{"id":589,"date":"2016-12-24T00:23:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T04:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/?p=589"},"modified":"2016-12-24T00:35:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T04:35:06","slug":"it-takes-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/2016\/12\/24\/it-takes-a-team\/","title":{"rendered":"It takes a team"},"content":{"rendered":"

I arrived back from West New Britain just in time to watch the final game of the girls\u2019 basketball tournament.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 So much fun and excitement.\u00a0 It is one of those moments when I realized I am my mother\u2019s daughter, with enthusiasm and yells just coming out.\u00a0 I am that guy.\u00a0 Who can stop them?!\u00a0 Having my own child on the court only ramps it up even more, but the best part is seeing those individuals suddenly become a team.\u00a0 One dribbles, one sets a screen, one passes, one boxes out, one takes a shot, one gets the rebound, shoots again and then the basket and 2 more points scored!\u00a0 A good team is not a one man show, but a well-oiled machine that functions as one.\u00a0 To see a team like that win the tournament is everyone\u2019s victory and we all love to see it happen.\u00a0 Who can help being in the stands and going a little crazy?!<\/p>\n

Caitie and the team<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This trip to the Islands for translation work was very similar to watching a team playing together.\u00a0 Dave, after helping make arrangements, saw me off to meet the pilots for a 5:30 departure from our mission center.\u00a0 Then to the hangar where the pilots prepared the plane for our flight and an opportunity to have Bible reading and prayer with the aviation team before leaving.\u00a0 Off to Lamogai land where the bush airstrip has just been cut BY HAND to prepare for our landing so we could pick up the Ivanga men that were waiting to come help me work on Matthew and Timothy.\u00a0 Then when we arrived at the small mission center where there were guest houses ready for us and friends had our lunch waiting.\u00a0 An office had been prepared so we could begin work that afternoon, oh, and we were invited to dinner that evening so we didn\u2019t have to worry about cooking.\u00a0 We were free to focus on translation for the week the Ivanga men and I had together.\u00a0 \u00a0The team was at work and the ball was being dribbled and passed from team member to team member.\u00a0 Each one ready and wanting to do his part.<\/p>\n

Shirley, Sangaia and Aikos arrive in the Islands<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Central Area Church Development Team<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guys, you are the family and friends in the stands cheering and most of all praying as God does His work here in PNG.\u00a0 This is the moment when the stands erupt and we don\u2019t want to hold back.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be that guy that says, \u201cThank you Lord for all of your answered prayer, thank you for all you are doing in PNG among those that are serving behind the scenes on the mission centers, among those in the remote churches continuing to grow and disciple, among those who continue on with translation, among those who are learning language, among those right now teaching God\u2019s Word.\u201d\u00a0 It is wonderful to be a part of that team and we are so encouraged to have you standing with us in prayer.\u00a0 Thank you for your part and who can help going a little crazy and praising God for what He is doing? Let\u2019s be that guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I arrived back from West New Britain just in time to watch the final game of the girls\u2019 basketball tournament.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 So much fun and excitement.\u00a0 It is one of those moments when I realized I am my mother\u2019s daughter, with enthusiasm and yells just coming out.\u00a0 I am that guy.\u00a0 Who can stop them?!\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448,637],"class_list":{"0":"post-589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/dave-diepenbrock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}