{"id":1866,"date":"2013-03-25T11:45:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2013-05-03T19:38:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T18:38:20","slug":"we-are-safe-but-we-had-to-leave-c-a-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/03\/25\/we-are-safe-but-we-had-to-leave-c-a-r\/","title":{"rendered":"We are safe, but we had to leave C.A.R."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/blog-crossing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/blog-crossing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/blog-crossing.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/03\/blog-crossing-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe were 9 vehicles in convoy with 25 people and whatever we could bring away, crossing on the ferry, 3 vehicles at a time.  We had to leave in a hurry, and we were SO blessed by African colleagues who kept us up on what was happening and gave us advice about when to leave and what road to take.  We are continuing on, a little early, to the Covenant missionary fellowship site &#8211; the beach at Kribi, Cameroon!  Fellowship will be next week, April 1-5, and afterwards we had planned a vacation break anyway.<br \/>\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1866&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were 9 vehicles in convoy with 25 people and whatever we could bring away, crossing on the ferry, 3 vehicles at a time. 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