{"id":108,"date":"2024-01-07T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2024-08-04T22:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T20:31:29","slug":"editor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/index.php\/editor\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE EDITOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"108\" class=\"elementor elementor-108\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61cf6e35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61cf6e35\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2ae26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d2ae26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772d7e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"772d7e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT THE EDITOR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353dcb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"353dcb9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2d72e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc2d72e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f55320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f55320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ben-Dalija-801x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-258\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ben-Dalija-801x1024.webp 801w, https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ben-Dalija-235x300.webp 235w, https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ben-Dalija-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bordenofyale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ben-Dalija.webp 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cfcda e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38cfcda\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5d628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a5d628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B.F. Westen (pictured below, high in the mountains of Gansu) was deported from China in 2018 after serving (since 2004) in the foreign field that William Borden longed for (yet never reached). He has been happily married to his (longsuffering) Peruvian wife since 2004, and they have three children, the two oldest who were born in Gansu.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His passion is to help Christians pray more strategically for China (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayforChina.us\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.prayforChina.us\">PrayforChina.us<\/a>), especially Gansu Province (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pray4gansu.com\">Pray4Gansu.com<\/a>), while also mobilizing a new generation of missionaries from both Latin America (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tibetandina.com\">TibetAndina<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tibetandinacom\">.com<\/a>) and the English speaking world (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.PrayGiveGo.us\">PrayGiveGo.us<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westen has blogged on missions since 2006 (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinacall.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chinacall.substack.com<\/a>) and tweeted (mostly to himself) since 2009 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chinaadventures\">@chinaadventures<\/a>). 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