{"id":1168,"date":"2006-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2006-07-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:00:00","slug":"couple-safely-back-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Safely Back In United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Melvin Mason, <em>Daily News-Record<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kenneth and Kathryn Seitz are in much more peaceful surroundings than they were a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>  But their minds are still on the people and the country they hoped to make a better place. <\/p>\n<p> Now, they keep tabs on the Middle East, praying for the battles in Lebanon and Israel to end. Somehow.<\/p>\n<h3>  On A Mission<\/h3>\n<p>  Only a few days ago, the Seitzes were in Beirut, Lebanon, as part of a humanitarian mission with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mennonite Central Committee<\/a>, based in Akron, Pa. The couple, graduates of Eastern Mennonite High School and teachers at Eastern Mennonite University from 1979 to 1986, spent two years in Lebanon as part of a five-year mission. <\/p>\n<p> The armed conflict between Israel and southern Lebanon-based Hezbollah forced them to flee. The Seitzes, both 68, had already planned weeks before to take time off. The hostilities between the Israeli military and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon altered those plans, forcing them to leave a week earlier. <\/p>\n<p> Early Sunday morning, they arrived in Harrisonburg, where Kenneth Seitz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record Kenneth and Kathryn Seitz are in much more peaceful surroundings than they were a week ago. But their minds are still on the people and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Couple Safely Back In United States<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,12503],"tags":[9154,9166,7042,9259,8391,6100],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-cjp","tag-hezbollah","tag-humanitarian-mission","tag-israel","tag-kathryn-seitz","tag-lebanon","tag-mennonite-central-committee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record Kenneth and Kathryn Seitz are in much more peaceful surroundings than they were a week ago. But their minds are still on the people and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-07-24T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\",\"name\":\"Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-07-24T04:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Couple Safely Back In United States\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EMU News\",\"description\":\"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News","og_description":"By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record Kenneth and Kathryn Seitz are in much more peaceful surroundings than they were a week ago. But their minds are still on the people and","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/","og_site_name":"EMU News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2006-07-24T04:00:00+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EMU_News","twitter_site":"@EMU_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/","name":"Couple Safely Back In United States - EMU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-07-24T04:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/couple-safely-back-in-united-states\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Couple Safely Back In United States"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"EMU News","description":"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}