{"id":305,"date":"2008-03-15T21:39:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T01:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2008-03-15T22:38:31","modified_gmt":"2008-03-16T02:38:31","slug":"305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fun day with Kathy today!  We enjoyed a good omelette and pancake breakfast together then went over to Stone Mountain.  Even though it was sprinkling a little we still hiked up to the top of the mountain. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/266159455_tTRpU-M.jpg\" alt=\"stnmtn1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/266159050_Ywvyz-M.jpg\" alt=\"stnmtn2\" \/> Round trip is about 2.8 miles.  It was gusting to over 40 mph at the top!  I was afraid it was going to blow my hat clean off my head.  Fortunately, it hung on!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/266158476_faTas-M.jpg\" alt=\"tkstonemountain\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We came home and I helped Edwin rebuild the gate to his dog pen. His son Kevin got a new lab puppy named scout.  What a cutie! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/266156964_77qjc-M.jpg\" alt=\"puppy1\" \/> He&#8217;s really a craftsman and I thought it turned out great.  It also reminded me how important having a partner is.  Sometimes just holding the end of a board can be a huge help.  It&#8217;s the same with missions.  Sometimes just showing up and sitting with a kid is all that&#8217;s needed to make the whole day a success!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/photos\/266159776_bfHAZ-M.jpg\" alt=\"dogpen1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We just got back from seeing Jesse this evening.  He&#8217;s been there for nearly a month.  He seemed really forlorn over the fire.  He also said that he&#8217;s been thinking about what happened a lot.  He said that he&#8217;d been playing with that rubbing alcohol and as he was pouring more onto the plate the fire went up the stream and lit the bottle on fire like a rocket.  He said he was so freaked out that he just ran out of the house.  He feels it was totally an accident.  He is off all the medication they&#8217;ve been giving him.  He seemed really clear eyed and sadder.  My guess is that the sleep deprivation also played into this feeling like it was just a dream.   I hate that we can only see him twice a week.  We hope we can get him into the hospital for therapy and bond him out of the jail this week.  Please pray that will come to pass this week.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had a headache nearly every day for the last two weeks.  Pray for our health.  Kathy&#8217;s stomach was really bothering her this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Love you guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fun day with Kathy today! We enjoyed a good omelette and pancake breakfast together then went over to Stone Mountain. Even though it was sprinkling a little we still hiked up to the top of the mountain. Round trip is about 2.8 miles. It was gusting to over 40 mph at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"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=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}