{"id":3091,"date":"2014-04-03T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2014-04-03T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T11:31:54","slug":"thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2014\/04\/03\/thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Tuesday we had our cultural assessment and also graduation from our official national culture and language study. \u00a0We still have growth yet to achieve, but will now do that along side our ministry rather than that being our full time ministry. \u00a0So we had all the other missionaries out who are still in the process and invited our host family over to thank them for all their hard work. \u00a0We would not be who we are today without them and are so thankful that God brought them into our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Here is our Tribute to them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bagne and Cecil,<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago Joel and I and the leader of our field approached the pastor of the church here to ask if there was a family who wanted to take us, these young missionaries, under their wings. \u00a0Our leader explained that he wanted us to change and not just be accepted as we were. \u00a0That we would be done when we were people that the church could confidently send out to do ministry without feeling embarrassed. \u00a0And yes he knew what a big task that was. \u00a0Pastor Bagne, you went home that night and told this to Cecil. \u00a0You two were so excited about this idea and prospect that you decided to take on this project yourselves. \u00a0And now two years later we are looking back in awe at what God has accomplished through your willingness to serve and to love us.<\/p>\n<p>The task was as great and as difficult as we thought it would be, but you never gave up on us. \u00a0I am sure there were many times when you wanted to, but you stuck by us. \u00a0We had to convince you that we were willing to change, but you accepted our slow growth and walked beside us continuing to push us forward. \u00a0You accepted us into your family and have become our parents into this world. \u00a0There is no way that I could list all the things you guys have done for us, but here are some of the ones I treasure most dear to my heart&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You taught us the basics of life, starting from way back to things that even a child who has grown up here would already knows.\n<figure id=\"attachment_3103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3103\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3103  \" title=\"IMG_5411\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5411-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5411-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You taught me: How to do this,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3113\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1040279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3113 \" title=\"P1040279\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1040279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1040279.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1040279-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1040279-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What to do with that<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3101\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3101 \" title=\"DSC_8317\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8317.jpg 533w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8317-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8317-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">and how to become familiar with this<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You became our advocate, vouching for us to get us through the doors to places and events we would have never even known about without you.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3109\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1020727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3109 \" title=\"P1020727\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1020727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1020727.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1020727-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1020727-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You were accepted places because you asked people to give us a chance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You became our friends and confronted us when we had offended someone even when we were not aware.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3102\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3102 \" title=\"IMG_5378\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5378.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5378-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_5378-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You taught us manners and corrected us when we needed it<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You gave us advice on any issue or decision we were facing\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3093\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3093 \" title=\"101_0559\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0559.jpg 601w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0559-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0559-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You always listened and we always knew we could come to you<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You helped us know how to integrate into the church and told us what events we needed to be at\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3110\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3110 \" title=\"P1030401\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030401.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030401-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You welcomed us into the church and helped up become part of the family<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You took us on adventures, even when we were unprepared and helped us through the shock\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3095\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3095 \" title=\"DSC_5083\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5083.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5083-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5083-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You taught us how to try things even when they seemed broken to us<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You never accepted that we had gone far enough, but kept pushing us forward to the next level\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3114\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3114 \" title=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/photo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/photo-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because of you we are doing things that I never would have imagined we would do<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You kept pulling us up even we got tired of climbing\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3111\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030586-634-x-845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3111  \" title=\"P1030586 (634 x 845)\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030586-634-x-845.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030586-634-x-845.jpg 634w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030586-634-x-845-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1030586-634-x-845-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yep, that is you, always there holding our ropes and pulling us up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You sympathized with us even when our struggles were minimal compared to yours\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3105\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3105 \" title=\"P1010887\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010887.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010887-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010887-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When we said, &quot;It is hot&quot;, you never said, &quot;It could be hotter&quot;, but just agreed with us that the heat is hard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>You loved us and by loving us you taught us how to love here\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3094\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3094 \" title=\"DSC_5067\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5067-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5067-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That is the best gift you could have ever given us<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So from all of us we want to say Thank You! \u00a0Thank you for all you have done for us and for sticking beside us. \u00a0We know that we have been blessed to have you by our sides and know that a lot of our progress is as a result of all your hard work. \u00a0God brought you into our lives and we couldn&#8217;t have asked for better African parents. \u00a0Even though we have graduated, you will still always be our parents and I know that our journey together has only begun. \u00a0God is Good!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3106\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3106 \" title=\"P1010913\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010913.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010913-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/P1010913-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The seed has only been planted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3096\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3096 \" title=\"DSC_5108\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5108.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5108-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_5108-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">and our journey has only begun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3116\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0657-935-x-702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3116   \" title=\"101_0657 (935 x 702)\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0657-935-x-702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0657-935-x-702.jpg 935w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0657-935-x-702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/101_0657-935-x-702-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But we are so thankful that we are not alone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Tuesday we had our cultural assessment and also graduation from our official national culture and language study. \u00a0We still have growth yet to achieve, but will now do that along side our ministry rather than that being our full time ministry. \u00a0So we had all the other missionaries out who are still in the 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