{"id":1226,"date":"2017-10-20T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2017-10-31T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:46:29","slug":"celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/rosie-cochran\/2017\/10\/20\/celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I survived the week of celebrations! Actually, it wasn’t\u00a0a matter of survival. It was a lot of fun!\u00a0It was a good week of reflecting on all God has done and\u00a0seeing\u00a0Him<\/em>\u00a0glorified. Because really, it’s all about Him. Missions is\u00a0all about God. We’re just privileged in joining Him in seeing unreached people groups reached.<\/p>\n

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Photo by John Pierce<\/em>\u00a0 (johnpierce.smugmug.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Pastor\u00a0Appreciation Luncheon<\/em><\/h3>\n

I was in waitress mode at the\u00a0Pastor Appreciation Luncheon. That also means I was right there to hear the guest speaker\u00a0Gracia\u00a0Burnham.<\/p>\n

Years ago, after serving for 17 years as missionaries in the Philippines, Gracia and her husband, Martin, were taken captive by a militant group while celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at a resort.<\/p>\n

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Photo by John Pierce<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For over a year they hiked over rough jungle trails\u00a0as their captors attempted to evade the Philippine military. Food was limited. Sleeping conditions were reduced to a rice bag laid on the jungle floor.\u00a0(See the picture below!)\u00a0<\/em>Creature comforts did not exist.<\/p>\n

Finally, on\u00a0June 7, 2002, during a rescue attempt by the\u00a0Philippine military, Gracia, though wounded, was rescued.\u00a0Tragically, Martin was killed during the gunfight.\u00a0Since that time, Gracia has shared her testimony of the faithfulness of God. She has also authored two books which I would strongly recommend:\u00a0I<\/a>n The Presence Of My Enemies<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0To Fly Again<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by John Pierce\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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75th Anniversary Celebration<\/em><\/h3>\n

It was in the spring of 1942 when Ethnos360 began as New Tribes Mission. Paul Fleming, one of the founders wrote:\u00a0“It seemed that the Lord had pushed us into something, and we were confident that no man started new Tribes Mision. The Lord brought it into existence in spite of us. We had no funds, no organization behind us. We were just a group of fellows\u00a0who desired honestly to give our lives for Jesus Christ. We were a group of young men with nothing but faith.”<\/p>\n

The fledgeling\u00a0mission moved forward in faith and watched God do the impossible.<\/p>\n

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Last Friday, at the 75th Anniversary\u00a0Celebration of Ethnos360, we celebrated the contributions and sacrifices of those early missionaries, we celebrated what God has done over the past 75 years, and we looked forward to what God will do over the next 75 years.\u00a0If you were\u00a0able to join us, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. If you weren’t able to attend, it’s not too late to watch it online at\u00a0ethnos360.org\/75<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now life goes back to normal \u2014 whatever that looks like!<\/p>\n

Thank you for partnering with me to see unreached people groups around the world reached with the gospel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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