{"id":327,"date":"2014-07-13T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/?p=327"},"modified":"2014-07-13T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T15:20:53","slug":"patience-for-the-long-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-ullum\/2014\/07\/13\/patience-for-the-long-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Patience for the long haul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it\u2019s not always as straightforward as it should be writing updates to send to our friends\u00a0 and \u00a0family.\u00a0 In some ways it feels like so much happens in a given week or month but then going to write it down, it just feels so ordinary.\u00a0\u00a0 Even more wishing we could help you understand and feel what\u2019s going on in this jungle , village, ministry, life.\u00a0 So much of what happens is on a spiritual and mental level.\u00a0 We\u2019ve dealt with a lot of discouragement regarding the slow or no fruit we have seen so far as we\u2019ve been teaching.\u00a0 But then we remember that a farmer who plants his seeds does not see the growth for quite awhile.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot about perspective.\u00a0\u00a0 But the weight and mental energy to keep the right perspective can be exhausting at times.<\/p>\n

Another thing that weighs on us often in this area of \u201cpatience for the long haul\u201d, is that of wanting to help people and see them make healthy choices for their families.\u00a0 Things like seeing our young neighbor suffering with tuberculosis and likely spreading it to his wife and 4 children, and yet all the advice you give him about quitting smoking and getting medical help are not headed.\u00a0 A young girl with chronic boils and skin sores all over her body for months, her parents have not given her the correct dose of\u00a0 antibiotic we \u00a0gave her and doesn\u2019t keep her clean, and so she is still suffering with problems. \u00a0\u00a0And these are just 2 examples of things we daily deal with as we try to be sensitive to the people and their ways and not condemning them, while also trying to really help them.\u00a0 Even the simple fever is still deadly here as most of our friends do not know how to treat someone with a simple fever.\u00a0 So sad. \u00a0One by one we try to teach and advise and help but change comes VERY slow sometimes.<\/p>\n

With all of this said we want you to know how important you are to us as you pray and support us in a variety of ways!\u00a0 Thanks for your patience with us over this long haul of ministry as well! We know that it\u2019s in humility and dependence on the Lord that we find our strength.\u00a0 But He also uses you to strengthen us with your prayers and gifts!<\/p>\n

We are currently teaching through Abraham and his faith choices.\u00a0\"\"<\/a> We have around 13 people in each of the 3 homes throughout the week.\u00a0 We\u2019ve combined the teaching with some short video clips of the story we\u2019re teaching.\u00a0 It\u2019s always funny to hear the comments of the people as they see the culture and norms of the people in that day and time!\u00a0 \u201cWhy are the young people using canes(walking sticks)?\u00a0 Why do they wash clothes like that?\u00a0 Boy Abraham was really old wasn\u2019t he and still no children???\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what sheep and lambs look like?\u00a0 Just a few of the comments from this last week.<\/p>\n

We would like to ask you to continue in prayer for our health and safety here.\u00a0 We have had some scary close calls in the last month and are so thankful for God\u2019s watchful eye and guardian angels.\u00a0 The kids were swimming down at the river and were close to a snake that went swimming by.\u00a0 A huge tree that seemed as healthy and strong as anything, just totally fell over in our backyard just a couple feet from our co-worker.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>It went right in the place where the kids ALWAYS play and it just so happens that they were all inside at that time.\u00a0 And if it would have fallen slightly differently it would have smashed our whole house where we all were.\u00a0 Whew that was scary.\u00a0 That with the other daily jungle, tree-climbing children of ours \u00a0and crazy sicknesses that are frequently going through the village sure keeps one in prayer for safety.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks again, we appreciate you very much and would love to hear how your summer is going!!!<\/p>\n

Tim & Andrea<\/p>\n

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