{"id":3421,"date":"2023-07-01T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:09","slug":"family-update-scattered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3421","title":{"rendered":"FAMILY UPDATE – SCATTERED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There was no post yesterday, but I had a legit excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n

A thunderstorm rolled through Columbus around 4:30 in the afternoon and knocked out power for over 5,000 people, including those here on Hiker Trace. Ours must have been a bit more complicated than elsewhere, though, since our power was not restored until some time after 11:00 am this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n

So we did dinner on the grill … in the rain. And when the clocks struck 8:00 pm and electricity had not returned, I decided it would be an excellent night to hit the sack early – especially since we were needing to take Sarah over to the Columbus church by 2:00 am to join the youth mission team as they departed for El Salvador!<\/p>\n\n\n

Early breakfast – or late, late night snack – was also by grill and by candlelight, but we managed to get Sarah to the church on time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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And the church had power.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was tough getting back to sleep, especially knowing our youngest was heading out of the country without us.<\/p>\n\n\n

It hit me as I drove home: At least for the next few days, our family is scattered across the globe. Melissa and I are the only two in Indiana. Samuel is selling books in Illinois. Caleb is settling in to his new life in Georgia. Hannah has a few more days in Europe and Sarah is now in Central America.<\/p>\n\n\n

Times are changing!<\/p>\n\n\n

We would greatly appreciate prayers for Sarah and the rest of the El Salvador team over the next week or so and for Hannah’s safe return to the States early next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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