{"id":1552,"date":"2012-09-30T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T17:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2012-10-07T02:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T01:36:58","slug":"volleyball-match-at-gamboula-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/09\/30\/volleyball-match-at-gamboula-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball match at Gamboula today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball3-9.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball3-9.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"322\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball3-9.12.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball3-9.12-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball2-9.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball2-9.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball2-9.12.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball2-9.12-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe guys from &#8220;downtown&#8221; played against the guys from the mission.  It was a fun game to watch, with lots of great, long volleys and good slams.  Look how they attach the net to the poles, and how they keep score, with a piece of charcoal.  They mark the four lines of a box with a final line diagonally through the middle to indicate each 5 points scored.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball-9.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball-9.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball-9.12.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/blog-vball-9.12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1552&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guys from &#8220;downtown&#8221; played against the guys from the mission. 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Look how they attach the net to the poles, and how they keep &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/09\/30\/volleyball-match-at-gamboula-today\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Volleyball match at Gamboula today! - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/09\/30\/volleyball-match-at-gamboula-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volleyball match at Gamboula today! - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The guys from &#8220;downtown&#8221; played against the guys from the mission. 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