{"id":1786,"date":"2013-02-27T08:09:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T07:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2013-02-28T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:21:56","slug":"overwhelmed-and-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/02\/27\/overwhelmed-and-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwhelmed and thankful!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dearest friends and family, how can we even begin to tell you how thankful we are for each of you? How can we tell you how it feels to receive an email from our mission office letting us know that your support for 2012 was over the top? We are overwhelmed, and we thank the Lord for each one of you. We know that prayer and concern are tied into this hugely generous gift we have received, and we are undone when we think of that, that for many of you the huge gift you give is prayer. Thank you! 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