{"id":3609,"date":"2012-03-03T00:53:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T04:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2012-03-03T00:59:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T04:59:04","slug":"rashida-rob-bayo-way-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=3609","title":{"rendered":"Rashida! Rob! Bayo!  Too far? Nah!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and a wonderful time with our friend Rashida Wednesday evening.  She passed her citizenship test!  Welcome to America!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-3GCZVsj\/0\/M\/IMG0140-M.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><br \/>\nWe made a little certificate for her.  We&#8217;re proud of our families!<\/p>\n<p>Dropped off the financial report that Ashley worked up to our treasurer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-WXgnfxx\/0\/M\/IMG0721-M.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning I met up with Rob Martin and our pastor at FBC Doraville, Bill Kelly.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-5r52Dz9\/0\/M\/IMG0723-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><br \/>\n  Great to talk with him about plans for a shower trailer to help with our teams.<\/p>\n<p>Rob and I picked up Bayo.  It was fun to hear Bayo share his amazing story.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-BRMKrc6\/0\/M\/IMG0725-M.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><br \/>\nWe also went to the mission to figure out how much work there was to be done by the team coming in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Good time hanging out with great friends!<\/p>\n<p>Came home and went for a run.  I probably shouldn&#8217;t have watched &#8220;Running the Sahara&#8221; nor listen to my friend Ian North talk about running 20 miles in the Appalachians.<\/p>\n<p>Started out to run about 2 miles.  Felt good.  Kept running. 3 miles. Then 4.  Onto 5.  A full 6.2 mile run.  What!?  At least half of it was in the rain.  <\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the weather was no problem. And I made it.  Just kept telling myself, &#8220;If those guys can run 50 miles or 20 miles, I know I can do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there really are no boundaries.  It&#8217;s all in your head, baby.  <\/p>\n<p>Of course I&#8217;ll probably have to have a pep talk to the lower half of my body when I work with the teams tomorrow in Lawrenceville.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to take Sugar Dog with me.  This was her reaction to me bringing the leash.  I think she knew I was headed for craziness.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-XcknfBG\/0\/M\/IMG0729-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up some supplies from FBC Doraville for the event.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-69h28Wf\/0\/M\/IMG0726-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\nI enjoyed the run and the beauty I saw around me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-NzszH5V\/0\/M\/IMG0728-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-rMrTp93\/0\/M\/IMG0733-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-4fvVDH7\/0\/M\/IMG0734-M.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was intrigued by the idea of recreating myself.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-qS6V72J\/0\/M\/IMG0736-M.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did we really need this mark on the street?  It was harder to see than the actual sign.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-C99VNg8\/0\/M\/IMG0738-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I liked how this con trail made a shadow on the lower clouds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-wstP4qb\/0\/M\/IMG0731-M.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I liked the sound of this.  I strive for it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-gv4jCSs\/0\/M\/IMG0732-M.jpg\" alt=\"e\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope this isn&#8217;t cussin&#8217;.  Think of the children!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other\/Rashida-Rob-Martin-and-Bayo\/i-FrncmgQ\/1\/M\/IMG0737-M.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><\/p>\n<p>K and I had fun watching Big Bang Theory this evening.  We also had a good talk with J . . . . our favorite evening entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and a wonderful time with our friend Rashida Wednesday evening. She passed her citizenship test! Welcome to America! We made a little certificate for her. We&#8217;re proud of our families! Dropped off the financial report that Ashley worked up to our treasurer. This morning I met up with Rob Martin and our pastor at [&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\/3609"}],"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=3609"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}