{"id":2545,"date":"2014-05-23T18:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T17:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2014-05-23T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T17:09:47","slug":"a-new-baby-for-chief-ts-clan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/05\/23\/a-new-baby-for-chief-ts-clan\/","title":{"rendered":"A new baby for Chief T&#8217;s clan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tickle me pink, I got to hold little Abdallah Basfar, as a 2 day old! \u00a0He is the grandson of the late Chief T and my best friend Hajja Hawa, and is the son of Chief T&#8217;s youngest child. \u00a0Here is a photo I have posted before, of Hawa and Zeynabu, then a younger teenager, and now, an older teenager, a mom!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff4b33;line-height: 24px;font-size: 16px\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-b4-baby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2547\" alt=\"blog H b4 baby\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-b4-baby.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-b4-baby.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-b4-baby-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-Hawa-Zeynabou-Abdallah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2548\" alt=\"blog Hawa Zeynabou Abdallah\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-Hawa-Zeynabou-Abdallah.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-Hawa-Zeynabou-Abdallah.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-Hawa-Zeynabou-Abdallah-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>Yesterday in Kzou, 3 generations all of whom bring great joy to my heart! \u00a0And here&#8217;s little Abdallah, happy as a clam all bundled up as if it was cold outside! \u00a0Zeynabu was king of scrambling around for his little knit cap, but I told her to leave it off. \u00a0It must&#8217;ve been around 85 in the room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Abdallah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2546\" alt=\"blog H Abdallah\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Abdallah.jpg\" width=\"298\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Abdallah.jpg 298w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Abdallah-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>In spite of the joy of that day, I came home with a heavy heart. \u00a0These dear friends are living in poverty, having lost all of their worldly possessions to looters driven by a thirst for ethnic cleansing in CAR. \u00a0 Pray for them as they work through forgiving what has been done to them. \u00a0Please keep praying for peace and healing in CAR.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2545&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tickle me pink, I got to hold little Abdallah Basfar, as a 2 day old! 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