{"id":8549,"date":"2016-06-08T21:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T01:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=8549"},"modified":"2016-06-08T22:34:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T02:34:22","slug":"mountain-view-global-mall-al-madina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=8549","title":{"rendered":"Mountain View! Global Mall! Al Madina!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley, Penelope and I had fun briefing the team from Alabama on Judaism, Christianity and Islam.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-nWMrs5p\/0\/M\/IMG_2126-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-KJkwkMr\/0\/M\/IMG_2145-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-ZKBpV27\/0\/M\/IMG_2139-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bubbleation!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-mgRJkFB\/0\/M\/IMG_3861-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nMaybe a tad scary.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-6TXLd4Q\/0\/M\/IMG_3862-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nOf course the Magnificent Baby always makes everything that much better.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-PpNChQm\/0\/M\/IMG_3866-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fashion show.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-SV5f4cn\/0\/M\/IMG_3872-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nOn Safari to Global Mall.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-QQmwrFJ\/0\/M\/IMG_3874-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ate lunch at Ashiana.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-SHpSZnf\/0\/M\/IMG_3881-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nVisited the Shiva Mandir.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-jgWNRGq\/0\/M\/IMG_2149-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-8GBsZC4\/0\/M\/IMG_2154-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-XZgNCxr\/0\/M\/IMG_3885-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\nThen to Al Madina.  I thought this was interesting.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-pdV2GHL\/0\/M\/IMG_3895-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On to the missions.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-DPsfg85\/0\/M\/IMG_2166-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-NFLVj86\/0\/M\/IMG_3900-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-XhRwrnK\/0\/M\/IMG_3912-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-zc9ZVcN\/0\/M\/IMG_3916-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Other-3\/Mountain-View-BC-to-Global\/i-ktTJnCS\/0\/M\/IMG_3920-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After checking on the teams and shooting pictures\/video, I came home and cut half of the back yard.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-pTzMpmZ\/0\/X2\/IMG_3934-X2.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was delightfully cool outside, but still a really hard job.  Hard to push.  Dense grass.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-pcmD6J6\/0\/M\/IMG_3933-M.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to throw away a bunch of heavy branches that had fallen during the recent big storms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-JgVvtzR\/0\/M\/IMG_3935-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mowed for about 1.5 hours.  According to RunKeeper I pushed that lawn mower .85 miles.  Felt like it.<br \/>\nThe monkey grass continues to fill in under the trees.  It&#8217;ll take years, but eventually it&#8217;ll be a lawn that can live in the low light conditions of a thick forest.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-S9KVcHd\/0\/M\/IMG_3940-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-czF9qZq\/0\/M\/IMG_3941-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watched &#8217;71 with K.  Pretty interesting movie about the IRA.<\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.<\/p>\n<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t want that?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Mow-back-yard-6816\/i-dqpd4tW\/0\/M\/IMG_3936-M.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley, Penelope and I had fun briefing the team from Alabama on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Bubbleation! Maybe a tad scary. Of course the Magnificent Baby always makes everything that much better. Fashion show. On Safari to Global Mall. Ate lunch at Ashiana. Visited the Shiva Mandir. Then to Al Madina. I thought this was [&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\/8549"}],"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=8549"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8553,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8549\/revisions\/8553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}