{"id":3773,"date":"2015-08-21T17:58:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2015-08-21T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:59:13","slug":"when-it-rain-it-pours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2015\/08\/21\/when-it-rain-it-pours\/","title":{"rendered":"When It Rains, It Pours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are in rainy season. \u00a0Rainy season here doesn’t mean rain all the time, but when it does rain it pours! \u00a0It often causes havoc as no roads here are built for good water flow. \u00a0Things are usually flooded for at least a few days after the rains until the sun clears it up. \u00a0So for the days following rain we take our special routes around town that avoid the rivers of water as much as possible.<\/p>\n

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A picture of last month when it rained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have realized recently that ministry is much the same. \u00a0We have season of busyness that test us to our every bone and then there is usually a break that allows us to refresh a little. \u00a0Things were really crazy for us in June in preparation for our first field gathering. \u00a0Then the month of July was a lot more laid back and we have had some good down time. \u00a0We have learned to enjoy the down time when we get it and to not feel guilty about it as down time is usually followed by another downpour. \u00a0Our time of rest is now ending.<\/p>\n

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We look ahead to the next few months and the downpour that awaits and we shutter a little.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ahead of us is a season of travel. \u00a0In less than a week we leave for Burkina Faso. \u00a0We will spend 10 days there meeting with 3 different missionary families who are in the process of learning one language or another. \u00a0As we are gone a new family will be arriving to the field. \u00a0So we will return to help out with the orientations and the adjustments of those difficult first days. \u00a0Four days after we return, I take off to Liberia to travel out to a remote village for 10 days. \u00a0We then pack up as a family for a 2 week trip by car down to Guinea. \u00a0Finally our season ends with a 2 week Language Coaching Workshop we are hosting here in Senegal. \u00a0Wosh! I will no doubt have many stories to tell.<\/p>\n

I have never been a fan of travel or adventures, lets be honest I was the daughter who batted my eyes at my dad to get a ride to work because taking the bus was too scary. \u00a0However I do love our ministry. \u00a0I love siting down with people and listening to what they are experiencing. \u00a0I know there are so many challenges that are quietly faced and it is great to have a chance to share a little of their burdens and help if possible with ideas for pushing on. \u00a0So I look forward to these travels and I dread these travels at the same time. \u00a0But most of all I know that I just need to trust God to be my strength in each adventure and in each flooded road we face.<\/p>\n

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Will you pray with us as we head into the season of flooding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pray that we would rely on God in hard times and in the good. \u00a0Pray that he will give us wisdom beyond our years as we seek to help and encourage those we encounter the best we can. \u00a0Pray for safety and pray for our family in our separation.<\/p>\n

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God is good…all the time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are in rainy season. \u00a0Rainy season here doesn’t mean rain all the time, but when it does rain it pours! \u00a0It often causes havoc as no roads here are built for good water flow. \u00a0Things are usually flooded for at least a few days after the rains until the sun clears it up. \u00a0So […]<\/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-3773","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\/3773","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=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}