{"id":3858,"date":"2026-09-06T08:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2026-09-06T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:57:37","slug":"carrying-everyones-burdens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2026\/09\/06\/carrying-everyones-burdens\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrying Everyone’s Burdens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever seen an old man hunched over?  It\u2019s as if he is carrying a heavy burden, but there is nothing on his shoulders.  Many of our residents at The Homes are like this man.  They stand tall on the outside, but they are hunched over inside with many burdens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow are you doing carrying everyone\u2019s burdens?\u201d was a question a resident asked us during our recent visit with them in the hospital.  Initially, we didn\u2019t know quite how to answer this question because their difficulties don\u2019t feel like burdens to us.  Rather, we consider it a privilege that the residents freely share with us.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Just like you, the residents (retired missionaries of New Tribes Mission \/ Ethnos360) have \u201cburdens.\u201d  Burdens due to children who no longer walk with the Lord, burdens due to medical concerns, burdens due to . . . you name it.    As their chaplain, it is our privilege to point them to God\u2019s Word, and to carry these burdens with them to the Lord in prayer. We don\u2019t carry their burdens, but together we give them to the Lord! <\/p>\n\n\n

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Taking burdens to the Lord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As our partners, you stand with us in the hospital, you sit with us in their homes, you pray with us for these residents of The Homes of Ethnos360.  Thank you for partnering with us for God\u2019s ultimate glory in and through their lives.  Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Chapel at The Homes of Ethnos360<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Have you ever seen an old man hunched over?  It\u2019s as if he is carrying a heavy burden, but there is nothing on his shoulders.  Many of our residents at The Homes are like this man.  They stand tall on the outside, but they are hunched over inside with many burdens. \u201cHow are you doing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":3859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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-3858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3871,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3858\/revisions\/3871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}