{"id":2105,"date":"2013-08-27T20:12:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2013-08-27T20:12:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:12:12","slug":"progress-is-slow-but-sure-on-our-house-out-at-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/08\/27\/progress-is-slow-but-sure-on-our-house-out-at-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress is slow but sure on our house out at the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planting and other construction have been a priority recently at the farm, but cupboards and bookshelves and windows are all being worked on, slowly but surely by one carpenter, at the two Covenant houses.\u00a0 We would not have been able to move out there yet, anyway, because of all that is happening in the country, but we do look forward to the possibility in the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2094\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-house.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2094\" alt=\"Here's our little future home.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-house.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-house.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-house-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s our little future home.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The yard is beginning to look decent, and we now have a place to park our truck when we can bring it across the border.\u00a0 The truck you see there is Paul &amp; Sheryl Noren&#8217;s vehicle, parked for safekeeping until it can be repaired.\u00a0 It was badly damaged during the looting last March, and I am tempted to call it Luther, as Paul&#8217;s father in our Congo days called another ailing truck: &#8220;here I stand, I can do no other&#8221;.\u00a0 Smile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-carport-container-storage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2100\" alt=\"blog 8.13 carport container storage\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-carport-container-storage.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-carport-container-storage.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/08\/blog-8.13-carport-container-storage-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2105&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting and other construction have been a priority recently at the farm, but cupboards and bookshelves and windows are all being worked on, slowly but surely by one carpenter, at the two Covenant houses.\u00a0 We would not have been able &hellip; 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