{"id":217,"date":"2010-03-24T06:31:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T05:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=217"},"modified":"2012-10-19T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T13:48:43","slug":"bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2010\/03\/24\/bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_213\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-lincoln-log-bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-lincoln-log-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincoln log type bridge on the way to Yaounde<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_214\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-CEFA-bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-CEFA-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridge to the CEFA land that Roy recently built<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_215\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-bridge-kribi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-bridge-kribi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridge being built on the coast road<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_216\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-bridge-love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/03\/blog-bridge-love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulani woman with sick baby at our nutrition center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wait a minute! Three bridges and a photo of Fulani? I guess I just wanted to emphasize that the work that we do here with our Mxslim friends is all about bridge building. We are building bridges with hope for their children&#8217;s health, for the livelihood of their families, and we hope and pray that these bridges provide access to the truth of God&#8217;s amazing and saving love for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=217&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wait a minute! Three bridges and a photo of Fulani? I guess I just wanted to emphasize that the work that we do here with our Mxslim friends is all about bridge building. 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