{"id":2533,"date":"2014-05-07T17:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2014-05-07T17:22:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:22:01","slug":"new-friends-at-kribi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/05\/07\/new-friends-at-kribi\/","title":{"rendered":"New friends at Kribi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-AndreaBernhard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2530\" alt=\"blog AndreaBernhard\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-AndreaBernhard.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-AndreaBernhard.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-AndreaBernhard-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019da thunk we\u2019d meet these 2 dear people at Kribi and end up friends so quickly? \u00a0Andrea and Bernhard from Germany showed up in a room next to us at the beach at Kribi, having arrived on motorbike after travelling in Cameroon a bit (over some pretty rough roads) with her son, Steven.\u00a0 Steven is biking around Africa for a couple of years, and this was their opportunity to connect with him for a short time. They are sweet and gentle and fun to be with.\u00a0 They are fellow believers and obviously open to adventure, and get this, they just happened to want to sell their brand new motorcycle.\u00a0 How could we pass up the chance to get such a decent bike for our colleague in Fulani ministry? 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