{"id":27905,"date":"2022-06-15T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fellowshipadev.wpengine.com\/?p=27905"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T23:09:16","slug":"eden-simmons-missionary-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/eden-simmons-missionary-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Simmons, Missionary in Albania","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A monumental change in plans that led to profound disappointment and confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Unsure of what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Trusting God in the middle of it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Eden Simmons, the past few years have been a whirlwind. She&#8217;s long felt a calling to be a missionary. Originally, she was going to move to Thailand to work for Shear Love International, a ministry that helps women get out of prostitution or abuse and trains them how to be hair stylists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then COVID happened, and then everything fell through,&#8221; Eden recalls.<\/p>\n<p>Watch her story to see how she remained obedient to the Lord and a good steward of her time while waiting on Him to direct her next steps toward becoming a missionary.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:0 0 55% 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/720812965?badge=0&#038;autopause=0&#038;player_id=0&#038;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Eden Simmons God Story\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A monumental change in plans that led to profound disappointment and confusion. Unsure of what to do. Trusting God in the middle of it all.\u00a0 For Eden Simmons, the past few years have been a whirlwind. She&#8217;s long felt a calling to be a missionary. Originally, she was going to move to Thailand to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":28,"featured_media":27907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[493],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video"],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fellowshipar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}