{"id":168,"date":"2025-11-22T02:17:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/?p=168"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:17:54","slug":"days-88-89-october-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/2025\/11\/22\/days-88-89-october-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Days 88-89, October 29, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/11\/day-88.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/11\/day-88.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6596\/2025\/11\/day-88-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you look closely between Eddie and\u00a0Mac&#8217;s excited faces above the tree line is a rainbow. You may notice also the hills are of our home and not that of Pittsburgh.<br>I started to have aches &amp; pains Sunday night but was thinking they were from farm activities. They increased Monday to the point of where I couldn&#8217;t function very well. We made the call to our air Angel pilot that night to indicate that we made need a change of plans. The next morning it was obvious we needed to use wisdom. <br>And despite all our hopes to see our Pittsburgh team and get a great report staying home would be wisest.<br>Yesterday a family medicine test resulted in a positive; thankfully a negative for\u00a0Mac. I&#8217;ve been masking &amp; cleaning and isolating as much as possible from the boys and thankful for family and friends that have delivered all the things and resources to help promote healing.<br>We ask that you have upmost hope in your prayers. We know God loves all His children. His will &amp; our prayers results in His divine answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I sought the Lord<br>and he answered me<br>And delivered me<br>From all my fears&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beginning of a verse we have prayed over&nbsp;Mac&nbsp;for years &#8220;taste and see&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will you pray with us? we love this song a friend shared a while back after hearing it was one of&nbsp;Mac&#8217;s life verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 34 - Taste and See - by Shane &amp; Shane (Lyric Video) | Christian Worship Music\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOzf0VrDNGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you look closely between Eddie and\u00a0Mac&#8217;s excited faces above the tree line is a rainbow. 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