{"id":4387,"date":"2016-05-14T15:31:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T15:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2016-05-14T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T15:31:22","slug":"highlights-from-the-past-few-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2016\/05\/14\/highlights-from-the-past-few-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights From the Past Few Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Most Fun Thing From the Past Few Weeks….<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The boys had a 2 week break from School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We spent 4 days away at the beach to get some much needed down time. \u00a0We were able to do puzzles, play in the ocean, have family game time and so much more!<\/p>\n

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It was a great break for a few days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A First in the Past Few Weeks…<\/strong><\/p>\n

A family vaccination run for some of those special shots we get to have for living in Africa. \u00a0For the first time, there were NO TEARS shed and of course it was followed up by Ice Cream!<\/p>\n

The Craziest Thing I did in the Past Few Weeks<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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The Kitchen where we prepared for hundreds of people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last weekend I was at a wedding with Cecile, my host mom. \u00a0While there, I spent most of the weekend back in the “kitchen” helping with food preparation. \u00a0I was given the task of finding all of the 100 chicken stomachs among a pile of all the inner organs. \u00a0I then cut them all open cleaned them out and prepared them for cooking. \u00a0I think I can call myself an expert now!<\/p>\n

The Hardest Thing we did in the Past Few Weeks…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the stomachs were an adventure the hardest part of the weekend was staying up until 2am cutting onions in the dark holding my phone in flashlight mode for a little lite for over 3 hours. \u00a0Thankfully after the first 30 min all the onion drawn tears were shed.<\/p>\n

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The Most Encouraging thing in the Past Few Weeks…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An opportunity to teach and help<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We hosted a 5 day workshop to encourage people in the midst of culture and language learning. \u00a0It was great to get an opportunity to work one one one with so many people and help them along in their language sessions.<\/p>\n

A Moment Investing In the Future…<\/strong><\/p>\n

A team came out from our training center to get a taste of life. \u00a0We got the privilege to host them at our host families house.<\/p>\n

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We prepared them a meal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Then all ate together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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At the end Cecile shared with them her advice for a new missionary to the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Coolest Moment of the Past few weeks…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wearing our new matching family outfits and living in a place where it is appreciated \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0…Pictures to come later!<\/p>\n

What God Has Been Teaching Me…<\/strong><\/p>\n

To enjoy the down times when they come and allow God to renew our souls.<\/p>\n

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The moments are rare so we treasure them when they arrive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Most Fun Thing From the Past Few Weeks…. We spent 4 days away at the beach to get some much needed down time. \u00a0We were able to do puzzles, play in the ocean, have family game time and so much more! A First in the Past Few Weeks… A family vaccination run for some […]<\/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":["post-4387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-updates-and-news","tag-ethnos360","tag-new-tribes-mission","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387","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=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}