{"id":5966,"date":"2014-03-13T20:39:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2014-03-13T23:53:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:53:50","slug":"va-tech-plaza-fiesta-global-mall-madina-azalea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=5966","title":{"rendered":"VA Tech! Plaza Fiesta! Global Mall! Madina! Azalea!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREAT to have our team from Virginia Tech in town!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-PT7Jc5S\/1\/M\/IMG_6650-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nThey&#8217;re always one of my favorite teams.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-vd9rbR3\/0\/M\/IMG_6686-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\n Ashley and I gave them briefings on Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-CqkDWFP\/0\/M\/IMG_6623-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-ptXhXkV\/0\/M\/IMG_2321-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls all wore the pants they bought yesterday!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-jNkqpWL\/0\/M\/IMG_6647-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we had our final prayer time and commissioning which includes signing Jesus&#8217; landing pad when he comes back.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-fW4mvn3\/0\/M\/IMG_2328-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ash and I took them to Plaza Fiesta to check out the wonders of the Latino culture.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-L4Krr94\/0\/M\/IMG_2329-M.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jesus photo bombed these kids.\\<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-sVLh5WG\/0\/M\/IMG_6675-M.jpg\" alt=\"j\" \/><br \/>\nThen to Madina to check out the N. African and Middle Eastern culture.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-4xrDmPS\/0\/M\/IMG_2338-M.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-tgmH7RH\/0\/M\/IMG_6683-M.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ended up at Global Mall with a visit to the Hindu temple.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-p2h34T2\/0\/M\/IMG_2358-M.jpg\" alt=\"g\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-zFj46ZN\/0\/M\/IMG_6695-M.jpg\" alt=\"l\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spent a great afternoon with the kids at the mission.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-sDqsMKs\/0\/M\/IMG_2361-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-NqGnkqM\/0\/M\/IMG_6721-M.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-H9K7zWh\/0\/M\/IMG_6723-M.jpg\" alt=\"j\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-qSGqXsN\/0\/M\/IMG_6730-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-mnrxvkF\/0\/M\/IMG_2365-M.jpg\" alt=\"v\" \/><br \/>\nAlways sad to see my teams leave.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-x9qbDVc\/0\/M\/IMG_2370-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Other-1\/VA-Tech-to-Plaza-Fiesta-Madina\/i-2NksfMc\/0\/M\/IMG_2384-M.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve prepared for the next team coming in on Saturday.  I&#8217;ll be here to get them started than head to Texas that afternoon.  I&#8217;ll be speaking at Main Street Baptist Church in Georgetown.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to the trip, but I have to admit I&#8217;m conflicted about it.  I hate to leave Ashley working wit the team all on her own.  It&#8217;s a lot to handle.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll do great.  Jesse and Kathy will also be helping, but it&#8217;s not like having good ol&#8217; Dad there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREAT to have our team from Virginia Tech in town! They&#8217;re always one of my favorite teams. Ashley and I gave them briefings on Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism. The girls all wore the pants they bought yesterday! Then we had our final prayer time and commissioning which includes signing Jesus&#8217; landing pad when he comes [&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\/5966"}],"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=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5970,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/5970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}