{"id":3933,"date":"2012-12-24T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T04:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2012-12-24T23:16:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T04:16:14","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/12\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of our partners, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. This year we have participated in 45 long-term community development programs and responded to disasters in 16 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Because of you, families have access to clean water, unemployed men and women have jobs, women are being freed from the traps of the commercial sex industry and human trafficking, children are receiving an education for the first time, and the sick are being healed. Around the world hope is being restored because of your partnership with Covenant World Relief. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Blessings to you this Christmas and in the New Year,<\/p>\n<p>Dave Husby, Debbie Blue, Chrissy Palmerlee, and Kellynne Meyers<br \/>\nThe Covenant World Relief Team in Chicago<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/give\">Click here<\/a> to make a year-end gift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=3933&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of our partners, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. This year we have participated in 45 long-term community development programs and responded to disasters in 16 countries. 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