{"id":282,"date":"2016-06-02T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timandtammynorman.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2016-06-02T11:12:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:12:37","slug":"from-lost-in-the-backyard-to-missionary-across-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"From Lost in the Backyard to Missionary Across the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcx.org\/NormanMinistry\/files\/2016\/06\/marcus-e1464883870302.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-285\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-285 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcx.org\/NormanMinistry\/files\/2016\/06\/marcus-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"marcus\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>I met Marcus about a year ago when I spoke to the high school seniors at our church about how to make an impact in college. Marcus began high school an atheist, but a few summers ago friends invited him to a Backyard Bible Club, which our church does every summer does in our neighborhood. In that backyard Marcus placed his faith in Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Last spring, I helped connect Marcus with our Cru leader in San Antonio before he even began college. Marcus seized the opportunity not just to survive his freshman year but to thrive in his faith. Marcus\u2019 own journey from atheism to faith fuels a passion for apologetics and connecting with those who are far from God. He\u2019s part of a 17-member team reaching college students in East Asia this summer. In just a few years Marcus went from lost in the backyard to making an impact for Christ among his classmates and this summer in East Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met Marcus about a year ago when I spoke to the high school seniors at our church about how to make an impact in college. Marcus began high school an atheist, but a few summers ago friends invited him to a Backyard Bible Club, which our church does every summer does in our neighborhood.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/?p=282\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From Lost in the Backyard to Missionary Across the Sea<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timandtammynorman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}