{"id":8,"date":"2007-07-11T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greetings.gillespiesonline.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2019-04-30T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:36:24","slug":"time-of-refreshment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Time of Refreshment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e1c08ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e1c08ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfdf8f2\" data-id=\"dfdf8f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3edaae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3edaae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">&#8220;I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty,&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Rev. 1:8 <\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">How awe-inspiring to know that the God Who is not only in our todays, but in our yesterdays and tomorrows as well, is also the &#8216;Almighty&#8217;.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/backyard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/backyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>I am writing this update from the back porch deck of my father&#8217;s home in beautiful West Virginia. One of the things most refreshing to us during our summer visit has been all the &#8216;green&#8217;; another is the pleasurable driving, especially amidst all this beautiful greenery. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">While we have been busy, we&#8217;ve been especially refreshed by lots of time with family and friends in the past weeks. This weekend, we will head south where I will attend classes in Tennesee while Bob heads to Florida to visit his parents and one of our supporting churches. We will then have a few days with family in Ohio before returning to Niger and a new school year at Sahel Academy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/lois_summer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/lois_summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Here&#8217;s how you can prayer for us this month:<\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Travel<\/strong>. We&#8217;re not the only ones traveling in the next month. Many of our co-workers are traveling as well. The Totmans return to Niger in July; the Goldes arrive in Niger for a one-year ministry, the Marines and Gillespies (us) return to Niger in August. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><strong>Staff needs at Sahel Academy<\/strong>. We do have specific needs which you can view on our website. If you think that God is directing you our way, we want you! \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Please\u00a0visit <\/span><a title=\"Cyberhome of Sahel Academy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sahelacademy.com\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">www.sahelacademy.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0so that you can get a picture of the ministry at Sahel Academy. Through your gifts and prayers, you are a part of this ministry.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Many thanks to those of you who helped to make this trip possible. 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