{"id":5349,"date":"2018-01-29T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2018-01-29T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:37:41","slug":"weddings-babies-and-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2018\/01\/29\/weddings-babies-and-funerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Weddings, Babies and Funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that in most cultures these are some of the normal large events of life.\u00a0 Things are no different here, but we just have a larger circle with which we can participate in these large life events.\u00a0 So it seems like there is always one of the other happening around us.\u00a0 Within first 2 weeks we were welcomed back fully this pace of life with one of each of these events.<\/p>\n

The wedding was one we know was coming.\u00a0 It is a very close friend who was waiting for our return so that we would not miss her wedding.\u00a0 The closer the person is to you the more responsibilities you have in the preparation of the wedding.\u00a0 So this was a multiple day even for us.\u00a0 Joel’s mom was in charge of decorations, so we were making napkin flowers all week.\u00a0 Joel was the driver and so we decorated our car as well.\u00a0 I helped with all of those items as well as helping with the cooking and food service.\u00a0 This was the first time that we were close enough to someone getting married to go the the official signing at the mayors office.\u00a0 I also spent the night before the wedding with the family.\u00a0 We were sure happy to see them getting married as it has been along time coming.\u00a0 It was an honor to be part of this special day with them.<\/p>\n

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Joel’s Mom did great with decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We decorated the car as well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I helped with making gallons of fresh juice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joel was the chauffeur for the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It was an honor to be there as they signed their documents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The day of the wedding was a great celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As we watched a dear friend get married<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We pray that God will bless them as they start their life together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next day at church we had a pastor from the village present his new baby and the name was announced for the first time.\u00a0 This is a big event and he wanted it to happen within the family of God.<\/p>\n

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Celebrating New life at Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The same day the death of a family member from the village was announced.\u00a0 For the second time we in 2 weeks we headed out to the village to give our condolences to the family.\u00a0 It has been quite a welcome back to life as we get reacquainted with the pace of life that seems to be always happening around us.\u00a0 \u00a0It is crazy busy at times, but all in all it is just really good to be back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems that in most cultures these are some of the normal large events of life.\u00a0 Things are no different here, but we just have a larger circle with which we can participate in these large life events.\u00a0 So it seems like there is always one of the other happening around us.\u00a0 Within first 2 […]<\/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],"class_list":{"0":"post-5349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-updates-and-news","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349","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=5349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}