Joel and Andi McMartin
  • Home
  • About
  • Give
  • Photos
  • Subscribe
  • Contact


Our Big News!

June 21, 2013 by Joel and Andi

Joel Reached Capable High in French!

This past week Joel had a language evaluation and he is now officially at the level he needs to be at. After a year and half of work it feels so good for him to be done.  This is a huge relief to us as it now means that only one of us is trying to get in language hours.  I of course am still chugging along.  The last stretch is the most work with the least visible progress so you can pray that I will keep motivated to push forward.  My goal is to finish by the end of this year, but there are times when I doubt the accessibility of that goal.  I do feel like recently I turned a corner in my speaking, which was encouraging, but I am well aware of the distance I have left to travel.

The Near Future

As Joel waits to for me to be done with French, he will be filling-in some important holes in our mission.  We have had a lot of new missionaries arrive to the West Africa field and we have more on the way, but we don’t have the information needed to determine what villages we will send them out to.  So in September he is going to be trained to do some of this research.  He will then make 2 trips out to Burkina Faso to visit possible village works and gather information.  This is a huge task, so pray for him.  Pray for our family too as it will mean a lot more travel and separation than we would like, but we believe it is what God has for us right now.

Joel will also continue to pour himself into our church and the ministries there.  We have new believers here we are disciplining and some new African missionaries and pastors that we want to encourage.

God continues to open doors for us here and so we continue to walk through them.

Vacation

My parents arrived today and we are incredibly excited.  We are excited to share our life with them and will also be taking some time of vacation with them.  This couldn’t come at a better time and we are hoping that it will be time of refreshment for us all.

God is Good!

 

Filed Under: Updates and News

More Posts:

« The Storm Subsides
Just Keep Swimming »

Comments

  1. molly says

    June 26, 2013 at 6:23 am

    Great job Joel! praise God for the progress! Andi, I am praying for rest for you while your parents visit and that your drive to nail French will be greatly increased when you get back to it. Love you guys and think of you so often its hard to believe how long you have been gone. So so so thankful for your blog posts.

  2. Carolyn Gaupo says

    June 21, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    WooHoo, What good news. Joel is up to speed in his language classes, Your parents are there visiting, You get to take some vacation and spend quality time with them and most importantly you have new converts in your midst. Our God Is GOOD.

    Be blessed my friends, We at home will be praying for all of you.
    Carolyn

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Archive

  • September 2022 (3)
  • June 2022 (1)
  • May 2022 (1)
  • November 2021 (1)
  • June 2021 (1)
  • May 2021 (2)
  • March 2021 (1)
  • February 2021 (1)
  • January 2021 (1)
  • November 2020 (1)
  • June 2020 (4)
  • May 2020 (1)
  • April 2020 (1)
  • March 2020 (3)
  • January 2020 (3)
  • October 2019 (3)
  • September 2019 (3)
  • August 2019 (3)
  • May 2019 (3)
  • April 2019 (1)
  • March 2019 (1)
  • February 2019 (2)
  • January 2019 (1)
  • December 2018 (2)
  • November 2018 (4)
  • October 2018 (2)
  • September 2018 (4)
  • August 2018 (5)
  • July 2018 (2)
  • June 2018 (2)
  • May 2018 (2)
  • April 2018 (2)
  • March 2018 (3)
  • February 2018 (2)
  • January 2018 (2)
  • December 2017 (1)
  • July 2017 (1)
  • May 2017 (5)
  • April 2017 (4)
  • March 2017 (3)
  • February 2017 (1)
  • January 2017 (4)
  • December 2016 (6)
  • October 2016 (5)
  • September 2016 (8)
  • August 2016 (1)
  • June 2016 (4)
  • May 2016 (1)
  • April 2016 (5)
  • March 2016 (2)
  • February 2016 (2)
  • January 2016 (3)
  • December 2015 (2)
  • November 2015 (2)
  • October 2015 (3)
  • September 2015 (5)
  • August 2015 (4)
  • July 2015 (3)
  • June 2015 (3)
  • May 2015 (2)
  • April 2015 (2)
  • March 2015 (3)
  • February 2015 (4)
  • January 2015 (5)
  • December 2014 (2)
  • August 2014 (1)
  • June 2014 (5)
  • May 2014 (4)
  • April 2014 (4)
  • March 2014 (4)
  • February 2014 (6)
  • January 2014 (5)
  • December 2013 (5)
  • November 2013 (4)
  • October 2013 (6)
  • September 2013 (5)
  • August 2013 (6)
  • July 2013 (5)
  • June 2013 (7)
  • May 2013 (5)
  • April 2013 (5)
  • March 2013 (5)
  • February 2013 (4)
  • January 2013 (6)
  • December 2012 (5)
  • November 2012 (7)
  • October 2012 (7)
  • September 2012 (5)
  • August 2012 (6)
  • July 2012 (6)
  • June 2012 (7)
  • May 2012 (7)
  • April 2012 (6)
  • March 2012 (6)
  • February 2012 (7)
  • January 2012 (6)
  • December 2011 (6)
  • November 2011 (7)
  • October 2011 (12)
  • September 2011 (7)
  • August 2011 (3)
  • July 2011 (1)
  • June 2011 (2)
  • May 2011 (1)
  • April 2011 (2)
  • March 2011 (1)
  • February 2011 (2)

Browse posts by category

  • About
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Give
  • Photos
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

Disclaimer: This personal ministry website is provided by Ethnos360 as a courtesy to its members. Ethnos360 makes no warranty regarding the accuracy of the information on these pages. Opinions expressed are provided by members in good faith, but are entirely those of the member and do not necessarily represent policy, doctrinal position, or opinions of Ethnos360. If you encounter information that you consider questionable, please e-mail the Ethnos360 web team.

Joel and Andi McMartin

© Copyright 2023 Ethnos360. All rights reserved.

Log In

  • 