{"id":2615,"date":"2013-10-04T16:03:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T16:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2013-10-04T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T16:17:34","slug":"a-push-to-the-finish-in-the-midst-of-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2013\/10\/04\/a-push-to-the-finish-in-the-midst-of-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Push to the Finish In the Midst of Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Push to the Finish&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This fall I have been making an effort to increase the amount of hours I get in French in hopes to make it to the end. \u00a0I still don&#8217;t know when that end will be. \u00a0For a while I had hoped for the end of the year, but I am now preparing myself that it might be sometime into next year. \u00a0So what does a push for French look like.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upping my language session hours. \u00a0Anytime my language helper is available I am by her side getting my French corrected.<\/li>\n<li>I took my first Seminary class ever and I took it in French!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2616\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2616 \" title=\"P1030403\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030403.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030403-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030403-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These were the other students in my class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2617 \" title=\"P1030404\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030404.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030404-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030404-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the end of the class we all taught a lesson. Talk about challenging!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I select movies based on which ones can be watched in French<\/li>\n<li>I fall asleep to french recordings<\/li>\n<li>I do my devotions in French<\/li>\n<li>Every spare moment that I have is spent doing something in French<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the Midst of Chaos!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember how crazy our fall was going to be?\u00a0 Well nothing has changed.\u00a0 Joel was here for three weeks and now he is one the road again.\u00a0 He will be back and then I leave.\u00a0 I will be back and then he leaves.\u00a0 Yep, that about says it!\u00a0 It is chaos, but we know it is what God has asked of us this fall and we trust he will get us through it.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t make the separation any easier.<\/p>\n<p>When Joel Leaves\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The boys and I both shed some tears.\u00a0 \u201cMom I like it most when we are all here\u201d &#8211; Ethan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2619\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_7500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2619  \" title=\"DSC_7500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_7500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_7500.jpg 533w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_7500-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_7500-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are more sad faces around the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I stop reading reports on the problems going on where he is going and I pray more!<\/li>\n<li>I am thoroughly impressed if I get anything done in the day<\/li>\n<li>My standards of what makes a balanced meal greatly decrease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2620\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_8006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2620 \" title=\"DSC_8006\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_8006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_8006.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_8006-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/DSC_8006-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teamwork becomes essential<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Things that break stay broken<\/li>\n<li>I just pretend that I live in a house without bugs, because who has the time to deal with them.<\/li>\n<li>Something always goes wrong, I am just never quite sure what it will be&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2621\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2621 \" title=\"P1030273\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030273.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030273-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/10\/P1030273-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dealing with sickness becomes more challenging. Tyler fell victim to his third round of fevers this month last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I count the days until his return, if I even know for sure when that is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRAY&#8230; for safety, health, strength and comfort for our family during this crazy season!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Push to the Finish&#8230; This fall I have been making an effort to increase the amount of hours I get in French in hopes to make it to the end. \u00a0I still don&#8217;t know when that end will be. \u00a0For a while I had hoped for the end of the year, but I am [&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":{"0":"post-2615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-updates-and-news","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615","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=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}