 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg-500x245.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg-500x245.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg-300x147.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg-768x377.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg-1536x754.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Childrens_Workshop_lr_jpg.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also spent time preparing the Library for the arrival of the books that many of you donated. Everyone here is so excited about the updated Children\u2019s Corner. More updates are coming in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you! Thank you for praying! Thank you for supporting this ministry! We are so humbled and honored.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr-298x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr-298x300.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr-497x500.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr-768x773.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paul_Donna_Thank_You_lr.jpeg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a few minutes, I will board the first of three planes as I journey from Kitale, Kenya, back to Texas. My three weeks have been very full. Here are some highlights: It was wonderful spending time with Paul working side by side. He starts teaching Synoptic Gospels on Thursday. He returns to the States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cox-net.com\/prayer_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}