{"id":4172,"date":"2016-01-18T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:45:11","slug":"ethan-turns-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2016\/01\/18\/ethan-turns-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Turns 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Birthday Ethan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can hardly believe that Ethan has turned 9. \u00a0It was a big year for him. \u00a0The 3 months in states that Ethan had at English speaking schools really helped build up his confidence in studying. \u00a0Since there he has done much better at school here and is actually more at the top of his class. \u00a0He speaks with the best accent of our family and is often correcting my pronunciation- although I still know more vocabulary than him. \u00a0His best subject in school is Math and he dreads spelling the most. \u00a0Each year of school since we came to Senegal his best friend has moved away at the end of the school year and this year was no different. \u00a0He started learning Wolof this summer. \u00a0He can now do very basic exchanges in Wolof, but is not able to do much more than that. \u00a0This year they also started soccer which is another important survival skill here. \u00a0He is not a natural player, but he tries hard and I am hoping with a little training he will be more comfortable joining in with others as they play. \u00a0His favorite thing to do is play games. \u00a0Settles of Catan, Stone Age, Risk, Monopoly, Seven Wonders, Dominion…you name it, he will play it and probably beat you as he is an amazing strategist. \u00a0 \u00a0He is also avid book listener and can often be found disappearing into another world with is earphones in. \u00a0It is hopeless to get his attention, so don’t even try. \u00a0Every night before bed time he is full of questions after our Bible reading time, why is the ocean blue, how did God do this, and so on and so on. \u00a0The most common words out of his mouth are, “I have a question… ” \u00a0The things he misses most from America are friends and family, camping, fun kids play places, cereal, Cheetos, and rice crispy treats.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite moments this year was when we went to a beach cabin for a few days. \u00a0I had told the boys we would do a campfire as they have really wanted to do one. \u00a0We got there with everything for the fire, but the wood. \u00a0We showed up and saw the pile of wood that had been left out from the last family who had been there. \u00a0Ethan saw it and said “Look mom God provided wood for our fire” \u00a0Amen Ethan – Yes God certainly did!<\/p>\n

This year he is looking forward to the visitors who are coming. \u00a0His cousins, Jared and Isaac, and my parents are coming. \u00a0He is excited to see them and to do some fun things together with them. \u00a0I am looking forward to continue to see God work in his life. \u00a0I am very proud of this sensitive, intelligent, and willing boy!<\/p>\n

\"Ethan<\/a>
Ethan you live in a mixture of worlds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yet<\/a>
Yet you keep a good attitude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"You<\/a>
You are a hard worker at school,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
participate in church,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"You<\/a>
and are willing to try new things<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"You<\/a>
You are a good big brother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
And are a fun to be around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here's<\/a>
Here’s to another great year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I can hardly believe that Ethan has turned 9. \u00a0It was a big year for him. \u00a0The 3 months in states that Ethan had at English speaking schools really helped build up his confidence in studying. \u00a0Since there he has done much better at school here and is actually more at the top of his […]<\/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":[448,637],"class_list":{"0":"post-4172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-updates-and-news","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172","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=4172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}