{"id":1234,"date":"2012-07-14T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2012-07-15T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T22:15:41","slug":"being-a-missionary-is-not-an-8-to-5-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/07\/14\/being-a-missionary-is-not-an-8-to-5-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a missionary is not an 8 to 5 job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life is busy as a missionary and I know that the business will only get worse the more we become connected and involved. \u00a0We often end our weekends feeling more tired than we did during the week. \u00a0There is always something we should be going to whether it be a wedding, ceremony, dedication, church meeting or other errands of life and ALL of these are incredibly LONG!<\/p>\n<p>We are learning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To let go of expecting a quite and calm weekend<\/li>\n<li>That every dirt road leads to some village<\/li>\n<li>When people say it is not far that could mean anything from 10 minutes to 3 hours away<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0To never ask what time we will get back and just hope that we make it home before dark<\/li>\n<li>To always pack enough food and sunscreen for the day<\/li>\n<li>That even Africans get lost, stuck in the sand, arrive late and miss the ceremony; they are just less affected by those &#8220;normal&#8221; bumps in the road.<\/li>\n<li>To divide and conquer or in other words that it is wise to carefully select what events are worth bringing our kids to\n<figure id=\"attachment_1243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1243\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1243\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5904.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5904-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over the past 10 days we have traveled out 4 times to different villages around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1240\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5894.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5894.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5894.jpg 333w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5894-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usually it is Joel who gets to venture out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1237\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1237\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5778.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5778.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5778-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All for one important event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1242\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1242\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5903.jpg 333w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5903-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">or another<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1238\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1238\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5784.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5784-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One thing is for sure...Africans know how to celebrate!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1244\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5924.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1244\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5924.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5924.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5924-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look do you see that...it is the color green! Apparently it appears during our few months with a little bit of rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1247\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1247\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5979.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5979-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a few pictures of what we see outside of &quot;town&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1246\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1246\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5963.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5963-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women at the well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1245\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1245\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5956.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5956.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5956-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1248\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1248\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5984.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5984-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And of course horse carts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1239\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5885.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/07\/DSC_5885-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Which are found in and out of town<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finding Our Time of Rest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are starting to feel the exhaustion of a packed schedule. \u00a0God values rest and so should we, yet it is so hard to schedule that in sometimes. \u00a0Yesterday\u00a0we began\u00a0brainstorming\u00a0creative ways to create our time of rest (since the weekends are out for us). \u00a0Hopefully in the next few weeks we will find something that works well for our family, because we need it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is busy as a missionary and I know that the business will only get worse the more we become connected and involved. \u00a0We often end our weekends feeling more tired than we did during the week. \u00a0There is always something we should be going to whether it be a wedding, ceremony, dedication, church meeting 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