{"id":192,"date":"2023-08-29T21:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/?p=192"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:29:17","slug":"firsts-and-fifth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/2023\/08\/29\/firsts-and-fifth\/","title":{"rendered":"Firsts and Fifth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firsts and Fifth sounds to me like football, and while it is the fall football season, we are not a big football family considering the last 13 years in Thailand, but we certainly are a team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last several days have been very full for Team Hirt.&nbsp; We moved into our new housing, and golly, it is a huge blessing to finally be settled and through the generosity of a very loving family we have far more space, and beautiful space it is, than we need.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, Monday 8\/28, was both Chris\u2019s fifth round of chemo and the kids first day of school!&nbsp; We are so thankful to the Lord for guiding us to today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We met with our doctor this visit and due to the increased neuropathy for Chris in his feet they removed one of the chemo drugs for this treatment.&nbsp; As the doctor articulated there is a delicate balance between maintaining long term health after the chemo and allowing the chemo to do its work.&nbsp; Due to a very positive result in his last PET scan and the increased neuropathy in his feet (which is affecting running and sitting for a long time) it is best for Chris\u2019s long term health to not take one of the chemo drugs in hope to protect his feet for the future.&nbsp; We are very grateful to the Lord for an attentive and responsive medical team.&nbsp; His bloodwork was good, also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luis is in 8th, Lucas is in 7th, and Emalene is in 4th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They all went towards their first day with excitement, mixed with a little fear, as well as a few shivers from the cool air with which they are not familiar.&nbsp; The boys shared that they found \u201clocker buddies\u201d pretty quickly and that was an encouragement to them.&nbsp; Emalene said she really likes her teacher and is already working hard towards her first project.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\" style=\"width:786px;height:590px\" width=\"786\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-3125-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join us in prayer and trusting God for these points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for kind and considerate friends for our children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for perseverance for our kids as they balance sports and getting used to a different school<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for energy for Chris and I as we navigate his treatment and supporting our kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for discernment for what fall activities to engage and which ones to let pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We continue to thank God:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for the family that shared their home with us, may the Lord bless them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for the families that are sharing cars with us, may the Lord bless them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for the many who are helping with meals, may the Lord bless them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for the friends who came to help us move, may the Lord bless them<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-for those that have and continue to support our ministry with Wycliffe, may the Lord bless them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Hirt is so grateful to the Lord for his goodness and kindness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firsts and Fifth sounds to me like football, and while it is the fall football season, we are not a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}