{"id":1814,"date":"2022-09-23T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:01:55","slug":"ri-president-september-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"RI President September Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-e4ae9c\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-blob-2\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jennifer-Jones-Official-Photo-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1668\" width=\"363\" height=\"345\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jennifer Jones<br>2022-23 RI President<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Nick and I spent time in Guatemala, where we met wonderful fellow Rotary members and families who unofficially adopted me as \u201cT\u00eda Jennifer.\u201d On the third day, after visiting Patz\u00fan in the mountainous western highlands, we set out for Lake Atitl\u00e1n, which we needed to reach by nightfall. If we took a back road we could get there faster. Locals told us it had just been repaved and assured us, \u201cYou\u2019ll have no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">At first, it was a breeze. We wound through misty-green coffee and corn fields covering the hillside like a patchwork quilt. But at a river crossing, we found a bridge washed away. The only way to continue would be to ford the river in our small bus. There were a few tense moments, but we decided to give it a try and, thankfully, we made it across safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">This adventure reminds me of two important truths in Rotary. One, we rely on local, on-the-ground expertise to do what we do best. And two, sometimes you have to take uncomfortable chances to reach important goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Every day, I am honored to learn from our Rotary family. Every lesson is an opportunity to grow, and each story adds a chapter to our collective\u00a0<em>Imagine Rotary\u00a0<\/em>year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Jones<br>2022 &#8211; 23 RI President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Jones2022-23 RI President Recently, Nick and I spen &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-2022-september","category-ri-express-newsletter-2022-september"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2154,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/2154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dg-newsletter2223.rid3450.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}