{"id":13880,"date":"2020-12-22T21:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T01:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13880"},"modified":"2020-12-22T21:35:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T01:35:21","slug":"global-mall-presents-and-wrapping-12-22-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13880","title":{"rendered":"Global Mall! Presents and Wrapping! 12.22.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good News.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-LbSZztL\/0\/21173227\/M\/IMG_3540%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arrived at Global Mall in good time.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-HvKM23q\/0\/555b6587\/L\/IMG_3512%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAlways good to see Ashley.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-KLMRGTM\/0\/6c897417\/L\/IMG_9547%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;Cadillac&#8221; was gone. The extra-grande wheelchair was missing in action this morning. We came over here to see if we could spot it in the senior center across the escalators.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-3cx4fs7\/0\/99988a78\/L\/IMG_3514%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everly brought her baby, BB Queen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-RxsrTNW\/0\/7003a2d8\/L\/IMG_3518-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-K95CSxv\/0\/f260bfed\/L\/IMG_3515%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI asked the girls if they knew what this was.  They&#8217;d only seen the hand-held kind.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-KjSW8rg\/0\/0f44dc0d\/L\/IMG_3517%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-TvkD9qP\/0\/f6c26bd0\/L\/IMG_3516%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, one of the Guatemalan women who works cleaning up the mall called them, &#8220;Princessas.&#8221; So we had to look for jewelry for princesses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-CNsLMWb\/0\/343b095f\/L\/IMG_3519%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-9R2QzsS\/0\/93bd249c\/M\/IMG_3520-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe room where the Shiv Mandir used to be was open this morning. We went through it. I felt kind of sad. We had had some really special times there.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-sDBQdRJ\/0\/61471edb\/M\/IMG_3521-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We used to talk about this.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-bNwQKTD\/0\/98d400a1\/L\/IMG_3522%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-mfcRK5G\/0\/738adcfd\/M\/IMG_3523-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How many of these airlines have you flown on?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-fst66B3\/0\/10a4e926\/L\/IMG_3524%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI counted twelve for sure.<\/p>\n<p>I love this background.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-7p4nNQB\/0\/bc1dd8ed\/L\/IMG_3527%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Little known Indian god.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-Mp7SkZs\/0\/c352f485\/L\/IMG_3529-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went to Walmart to get toys for the girls. I got a $100 Walmart gift card from our board. I spent all of that plus about another $125. Those little girls play me like a dad gum violin.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-w8XJbqR\/0\/919903bf\/M\/IMG_3530%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We came home to wrap what we had bought except for a few each that they could play with immediately.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-8nPk9kL\/0\/ebe8ffc6\/M\/IMG_3534-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-L9gXQF8\/0\/c1524dad\/L\/IMG_3535-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-Fhp9XnQ\/0\/854caf97\/L\/IMG_3536-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-c3QHZBp\/0\/3cb74cff\/L\/IMG_3538-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-zB62hVw\/0\/ce0b0faa\/L\/IMG_3552%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls bought me my favorite Christmas gift. Wonderful.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-LsVmhSx\/0\/840b68ef\/L\/IMG_3537-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have two big garbage bags full of gifts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-LmSbWB7\/0\/b8c644b4\/L\/IMG_3553%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got an email from the President of the Whirlwind Missions board about our outreach this weekend.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-2BHh56M\/0\/60e14a7f\/L\/IMG_3531%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Studied Spanish.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-C67JnNC\/0\/da59af30\/L\/IMG_3532%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-C4M2nx6\/0\/c2accee4\/L\/IMG_3533%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-Vjc3qnc\/0\/71df8824\/L\/IMG_3551%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After wrapping most of the gifts, I took the girls home and tried, unsuccessfully, to get them to take a nap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-dpBQHK9\/0\/4f7abd8d\/L\/IMG_3542%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-BZb8w92\/0\/ae2d759b\/L\/IMG_3543-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-TrH8Wpz\/0\/9806b7b4\/M\/IMG_3545-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful sunset.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-v4V7gxj\/0\/b5ae135d\/L\/IMG_9549%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kids are out of school and enjoying playing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-TbNVRCX\/0\/894622ea\/M\/IMG_9556%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-wNQbCP5\/0\/966f3b70\/L\/IMG_9550%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-cGfs7BH\/0\/d6232a74\/M\/IMG_9551%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-K7BXBsF\/0\/378527cd\/L\/IMG_9552%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took the Kendall&#8217;s garbage to the dumper and saw this in it! Perfect shape, about a foot wide. It&#8217;s a beauty.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-KDpDxTs\/0\/d359b0a7\/M\/IMG_9554%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went by the office to get the mail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-v5BKPPJ\/0\/f971f73b\/M\/IMG_9557%203-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made my grocery order.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-dH9MmBs\/0\/e39682f3\/L\/IMG_3555%203-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got Kathy&#8217;s absentee vote ready to cast tomorrow.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Global-Mall-Present-Wrapping-122220\/i-jKTMQHz\/0\/4c9beeb3\/M\/2020122219413428-7627768677952292930-IMG_3571_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good News. Arrived at Global Mall in good time. Always good to see Ashley. My &#8220;Cadillac&#8221; was gone. The extra-grande wheelchair was missing in action this morning. We came over here to see if we could spot it in the senior center across the escalators. Everly brought her baby, BB Queen. I asked the girls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13884,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13880\/revisions\/13884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}