{"id":2540,"date":"2021-02-14T04:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T08:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2021-02-14T04:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T08:29:04","slug":"a-three-hour-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2021\/02\/14\/a-three-hour-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"A Three-Hour Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My in-laws have been on my mind and heart lately, and I (Ginger) wanted to share a bit about this wonderful couple.\u00a0 A bit of history first.\u00a0 Darryl and Becky Jordan became missionaries after their children were grown.\u00a0 They spent their first ten years of missionary life in a remote village in Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 After serving faithfully there, they moved to the Philippines where they spent the next ten years working in various roles, from guesthouse manager on two different islands, to mission representatives in the city.\u00a0 After serving at their second guesthouse for a couple years, they were considering retirement, and we asked them to join us in our village, mainly to help oversee the construction of the new church building.\u00a0 They graciously joined us, and it has been a joy to serve together with them for the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Becky, Ginger, and other ladies preparing Christmas gifts in 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Throughout 2019, they worked hard overseeing the building project, helping with Kids\u2019 Bible Club, baking for youth group, chauffeuring teens in the evening to get them home safely in the dark, hosting a team from the States, and always being a listening ear when anyone just needed to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darryl and Becky helped us host a team from the Michigan for Sports Bible Camp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Darryl giving Chris suggestions for how to connect the rebar in the new church building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When it was time for the church dedication, they stepped up another notch when I got sick, and took over for all the holiday activities I had planned and was no longer able to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Church dedication in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In January 2020, I was feeling much better.\u00a0 The church dedication and Christmas program were completed, and it was time for them to take a much-needed and well-deserved rest.\u00a0 They scheduled three separate cruises to line up and take them all over Asia while they rested.\u00a0 Upon boarding their first cruise, Covid hit, and all of their cruises were cancelled.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t crash on a deserted island as the three-hour tour passengers did in the old television show, but they did end up in Singapore, choosing to wait there for the borders of the Philippines to reopen for them.\u00a0 And they have been their ever since!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darryl and Becky in Singapore for 1 year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But they have not been idle!\u00a0 God put them there, provided them with the rest they needed, but also opened their eyes and gave them willing hearts to meet needs around them.\u00a0 They have developed relationships with many people in the city, as well as the staff at the hotel \u2013 which if you know them at all, you knew they would!\u00a0 They have counseled a family, helped to make face masks for the hotel staff, and given continued input into our shared ministry in the Philippines.\u00a0 We miss them.\u00a0 It looks like they may be able to return to the Philippines soon, but it is also time for us to go back to the U.S., and we are not sure if we will see them before we go.\u00a0 We just ask that you take a bit of time to pray for them \u2013 that the Lord would lead and direct them and enable them to get back to the Philippines in His time; and also that the Lord would meet their needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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