{"id":87,"date":"2015-10-11T04:11:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T04:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/?p=87"},"modified":"2015-10-11T04:24:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T04:24:30","slug":"lets-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/2015\/10\/11\/lets-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2015\/10\/IMG_2905-e1444535031179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-86 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2015\/10\/IMG_2905-e1444535031179-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Melanie Center #1 Playground\" width=\"459\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2015\/10\/IMG_2905-e1444535031179-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2015\/10\/IMG_2905-e1444535031179-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the air filled with squeals of laughter.\u00a0 Now, look around and you will see dozens of children laughing and playing.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the reason for all of this joy???\u00a0 It&#8217;s new playground equipment!\u00a0 Yes, the Melanie Center in Beira just received several new pieces of playground equipment.\u00a0 The favorites are of course the swinging Crocodile (who doesn&#8217;t love that?!?) and the merry-go-round!<\/p>\n<p>This equipment doesn&#8217;t just bring joy and laughter to the children of the Melanie Center it draws in many of the children from the surrounding community as well.\u00a0 This playground is the only one in our little community of 5000 families and will be well used!\u00a0 This is just one more way in which we help our community to be whole and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks go out to all of the friends and family and teachers who have made this playground possible with their kind donations.\u00a0 You folks know the value of joy and laughter in the life of a child.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0the first of two playgrounds that are being built.\u00a0 The second playground will go to the Melanie Center in Chimoio, which at this time has had no play equipment for\u00a0it&#8217;s children.\u00a0 I can hardly wait to see their little faces and hear the laughter!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll keep you posted!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=87&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Imagine the air filled with squeals of laughter.\u00a0 Now, look around and you will see dozens of children laughing and playing.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the reason for all of this joy???\u00a0 It&#8217;s new playground equipment!\u00a0 Yes, the Melanie Center in Beira just received several new pieces of playground equipment.\u00a0 The favorites are of course the swinging &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/amviana\/2015\/10\/11\/lets-play\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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