{"id":1342,"date":"2013-10-01T22:07:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T03:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2015-10-23T09:35:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:35:56","slug":"time-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/time-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there are lots of things going on right now. \u00a0Can&#8217;t divulge some things but we ask that you pray for clarity in direction as we seek His leadership in every avenue.<\/p>\n<p>We are taking a couple of weeks off. \u00a0Patty has been given a wonderful opportunity. \u00a0Her life long friend&#8217;s youngest son is getting married. \u00a0She lives outside Philadelphia, PA, and for years Patty has been wanting to go for a visit. \u00a0Well, Patty&#8217;s friend asked if she might be able to come help with the rehearsal and this opened a door. \u00a0Patty will be flying up tomorrow and will be spending a week in Philly with a side trip to NY. \u00a0After all, that has to happen, right?<\/p>\n<p>Once I place her on the plane, I&#8217;m driving back to friends in south LA to have a little time away for reflection and focus. \u00a0The vocal issues have continued. \u00a0It&#8217;s not so bad that I can&#8217;t fulfill my calling, but it&#8217;s getting increasingly difficult and consequently, very frustrating. \u00a0Thanks for the prayers, friends.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a wonderful September of ministry as we saw several come to Christ and many other various decisions. \u00a0The month ahead looks like another fairly busy time as the month moves on so, again, we appreciate your prayers on all counts.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<br \/>\nJohn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there are lots of things going on right now. \u00a0Can&#8217;t divulge some things but we ask that you pray for clarity in direction as we seek His leadership in every avenue. We are taking a couple of weeks off. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/time-away\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unconfined"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnyatesministry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}