{"id":2978,"date":"2022-09-19T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:48","slug":"my-new-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2978","title":{"rendered":"MY NEW HERO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I first met Stephen yesterday at the little church Conrad and I attended. He was personable from the first moment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D0F3FE7E-1C93-4435-9128-11E38CEB1728-3.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1414\" data-original-width=\"1267\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D0F3FE7E-1C93-4435-9128-11E38CEB1728-3.jpeg\" width=\"574\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I had the honor of riding along with him for the day. Stephen is a loan officer for a microfinance ministry that is very similar to what Mission Resource does but under a different organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should have known that my assumptions were going to be challenged today when Stephen picked me up around 11:00 am and he was wearing a dress shirt, slacks, and &#8230; boots.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1A2F45E6-2CFA-4A90-AEB9-4127A933635B-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2475\" height=\"2382\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgB89jZ00kScoeiR7S_5WPpbhoI-U-zZ9RBRhIc5ttXvDUWW4MDrO77b-iKS_8v8hmKDQk3qsic8onhG6iW6QIrGyYYcI4PnaEwoGvqPIU128czbb32eS3COi6CEy9G7y61QDHQWFSGhX4lHKkxrYxQsdaay5LQhZMDcJBulkAi7kY-Zodp4Ch6U_t7\/w640-h480\/E144A9A7-A270-4716-8EBC-3C3B484A26AC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/EC86D9D1-BE69-4AA4-9B7A-14F4CBF2606D-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"3555\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/130ECF75-45C1-4924-AF87-6F02107DF1EE-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0131A4D5-2400-4C8F-9747-B7A777204EE1-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first met Stephen yesterday at the little church Conrad and I attended. 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