{"id":5124,"date":"2017-04-20T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2017-04-20T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:16:51","slug":"a-marathon-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2017\/04\/20\/a-marathon-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"A Marathon Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past month marked one of the longest trips that Joel has ever taken. \u00a0What started out as 2 separate trips ended up being combined into one marathon trip. \u00a0He participated in this trip along with another couple from our leadership team. \u00a0During the trip they connected with 8 separate teams. \u00a0I was worried about the trip as it is easy to get worn down from travel and consecutive meetings, but God was really looking out for them. \u00a0They were in the car for over 50 hours, on some really interesting roads and they didn’t have any problems with the car. \u00a0They stayed healthy and were in good spirits for the whole trip. \u00a0Joel was encouraged by all the meetings they had. \u00a0It is always good to connect with those on our field and to hear what God is doing, listen to the struggles they are facing, and encourage them as they press on in the task. \u00a0It is true that when he came home he was ready to crash, but I was just praising God for how He had sustained them through this trip. \u00a0There is no way to summarize such a long trip in posts, but how about some pictures of a few of the different aspects of their journey.<\/p>\n

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Traveling in parts of Africa is quite the Adventure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But going\u00a0by car allowed them to bring supplies to those they visited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Reading Scripture – It is always great to see people in ministry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With all the different aspects – this was a literacy class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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So that people can read God’s word for themselves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joel was able to surprise one of the believers we connected with in our church with showing up at his home village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It was so great to connect with each team and hear from them. \u00a0There were times in the Word, times of worship, times of strategy discussion, and much prayer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It was great to meet those they are working with<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And be with them in their daily life context<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With the daily realities of life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The challenges they face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And to hear how God is over coming those challenges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Even though these trips can be\u00a0long and hard to for us to be apart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We have really grown to love this aspect of our ministry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As we see how important it is to connect with people where they live<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And to offer whatever encouragement we can for the long journey they are on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past month marked one of the longest trips that Joel has ever taken. \u00a0What started out as 2 separate trips ended up being combined into one marathon trip. \u00a0He participated in this trip along with another couple from our leadership team. \u00a0During the trip they connected with 8 separate teams. \u00a0I was worried about […]<\/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-5124","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\/5124","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=5124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}