{"id":596,"date":"2012-01-21T07:22:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T07:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=596"},"modified":"2012-01-21T07:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T07:27:58","slug":"our-africa-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/01\/21\/our-africa-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Africa Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are so many here have never heard the truth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week I have been so blessed by the team we work with. \u00a0I am so grateful to part of the family of God and have marveled at how powerful it is when God’s people work in unity. \u00a0This week I was overwhelmed by God’s goodness displayed through the team he has put together for us. \u00a0I thought I would share some ways we were blessed this week.<\/p>\n

– A \u00a0Burden lifted – <\/strong>This month we were blown away by two unexpected gifts. \u00a0I didn’t realize the burden that finances had become, until I felt that burden lifted. \u00a0God provided in a way that only he could through people who were willing to serve him. \u00a0We were struck by two things…we serve an amazing God and are part of an amazing family.<\/p>\n

– The Power of Prayer<\/strong>\u00a0 – Going into this week I was struggling with being away from family while they expereince difficult trials. \u00a0I was feeling helpless and realizing that all I could do was pray. \u00a0Then God allowed me to see the impact that prayer has had on our lives here. \u00a0We are blessed to have such a faithful prayer team and this week especially I could feel the power of those prayers. \u00a0I have had strength in language study and life that I can’t explain…strength to come home and study French after 5 hours of intense class, get dinner on the table, laundry done and invest in the lives of our children. \u00a0I can’t explain it, but I knew that I was being carried along by God through prayer. \u00a0This helped me to realized that I am not as helpless as I thought I was.<\/p>\n

– Words and Gifts of Encouragement<\/strong>\u00a0– We continue to be blessed by emails and comments that encourage our hearts. \u00a0We are able to listen to sermons in English and talk to people back home when we need advice. \u00a0I stopped and thanked God for the ease of communication we now have. \u00a0This week a shipment of Cheese arrived! \u00a0After months without it…Tillamook Cheddar Cheese has never tasted better. \u00a0God seems to always know when we could use encouragement and sends it our way at just the right time.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Our team continues to grow –<\/strong>\u00a0 This week we had another church officially \u00a0joined our\u00a0financial\u00a0support team. \u00a0Another couple emailed us and asked to be added to our email list because they wanted to follow our ministry. \u00a0We are so thankful for every member of our team and have been amazed as we continue to see it grow.<\/p>\n

In light of this week I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you. \u00a0Thank you, each and everyone of you, for the role that you have played in our life and ministry. \u00a0 We are so\u00a0grateful\u00a0for our team!<\/p>\n

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We are excited to bring the truth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Each day we make progress in understanding the life and culture here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Thank you for being a part of our ministry!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I have been so blessed by the team we work with. \u00a0I am so grateful to part of the family of God and have marveled at how powerful it is when God’s people work in unity. \u00a0This week I was overwhelmed by God’s goodness displayed through the team he has put together for […]<\/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-596","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\/596","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=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}