{"id":3123,"date":"2014-04-10T10:20:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T10:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2014-04-10T10:20:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T10:20:18","slug":"that-moment-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2014\/04\/10\/that-moment-when\/","title":{"rendered":"That Moment When&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The call arrives to say, &#8220;We are here!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The car pulls up and two kids run down the stairs to hug their grandparents<\/li>\n<li>My son reminds me that we shouldn&#8217;t say we will pray, but we should just pray right now<\/li>\n<li>Their voices rise up to God asking him to heal their grandma<\/li>\n<li>I read 2 chapters of the Bible in French and suddenly realize that I read that with almost as much ease as I would have in English<\/li>\n<li>My husband calls from far away to just see how I am doing<\/li>\n<li>I successfully cook a meal for the first time that I have been working on for over year<\/li>\n<li>Someone from our church leans in and whispers, &#8220;Thank you for all your efforts, it doesn&#8217;t go unnoticed&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The women of our church gather together and I can&#8217;t help but be so thankful for each one of them<\/li>\n<li>We pray for a Wolof language helper and the next day get connected with one<\/li>\n<li>I open my Bible and God sends a special message just for me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the moments I treasure. \u00a0These are the moments the help me push on in the hard moments. \u00a0The moments that remind me that God is directing our path and we just need to follow. \u00a0Thank you God for each of these moments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pictures from Last Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3125\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3125 \" title=\"DSC_8297\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8297.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8297-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8297-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our team of missionaries who are learning French<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3126\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3126 \" title=\"DSC_8298\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8298.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8298-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8298-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had them over to celebrate and also to encourage them on in their journey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3130\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3130 \" title=\"DSC_8306\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83061.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83061-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83061-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was the first time I had cooked a Senegalese dish on my own for so many people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3128\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3128 \" title=\"DSC_8301\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8301.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8301-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8301-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It meant cooking 5 chickens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3127\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3127 \" title=\"DSC_8299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8299.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8299-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_8299-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One more step forward in the right direction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3129\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3129 \" title=\"DSC_8304\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2014\/04\/DSC_83041.jpg 800w, 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