{"id":2255,"date":"2013-12-13T09:49:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T08:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2013-12-13T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T09:33:45","slug":"thank-you-god-for-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/12\/13\/thank-you-god-for-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, God, for protection!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2256\" alt=\"blog 12 green mamba\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba.jpg\" width=\"219\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba.jpg 219w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2257\" alt=\"blog 12 green mamba1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba1.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba1.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/blog-12-green-mamba1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roy and I were reunited in Yaounde after a month&#8217;s separation. \u00a0We were guests of Karl &amp; Mary Noren, and neighbors to our Gamboula buddies, the Turks, who are in Yaounde for this school year. \u00a0A gardener saw and killed this 8 foot green mamba as he was walking up the path from Norens&#8217; house. \u00a0 Thank the Lord with us that none of the 3 under 6 year old Noren kids met up with it first!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2255&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Roy and I were reunited in Yaounde after a month&#8217;s separation. \u00a0We were guests of Karl &amp; Mary Noren, and neighbors to our Gamboula buddies, the Turks, who are in Yaounde for this school year. \u00a0A gardener saw and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/12\/13\/thank-you-god-for-protection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thank you, God, for protection! 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