{"id":1742,"date":"2013-01-27T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2013-01-30T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T07:09:13","slug":"1742","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/01\/27\/1742\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fulani friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to our colleague, Kim Cone&#8217;s, penchant for walking and exploring, we have two new bunches of Fulani friends, not more than a 45 minute walk from us. \u00a0They are here in our\u00a0vicinity\u00a0for their cattle, as this is dry season and they roam to find good grazing land. \u00a0We hope they are also here to hear how very very much God loves them! \u00a0You can see from the photos that they truly are nomads, sleeping in makeshift shelters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1743\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-022.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-022-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1744\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blogKadei-Fulani-Camp-025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1744\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1744\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blogKadei-Fulani-Camp-025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blogKadei-Fulani-Camp-025.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blogKadei-Fulani-Camp-025-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nomadic Fulani family group<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1745\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1745\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1745\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-029.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/blog-Kadei-Fulani-Camp-029-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cattle herd in the background &#8211; Fulani man on a horse, a very rare sight here<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1746\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/For-Fred2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1746\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1746\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/For-Fred2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/For-Fred2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/01\/For-Fred2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Fulani man preparing an injection against sleeping sickness for his cattle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Their cattle are really quite skinny, and they aren&#8217;t sure of the treatment they are giving. \u00a0We could really get excited about a vet joining our ministry team, to help the Fulani with their heartfelt needs that center around their cattle, which are their life center. \u00a0Please pray for these new friends, pray for open hearts and please pray for a vet for our team!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1742&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to our colleague, Kim Cone&#8217;s, penchant for walking and exploring, we have two new bunches of Fulani friends, not more than a 45 minute walk from us. \u00a0They are here in our\u00a0vicinity\u00a0for their cattle, as this is dry season &hellip; 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