{"id":3920,"date":"2015-09-22T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2015-09-22T14:56:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:56:07","slug":"liberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2015\/09\/22\/liberia\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I left for Liberia, I was not ready to go. \u00a0We had just gotten back to the kids and I had a hard time trying to wrap my head around packing and leaving again. \u00a0I was very nervous about traveling on my own. \u00a0Joel is the stable one, who handles the adventures and bumps in the road without getting all flustered. \u00a0He is the one who doesn’t get turned around in new places and will venture out and find things on his own without a problem. \u00a0Yet I knew that God had brought me on this trip and that he would get me through.<\/p>\n

The goal of the trip was to touch base with a couple, Aaron and Amy, out in a remote village. \u00a0They live in a location where they have to walk out to a field and tie up their phone to a pole to even get cell phone reception. \u00a0They are working with the Glaro people, learning a VERY difficult language. \u00a0Because of the challenges of their location and Ebola it had been almost 3 years since someone had made it out to their location. \u00a0They are in the last stages of language learning and my goal was to touch base with them and help give direction for moving forward. \u00a0They hope that teaching can begin in their village in the next year or so, but for that to be possible they need to be at a language level that would allow for the clear communication of God’s word.<\/p>\n

The work this couple has done with very little support is amazing. \u00a0I was so blessed by my week with them in their village. \u00a0The love they have for the Glaro people radiated from them. \u00a0The dependence they have on God astounded me. \u00a0The desire they had to have to bring God’s word to these people is contagious.<\/p>\n

So as you see pictures from my time there don’t forget to take a moment and pray for the Glaro. \u00a0Pray for their hearts to be prepared for the message that will come their way soon. \u00a0Pray for Aaron and Amy as they press on each day, relying on God to do what often seems impossible.<\/p>\n

\"Their<\/a>
Aaron and Amy’s house where I stayed for a week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A typical village house on the left and their “kitchen” on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Their<\/a>
Their chicken house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Their<\/a>
Their garden, really their only source of fresh veggies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amy<\/a>
I sat in on multiple language sessions with them and helped create activities for some of the challenges they are facing in this language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"They<\/a>
They showed me around their village and introduced me to to their chief.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We had a constant stream of visitors at the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"It<\/a>
It was so much fun to be there and experience life with them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A life that is not easy in many ways, but God has been so faithful to them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amy<\/a>
Amy and Aaron have done an amazing job building relationships<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"They<\/a>
They have opened their home and integrated themselves into life there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
Aaron’s language helper told me to pray for their people that they will come to hear the teaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"So<\/a>
So I pass on this message to you and ask you to also be praying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"So<\/a>
Pray with us for the Glaro people and the work that God is at work doing their.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next post…The Adventures of my Voyage!<\/p>\n

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