It\u2019s the second week in July, and things are starting to pick up for us a little. We\u2019re at 39% of our support, and we\u2019ll be speaking at a number of different churches in Washington, Idaho and Oregon all through summer and into the fall.<\/p>\n
Until recently, I wasn\u2019t nervous at all about going to Asia-Pacific, but as our support level climbs and the prospect of leaving in November begins to look more feasible, I\u2019m starting to think more about what life in AP holds for us.<\/p>\n
I have always looked forward to the language-learning aspect. But even though I enjoy that kind of thing, I know there will be times when it is overwhelming. It would be one thing to do this as a single person, but the idea of taking my whole family into it is sobering.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to think we\u2019re alone in this, to think that what we\u2019re doing is our<\/em> job. But this work was not my idea; it is God\u2019s. I have only recently (from God\u2019s perspective) become aware of it and interested in His work.<\/p>\n So to assume that the burden lies on me couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. We are joining God\u2019s global and eternal plan to make His name known; we are joining thousands of other\u00a0 missionaries worldwide for that purpose. And as missionaries, I know there are many people praying for us already. Thank you.<\/p>\n For many years, I have looked forward to the day we step off the plane on the other side of the world. But I\u2019ve learned that God is interested in my life right now, moment by moment. He\u2019s still preparing us for what lies ahead.<\/p>\n So as you pray for us, ask that we will learn the lessons at hand, and continually look to God each day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Praise:<\/p>\n -Scout\u2019s surgery a couple months ago went well, and her eyes still look good. For the time being, she doesn\u2019t need glasses, but that may change.<\/p>\n -God has provided for us in ways we didn\u2019t expect to get us to where we are at 39%. But there\u2019s still a long way to go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prayer: -The kids get tired and confused and disobedient sometimes after all the traveling back and forth. We\u2019re trying to come up with ways to help them survive all this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The McIlroys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s the second week in July, and things are starting to pick up for us a little. We\u2019re at 39% of our support, and we\u2019ll be speaking at a number of different churches in Washington, Idaho and Oregon all through summer and into the fall. Until recently, I wasn\u2019t nervous at all about going to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/lincoln-mcilroy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n-Keeping things organized at this point is difficult, yet important (in terms of where we\u2019re going each week, paperwork, who we need to e-mail, etc.)<\/p>\n