{"id":208,"date":"2011-09-22T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=208"},"modified":"2011-09-22T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T17:30:32","slug":"first-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2011\/09\/22\/first-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"First Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

When talking to supporters before we left many ask that I be completely honest even about the hard times…so here it goes. \u00a0I knew coming over that there would be hard moments and last night was one of them. \u00a0As we went to go to bed, I lay awake unable to sleep even though I was exhausted. \u00a0Some of the realities of life sunk in. \u00a0The reality of the work that was ahead to make this a place that would become my home hit hard. \u00a0As I was thinking about this, suddenly the fans all turned out and we lost power. \u00a0Shortly after Tyler woke up unable to sleep in the heat. \u00a0To summarize the night it was hours of fanning children while they tried to sleep and comforting Ethan who struggled through the time change once the heat had woke him up. \u00a0Finally at 2 in the morning I was able to peacefully go to sleep. \u00a0The goal that we are here for is so far down the road that it will be hard to keep it in perspective as we struggle through the initial transition days and months. \u00a0Last night was one of those times that I just had to cling to the Lord. \u00a0What I had to cling to was the fact that the Lord is GOOD! \u00a0When we planned on moving here we thought that the hottest month of the year was August. \u00a0So we decided to coming September…plenty of time to work up to that. \u00a0Now we know however that the hottest month is October, so we are taking a full dive into the heat. \u00a0I am trusting that God has a plan in this and will get us through the next month as we live in a puddle of sweat.<\/p>\n

The Blessings<\/strong><\/p>\n

-The boys were amazing on the flight over, couldn’t have asked for a better flight!<\/p>\n

–<\/strong>We now have one fan with a battery attached that will stay on for 4 hours after the power turns off.<\/p>\n

-We had a family come over today with children around our boys age. \u00a0They all had a blast playing together.<\/p>\n

-I have yet to see a bug in our house and therefore haven’t had to use our mosquito nets.<\/p>\n

-We found out the beach is only a 4 dollar taxi ride away!<\/p>\n

– We have our first\u00a0Senegalese\u00a0meal and it was DELICIOUS!<\/p>\n

Thanks for your continued Prayers! \u00a0We are working on getting pictures uploaded and posted.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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