{"id":93,"date":"2025-10-01T00:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/?p=93"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:33:43","slug":"day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaformac\/2025\/10\/01\/day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 &#8211; August 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>They made it ! Andy and Eddie had a safe yet very long drive. Grateful they are here and can get some rest. Today is Andy&#8217;s pre op day as well as Mac&#8217;s for surgery next Wednesday August the 13th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayers of health, full immune function and peace during these final lab tests and surgeon conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two days before we left town were so much cooler in Tennessee &#8211; peaceful- indicating a season change for us-we see you God. Leaving our farm, our homestead, everything that gives us comfort and joy wrapped into one gift God gave us 5 years ago for the big city of Pittsburgh. There so much serenity and peace playing with our kittens, milking our cow and putting away our ducks and chickens one last time for a time we don&#8217;t know but only God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An additional prayer God&#8217;s protection of what He has made us stewards of, our animals, our milk cows, our beef cows, our piggies, ducks, chickens, dogs and cats oh and goats too. May our house stay strong as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d2000e6b7e0fcbbca84397dc40ecd590\">Psalm 91:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They made it ! Andy and Eddie had a safe yet very long drive. Grateful they are here and can get some rest. 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