{"id":1154,"date":"2012-06-25T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T12:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2012-06-25T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T21:45:31","slug":"a-god-created-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/06\/25\/a-god-created-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"And God Created Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Exhaustion of Progresss<\/strong><\/p>\n

This past week we felt the exhaustion of our past month, but it was a good kind of exhaustion because we could also look back and see the progress we have made this month. \u00a0We are becoming very close to our host family and have been learning so much from them. \u00a0Each week I cook once with\u00a0Cecil and this week I could see a significant difference: I was understanding her a lot more, she was sharing a lot more and she was trusting me to be involved more in the cooking process. \u00a0Our French is progressing, our comfort in living in progressing and our relationships are progressing. \u00a0It was a good feeling to see how far we have come, but it doesn’t take away the exhaustion that we still faced. \u00a0The type of exhaustion that was making living in a sane state of mind very difficult. \u00a0Yet God knew we would have this need. \u00a0A while back we set up monthly trips into Dakar to touch base with all those in language school. \u00a0However, as we left for this trip, I realized how much WE needed this trip, and I know that when we planned it God already knew. \u00a0It will be a long time until church in Africa is a day of rest for us, but we still need to take that time of rest. \u00a0So God created for a us a great opportunity to support the families who have arrived after us, but also to get a needed break. \u00a0God sure does take good care of us.<\/p>\n

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We go from this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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To this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So what is so Exciting about Dakar for us?<\/strong><\/p>\n