{"id":978,"date":"2012-05-08T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=978"},"modified":"2012-05-08T17:54:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:54:05","slug":"pray-with-us-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2012\/05\/08\/pray-with-us-for-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray With Us For Water!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes I feel like just closing my eyes and seeing if all the struggles will go away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are days that seem really dark. \u00a0We all face these days in our life and the form they take differs from one person to another. \u00a0A missionary is no different. \u00a0There are days when all we do is survive and right now we are in a few of those days.<\/p>\n

We drove home to our house yesterday with our water tanks and all the supplies we bought in Dakar. \u00a0We walked into our house and made shoe prints in the sand that had piled up on the floor and of course everywhere else. \u00a0We found around 10 dead roaches on our floor, which means there are many more alive ones left to be found.<\/p>\n

The night before we left for Dakar, 3 weeks ago, was a\u00a0water-less\u00a0night, which means we arrived home to a very low supply of water. \u00a0The house was incredibly hot from being closed up for so long. \u00a0So here we are covered in dirt, hot and no water to begin cleaning with.<\/p>\n

None of our toilets flushed which meant that over the three weeks we were gone our water was never turned on with enough pressure to make it up to the toilets. \u00a0Last night we only got enough water to fill half a tote, which means that we will have drinking water and maybe enough to wipe down the boys before bed.<\/p>\n

Our strategy right now is survival and prayer that God would give us a night with good water, so that we can fill up our water supply. \u00a0The first days back are usually difficult like this and I know that life gets easier once we adjust, but making it through the adjustment is never easy. \u00a0Pray with us for water and for the strength to survive.<\/p>\n

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Our water tanks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joel did an amazing job with the boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We might be walking on rocks right now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We hope to soon be looking at the beauty that surrounds those rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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