{"id":2016,"date":"2013-06-18T09:36:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T08:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2013-06-18T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T08:36:33","slug":"ready-to-roll-so-what-if-we-dont-have-our-truck-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/06\/18\/ready-to-roll-so-what-if-we-dont-have-our-truck-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to roll! So what if we don&#8217;t have our truck here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have left our truck just across the river in Cameroon, as we do not yet trust the state of the whole country. \u00a0If we just considered our little town and the immediate area surrounding it, we&#8217;d use it freely, but&#8230; \u00a0 We have been encouraged by seeing quite a few vehicles coming and going this past week, so things are looking up!<\/p>\n<p>In the last container, which arrived just the week before we had to leave the country, we received two bikes, that we ordered, plus a gift bike from the bike shop!\u00a0 Thank you again Bob Bennet for handling the order and Jim Bluege for the gift bike!\u00a0 They are a huge help to get around from place to place quickly.\u00a0 Aleta has high hopes of using hers to get back and forth from the farm to the hospital.\u00a0 A 5 kilometer ride, about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/06\/blog-ready-to-roll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021\" alt=\"blog ready to roll\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/06\/blog-ready-to-roll.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/06\/blog-ready-to-roll.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/06\/blog-ready-to-roll-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roy has made a box for hauling stuff, and of course the main &#8220;stuff&#8221; will be something to do with farming and orchards. 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