{"id":3715,"date":"2015-06-18T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T06:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2015-06-18T06:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T06:45:16","slug":"a-very-large-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2015\/06\/18\/a-very-large-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Large Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Airport runs in the morning, afternoon, evening and middle of the night<\/li>\n<li>Coffee flowing like water<\/li>\n<li>5 10 liters of water purchased a day because our filters can&#8217;t keep up<\/li>\n<li>Devotionals with multiple translations happening in the back ground<\/li>\n<li>48 visitors from over 10 different countries<\/li>\n<li>Planning for this and then planning for that\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3716\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050234-e1434608455146.jpg\" alt=\"Meetings all day and more lunch meetings between those meetings\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meetings all day and more lunch meetings between those meetings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Meals&#8230;plus snacks because meetings can&#8217;t happen without snacks<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3717\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050240-e1434608513819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3717\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050240-e1434608513819.jpg\" alt=\"Up early to boil eggs and cut bread\" width=\"422\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Up early to get things started<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>A freezer full of meat and a refrigerator full of veggies<\/li>\n<li>Kids running everywhere mixing languages together to communicate in any way they can<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3718\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3718\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2015\/06\/P1050244-e1434608578329.jpg\" alt=\"One large pot to get the job done\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One large pot to get the job done<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Dishes that Never End!<\/li>\n<li>Hearing a story from this end of the world and another from that<\/li>\n<li>Writing down French to help people get around town<\/li>\n<li>Working together as a team to see the task accomplished<\/li>\n<li>Crashing at night and waking up in the morning with a mind flying through the details of the next day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just a little bit of what preparing for conference means for us. \u00a0We are in the week before conference where all (100+ of us) have gathered early to maximize the time they have together for meetings and additional training outside of our regular conference. \u00a0I am thankful that next week we head to a facility where all the logistics of food and childcare are handled by others. \u00a0After this week we will all be ready for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airport runs in the 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