{"id":20555,"date":"2021-07-28T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=20555"},"modified":"2021-07-28T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:33:13","slug":"july-2021-carpenter-family-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/news\/july-2021-carpenter-family-update\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2021 Carpenter Family Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13191 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Carpenter-Family-2020-Website-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Carpenter-Family-2020-Website-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Carpenter-Family-2020-Website-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Carpenter-Family-2020-Website-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Carpenter-Family-2020-Website.jpg 900w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how we got this far without letting you know that we are leaving for Rwanda in 2 days! I guess we\u2019ve been busy preparing, but we\u2019re sorry we haven\u2019t sent you an update lately. We fly out of Wichita at 2:30 this Thursday. We will arrive in Kigali at 7:05 pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>We are also thankful that we\u2019ve been able to see many of you \u201cin Zoom\u201d and in person this past year. Your love and support mean the world to us. Thank you for being on our team, working together with us toward what God is doing in Rwanda (and her neighbors) right now!<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019d love for you to join us in prayer for a few specific things if you would:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>That God would provide for our Rwandan Pastors and friends during this current surge of COVID-19 cases and lockdowns. They are struggling.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20556 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Carpenter-July-2021-Update-Family-Photo-Baby-Ian.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>That God would also provide for us as we return in the middle of this surge &#8211; so many logistics have to work out in order for us to be able to get back home and start settling in.<\/li>\n<li>For God\u2019s mercy on us as we travel with young kids and lots of stuff. It\u2019s a lot, but we will do our best to trust him every step of the way<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We look forward to the next time we can see you again, and we are really looking forward to being where God has called us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his Love,<\/p>\n<p>Brad &amp; Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Sarai, Gideon, and Ian<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.friendsmission.com\/carpenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19588 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carpenter-Button.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoX4o62KKvoiZGryneRpMU_pZUNERJNVpKSkdFWEYwUEdRWUxVVkZXWERNRS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20478 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Carepenter-Subscription-Button.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know how we got this far without letting you know that we are leaving for Rwanda in 2 days! I guess we\u2019ve been busy preparing, but we\u2019re sorry we haven\u2019t sent you an update lately. We fly out of Wichita at 2:30 this Thursday. We will arrive in Kigali at 7:05 pm on [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"full","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[200,233,85,87,30,92,84,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-20555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-200","8":"tag-bred","9":"tag-carpenter","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-july","12":"tag-prayer","13":"tag-rwanda","14":"tag-update","15":"entry","16":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20555"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20566,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20555\/revisions\/20566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}