{"id":1923,"date":"2013-04-30T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T05:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2015-03-26T06:26:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:26:41","slug":"touched-by-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/touched-by-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Touched By Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3046 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1302-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Jean an Ralph\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1302-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_1302-1024x805.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In this world of technology and computers, it is easier than ever to connect with people on the other side of the world.\u00a0<strong> Still I was shocked when it brought us a new couple looking for Pastor Kohl, our pastor back in Eden, NY.<\/strong>\u00a0 This young couple had been listening to Pastor Kohl&#8217;s sermons online and were really encouraged by them.\u00a0 Then by looking at Faith Bible Baptist&#8217;s website they saw that Elizabeth and I were missionaries here in Cebu, Philippines.\u00a0 That directed them to our blog\u00a0 and they contacted us, asking for directions to our church.\u00a0 Then one Sunday morning they came! Now they have been faithfully attending our church ever since.\u00a0 <strong>Please continue to pray for this couple, Jean and Ralph.\u00a0<\/strong> They have already been saved and have been looking for a good church.\u00a0 Jean has even brought her mom now!<strong>\u00a0 It&#8217;s amazing to think that this young couple found us after listening to messages from our pastor back in the U.S. For a moment it made us feel a little closer to home. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this world of technology and computers, it is easier than ever to connect with people on the other side of the world.\u00a0 Still I was shocked when it brought us a new couple looking for Pastor Kohl, our pastor back in Eden, NY.\u00a0 This young couple had been listening to Pastor Kohl&#8217;s sermons online and were really encouraged by &hellip; <a class=\"meta-nav\" href=\"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/touched-by-home\/\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3048,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/3048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}