{"id":543,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/projects\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T09:04:38","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"543\" class=\"elementor elementor-543\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4cc326 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4cc326\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cad4c5a\" data-id=\"cad4c5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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#10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-hover-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"1856\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/newsletter-10\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Newsletter #10<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelch Update #10&nbsp;&#8211; 12.20.25 We Wish You a Merry Christmas It&#8217;s Christmas Again?...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-footer\">\n            <div class=\"post-footer\">\n                <div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1856\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/newsletter-10\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-hover-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"1798\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1798\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/newsletter-9\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5703-2-768x576.jpeg\"\n                             class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n                             width=\"768\"\n                             height=\"576\"\n                             alt=\"Newsletter #9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-hover-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"1798\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/newsletter-9\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Newsletter #9<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelch Update #9&nbsp;&#8211; 09.09.25 Seven Months in Togo Teary eyed saying farewell to Grandpa...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-footer\">\n            <div class=\"post-footer\">\n                <div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1798\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/newsletter-9\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-hover-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"1739\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1739\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/newsletter-8\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4114-2-768x1024.jpeg\"\n                             class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n                             width=\"768\"\n                             height=\"1024\"\n                             alt=\"Newsletter #8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay 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Hello Family and Friends, The past few weeks...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-footer\">\n            <div class=\"post-footer\">\n                <div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1594\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/newsletter-7\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-hover-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"1536\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1536\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/newsletter-6\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0845-768x576.jpeg\"\n                             class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n                             width=\"768\"\n                             height=\"576\"\n                             alt=\"Newsletter #6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-hover-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"1536\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/newsletter-6\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Newsletter #6<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelch Update #6&nbsp;&#8211; 12.31.24 Joyeux No\u00ebl et Bonne Ann\u00e9e! It\u2019s hard to believe another year...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-footer\">\n            <div class=\"post-footer\">\n                <div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1536\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/newsletter-6\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-hover-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"1310\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1310\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/newsletter-5\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NL5.1-768x1043.jpg\"\n                             class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n                             width=\"768\"\n                             height=\"1043\"\n                             alt=\"Newsletter #5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-hover-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"1310\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/newsletter-5\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Newsletter #5<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelch Update #5&nbsp;&#8211; 10.26.24 Je l\u00e8ve mes yeux\u00a0 Goodness, time is moving quickly. It\u2019s hard...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"post-footer\">\n            <div class=\"post-footer\">\n                <div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1310\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/newsletter-5\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-4 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-grid-hover-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"1250\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"1250\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/newsletter-4\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_8403-768x1024.jpg\"\n                             class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n                             width=\"768\"\n                             height=\"1024\"\n                             alt=\"Newsletter #4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t        <div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-hover-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"1250\" href=\"https:\/\/welchmission.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/newsletter-4\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Newsletter #4<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWelch Update #4\u00a0&#8211; 7.19.24 Bonnes Vacances! 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