{"id":140,"date":"2013-10-26T21:25:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T18:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/?p=140"},"modified":"2015-05-03T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T11:19:21","slug":"bethlehem-not-little-and-not-still-but-wonderful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/2013\/10\/bethlehem-not-little-and-not-still-but-wonderful\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem: Not little and not still, but wonderful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_141\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bethlehem-sunrise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bethlehem-sunrise-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of sunrise in Bethlehem\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bethlehem sunrise<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have arrived! We\u2019re tired, happy, already seeing this world with new eyes. For more on our arrival experience, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/oshkoshtoibillin.com\/passport-control\/\">John Hobbins\u2019 blog entry<\/a> (for his Rotaract group\u2019s \u201cOshkosh to Ibillin\u201d project).<\/p>\n<p>This was sunrise in Bethlehem \u2014 beginning our first full day in Palestine. John took the other photos during our opening gathering with our new best friend and fearless leader, Usama Nicola. It\u2019s Sunday morning. In a few hours we\u2019ll be with Christmas Lutheran Church for worship, then on to Wi\u2019am for an orientation and a visit to Aida Refugee Camp. The serious blogging begins tonight! Thanks for following us, and let us know your thoughts or questions.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/candice_yessra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/candice_yessra-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Candice and Yessra\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/candice_yessra-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/candice_yessra.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candice and Yessra<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/laurie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/laurie-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Laurie\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/laurie-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/laurie.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_144\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/moe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/moe-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Moe\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/moe-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/moe.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moe<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_146\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/usama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-image-146 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/usama-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of tour leader Usama Nicola\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/usama-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/usama.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usama Nicola, Tour Leader<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have arrived! We\u2019re tired, happy, already seeing this world with new eyes. For more on our arrival experience, check out John Hobbins\u2019 blog entry (for his Rotaract group\u2019s \u201cOshkosh to Ibillin\u201d project). This was sunrise in Bethlehem \u2014 beginning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/2013\/10\/bethlehem-not-little-and-not-still-but-wonderful\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-november-pilgrimage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingstonespilgrimage.org\/lsp-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}