{"id":9166,"date":"2018-07-05T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T14:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2018-07-04T21:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T02:27:50","slug":"family-friends-and-missions-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/family-friends-and-missions-history.html","title":{"rendered":"Family, Friends, and Missions History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re keeping busy here in Canada, and enjoying <strong>Canada Day Month<\/strong> (I just made that up, but that&#8217;s ok)!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been enjoying some time with family and friends along with continuing ministry. We enjoyed some time with friends in Caronport, doing such very patriotic things as visiting the Canadian Forces base in Moose Jaw, a key base for the Royal Canadian Air Force. We had an excellent tour. (You know you&#8217;re in Canada when the military personnel passing you in the hallway apologize.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cfb-moose-jaw.jpg\" alt=\"CFB Moose Jaw\" width=\"478\" height=\"319\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cfb-moose-jaw.jpg 478w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cfb-moose-jaw-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/>On the 1st I taught a Sunday School class in Caronport on the modern era of <strong>missions history<\/strong>, which was fun. It&#8217;s been a while since I taught it, and I learned a few more things about history and the current state of world missions this time around. I look forward to learning more as I repeat the seminar again later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re celebrating my in-laws 50th anniversary by spending some time together as a family in BC.<\/p>\n<p>During this time the <strong>Mexico election<\/strong> happened, which many of you have been hearing about on the news. As you have probably noticed, there&#8217;s a lot of speculation &#8211; news that isn&#8217;t really news &#8211; and so we will wait to see what happens. But we are thankful that the Lord is the sovereign King of all nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re keeping busy here in Canada, and enjoying Canada Day Month (I just made that up, but that&#8217;s ok)! We&#8217;ve been enjoying some time with family and friends along with continuing ministry. 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