{"id":403,"date":"2021-09-29T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/?p=403"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:22:21","slug":"good-to-be-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/good-to-be-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Good to be Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s a very quick update (you&#8217;ll see why it&#8217;s quick in a minute.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re taking off on a ministry trip to AFRICA tomorrow! This is the first international trip we&#8217;ve taken since mid-2019 (Thanks to COVID). It&#8217;s Donna&#8217;s first trip AT ALL in about 2 years, and her first trip to Africa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re thankful to the Lord for this ministry opportunity and for his provision of our tickets, a house (and cat) sitter, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, &#8220;negative&#8221; here refers to the negative COVID test results which the airlines required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We&#8217;re EXCITED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill will be presenting to a group of about 50 African and expat missionary language and culture consultants. Bill will be updating them on some of the content of the CLA (Culture &amp; Language Learning) program his team has been working on, and they will discuss with him how to best &#8220;Africanize&#8221; it. They want to continue to better help all their missionaries to learn culture and thereby to be effective communicators of the Gospel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We&#8217;re TIRED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Packing and preparing for travel can be exhausting, but hey&#8230; we&#8217;re good at it! But this time it&#8217;s different. The hardest part is actually meeting all the COVID travel requirements for two airlines and three countries! We can&#8217;t believe the number of forms to fill out, copy, scan, upload (and sometimes re-upload, and re-re-upload) this trip involves. It&#8217;s taken HOURS. But we&#8217;re done and packing (the easy part)! We&#8217;ll be MORE tired when we get there (jet lag after 25 hours of travel), while teaching with jet lag, and then with a quick turn-around, a long trip and jet lag when we get home! (did I mention jet lag&#8230;?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please PRAY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll update you when we get back! In the meantime, please pray for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>health during and after the trip<\/li><li>safe travel and smooth connections<\/li><li>clear-headedness (minimal jet lag)<\/li><li>a successful and fruitful workshop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for partnering with us in reaching the unreached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"61\" class=\"wp-image-378\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart.png 588w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart-125x25.png 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart-250x51.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bill-davis\/files\/2020\/01\/Heart-Languages-Slogan-heart-450x91.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a very quick update (you&#8217;ll see why it&#8217;s quick in a minute.) 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