{"id":1233,"date":"2013-12-27T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T17:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2015-01-26T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T21:29:13","slug":"merry-christmas-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December has been an incredibly exhausting month for us. It began with the surprise from immigration that I had to leave the country immediately. So I had to drive to Mexico. About a week before Christmas Yuli needed an emergency appendectomy. Thankfully the operation was successful and she has been recovering quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1234\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?attachment_id=1234\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387928544&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"december_2013_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"december_2013_1\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edwin and Jenifer came over to spend Christmas with us again, and we celebrated \u00a0in the traditional Guatemalan way with lots of fireworks and great food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1235\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?attachment_id=1235\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,956\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387933947&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"december_2013_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2-1024x764.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"december_2013_2\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2-401x300.jpg 401w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the 26th Yuli and I celebrated our 4th anniversary! We&#8217;re so grateful that God brought us together. It now seems like a long time ago as we think back to all the different challenges and issues surrounding our marriage and problems with visas, but God worked everything out just perfectly. Thank You, Lord!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1236\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?attachment_id=1236\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3GS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1388074546&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00769230769231&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"december_2013_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"december_2013_3\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/december_2013_3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>December was especially difficult for us because we lost Elias. He&#8217;s been with us for two years, and we really miss him a lot. Please be praying for him as he now lives in Guatemala City!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December has been an incredibly exhausting month for us. It began with the surprise from immigration that I had to leave the country immediately. So I had to drive to Mexico. About a week before Christmas Yuli needed an emergency appendectomy. Thankfully the operation was successful and she has been recovering quickly. Edwin and Jenifer &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=1233\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Merry Christmas!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guatemala"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2tws0-jT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}