{"id":1720,"date":"2015-08-03T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:29","slug":"weekend-whirlwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=1720","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND WHIRLWIND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At this point in the summer, our kids are a bit pooped out, but even as tired as they were, they couldn’t resist being pulled in by these new young friends.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Julie and Matt were gracious enough to host a pool party at their place Saturday night to give us a platform to share with some of their friends. In one of those “It’s a Small World” moments, one of the men in attendance had actually been to our neck of Haiti just a few months ago, working on the air conditioning units at Radio 4 VEH!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sunday morning, Pastor Jeremy warmly welcomed our family at the Evangelical United Methodist Church of Mt. Carmel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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A beautiful place to share God’s concern for the poor and oppressed: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and to break every yoke?” (Isaiah 58:6)The morning light shining through the windows before the service started …<\/p>\n\n\n

Pastor Diane and the congregation not only support us financially and prayerfully, they have also gone out of their way to collect school supplies for Cowman School and shoes for Daniel’s neighbors. It was a privilege to be able to share an update on our past year in Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n

Today we’re back to home base: Columbus, Indiana. \u00a0IF we get the green light from OMS headquarters, our flight back to Haiti will be two weeks from tomorrow. We’ve been greatly encouraged by so many who have stepped up to financially support our ministry in Haiti. I wish that meant we were in the clear, but we’re not quite yet. \u00a0If you have thought about giving, but haven’t made it official yet, please head over to our page on the OMS website (right HERE)<\/a> in order to let the folks at headquarters know of your intentions!\u00a0Thanks so much for all the wonderful support you all have shown and continue to show. It means the world to us.Even though our flight date is not yet certain, we continue to pack and tie up loose ends as if we head out August 18th, because, God willing, we certainly intend to!(P.S. – If you are local, keep next Sunday August 9th afternoon open if possible! We’d like to see you at the “Gathering with the Grosses” in Donner Park, 1 to 5 pm. Check out the Facebook even page for more details RIGHT HERE<\/a>.)<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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