{"id":1491,"date":"2012-06-20T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T13:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crosscultural\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2012-06-20T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T13:57:47","slug":"resting-in-the-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2012\/06\/20\/resting-in-the-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting in the questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 7<\/p>\n<p>I cannot believe that we are flying back to the U.S. in just three days &#8211; It is surreal! I have learned, and experienced so much during my time here in Bulgaria. I feel like I have a lot more to learn here, and I am not ready to leave. Processing these past three weeks will take time, and prayer, because I believe that there are buried meanings to every experience I had.<\/p>\n<p>I found faith-driven connections everywhere in Bulgaria, and that is truly remarkable. A country with as much history and culture as Bulgaria has an incredibly strong foundation upon which religion, churches\/mosques, and core faith emerge.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen this in the openness and hospitality of those around me, including my generous and overly patient host families. I have also heard this through the courageous stories of resilience, re-birth, and seeking reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all, Bulgaria has begun to teach me about resting in the question. I believe these lessons will be re-learned throughout my entire life.<\/p>\n<p>-Molly Boese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 7 I cannot believe that we are flying back to the U.S. in just three days &#8211; It is surreal! I have learned, and experienced so much during my time here in Bulgaria. I feel like I have a lot more to learn here, and I am not ready to leave. Processing these past....<\/p><div> <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2012\/06\/20\/resting-in-the-questions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Resting in the questions<\/span><svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 4l-1.41 1.41L16.17 11H4v2h12.17l-5.58 5.59L12 20l8-8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4011],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulgaria-2012","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1494,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}