{"id":3009,"date":"2014-02-28T15:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2014-02-28T15:09:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:09:30","slug":"3009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2014\/02\/28\/3009\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving on"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Wednesday I went to Dakar for the day to check in with some of the newer missionaries to our field in Joel’s absence. \u00a0 The car had been fixed by our mechanic just the day before which meant that I was starting on a very empty tank (part of the price of mechanical work here). \u00a0I drove to the first station I could, only to be told they were out of gas. \u00a0Not completely unusual here, but still annoying. \u00a0I drive to the next and they are also out of gas. \u00a0I drive to the third and then forth only to hear the same response. \u00a0By now I was dangerously low on gas and there was one station left in our town. \u00a0As I drove there I start wondering what I would do next if there was no gas there. \u00a0Do I leave town and continue searching, knowing that the further I get from town the further I get from help? \u00a0However as I asked this question, I knew right away the answer. \u00a0If there was not gas at this station, it would be at the next, or somehow God would see me through as he always does.<\/p>\n

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When Joel is gone I often feel like I am walking through life trying to balance something on my head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By this time, I should be used to Joel being gone and should be a pro at surviving on my own. \u00a0However the truth is that each time Joel leaves it is never easy. \u00a0I often feel like I am running on low fuel and that I could run out at anytime. \u00a0This trip has been the easiest\u00a0as I no longer have french sessions everyday on top of managing the house, but there is still our relationships and ministry here which ends up on my shoulders and often takes a lot of emotional energy. \u00a0Joel is the adventurous and stable one in our family, so without him the bumps in the road seem more like mountains. \u00a0It leaves me each time in a place of complete dependence on God to get me through each day. \u00a0And each time he proves himself faithful and we always make it, never ending up on empty. \u00a0So it is with that faith that we press on, through each bump and adventure. \u00a0No matter how uncomfortable we are, we trust that God will give us just what we need to get through.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow we celebrate his return and the short time we have together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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before I pick up the bowl again as the next need calls him away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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