{"id":1697,"date":"2012-12-20T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2012-12-20T06:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:19:48","slug":"our-buddy-yugudxxa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/12\/20\/our-buddy-yugudxxa\/","title":{"rendered":"Our buddy Yugudxxa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please pray for this man, son of Chief T.\u00a0 A few years back, he was kidnapped and held for $11,000 ransom.\u00a0 The family scraped together the money and he was freed, and your prayers had a part in that.\u00a0 That story had a happy ending.<\/p>\n<p>Then, last year, he was in a terrible motorcycle accident, with broken bones including a broken head.\u00a0 You can see the arc shaped scar on his forehead, but don&#8217;t pay attention to the squinty scowl. 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