{"id":1399,"date":"2012-08-30T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2012-08-30T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:17:17","slug":"steps-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/08\/30\/steps-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we sat down and looked at the month ahead. \u00a0The month is already full and it hasn&#8217;t even begun. \u00a0I am not sure how we will get done what we have before us to get done, but I know it is what we are supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>Step<\/p>\n<p>In a few weeks Joel will be helping a family move down to Guinea (the country below us). \u00a0This will leave me home alone for the first time and him traveling back alone on a\u00a0foreign\u00a0road. \u00a0I will be honest I am a little nervous for us both.<\/p>\n<p>Step<\/p>\n<p>After lots of prayer, we have picked a school for Ethan. \u00a0He starts on Tuesday. \u00a0I know it is the best for him in the long run, but it is not easy to send my boy off to school in a language he is still struggling to understand. &#8220;Mom sometimes I just have to guess what the teacher said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Step<\/p>\n<p>Enrolling Ethan in school has pushed our finances to the limits. \u00a0God has been faithful to provide, but sometimes it is hard not to worry.<\/p>\n<p>Step<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for us this month as we have a busy month filled with a lot of unknowns. \u00a0Pray especially for Ethan on Tuesday as he starts and adjusts to a new school all in French. \u00a0This year has been filled with SO many transitions for him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/08\/P10109381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/08\/P10109381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/08\/P10109381.jpg 375w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2012\/08\/P10109381-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pray for us that we would continue to take steps of faith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we sat down and looked at the month ahead. \u00a0The month is already full and it hasn&#8217;t even begun. \u00a0I am not sure how we will get done what we have before us to get done, but I know it is what we are supposed to do. Step In a few weeks Joel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":830,"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":[2545],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-updates-and-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}