{"id":182,"date":"2015-02-26T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/noe-martinez\/2015\/02\/26\/2015-2-26-weve-joined-the-team\/"},"modified":"2015-02-26T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:09:37","slug":"2015-2-26-weve-joined-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/noe-martinez\/blog-1\/2015\/02\/26\/2015-2-26-weve-joined-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve Joined the Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well friends, the day has finally come!<\/p>\n<p>After 15 years (give\/take) of anticipating being involved in church planting and Bible translation, we have joined a church planting work!<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, 2-22-15, after MUCH prayer, thought, and seeking counsel, we decided to join the Tigak work. We are incredibly thrilled! (And many other emotions&#8230;)<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width:2500px\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-block-wrapper\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;overflow: hidden\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/545316b0e4b04718b2f5bf39\/1424948935116-XI4MMFYN0T6PB1PDXBMN\/image-asset.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/545316b0e4b04718b2f5bf39\/1424948935116-XI4MMFYN0T6PB1PDXBMN\/image-asset.jpeg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/545316b0e4b04718b2f5bf39\/1424948935116-XI4MMFYN0T6PB1PDXBMN\/image-asset.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"54eefea6e4b00217e7cf2424\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1424944276572_44135\">We knew our girls enjoyed our time in Tigak for Bush Orientation. But before we made our final decision on Sunday, we sat down with them and asked them point blank: Would you want to live in Tigak? They both responded with a hearty, &#8220;Yes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We asked them, &#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naya&#8217;s response was, &#8220;I want to see my friends again and learn the Tigak language so that I can talk to them and tell them about Jesus.&#8221; (Wow! If that doesn&#8217;t thrill our hearts as parents&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Jocie&#8217;s 5-year-old answer was a rapid-fire, &#8220;Because-there&#8217;s-a-tire-swing!&#8221; (Uh-HUH&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>We then asked her, &#8220;What if there was no tire swing? Would you still want to go there?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1424944276572_43822\">She then answered, &#8220;Yeah. I want to see my friends&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1424944276572_43792\">All that to say&#8230; we are so overjoyed that we have been given the privilege to know Him, love Him, and serve Him together as a family! All four of us are excited to move into Tigak and begin learning the language and grasping more of the culture.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t WAIT to share this journey with you, our brothers and sisters in Him!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out our Bush Orientation video ~ these are some of the people that you will get to know along with us.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1424944276572_42571\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well friends, the day has finally come! After 15 years (give\/take) of anticipating being involved in church planting and Bible translation, we have joined a church planting work! Last Sunday, 2-22-15, after MUCH prayer, thought, and seeking counsel, we decided to join the Tigak work. We are incredibly thrilled! 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