{"id":2975,"date":"2014-12-24T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T16:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2014-12-24T17:14:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T16:14:01","slug":"thankful-for-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/12\/24\/thankful-for-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for news!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We just heard that Tom Halgren, missionary colleague who is willing to work alongside us for our last several months to complete our current term at the CEFA farm, got his passport complete with the 2 necessary visas in it. \u00a0 He&#8217;s ready to come and join us, in fact he&#8217;ll get to Yaounde a day before we\u00a0arrive from South Africa, and we 3 soon will head on to Gamboula after some necessary shopping, probably Tuesday the 30th. \u00a0Tom asks for prayer that he get over a flu bug quickly, before he has to get on the plane on Friday.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/blog-tom-h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2976\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/blog-tom-h.jpg\" alt=\"blog tom h\" width=\"310\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/blog-tom-h.jpg 310w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/12\/blog-tom-h-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>We are so thankful that Tom is willing to come be our next door neighbor.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll be helping to build bridges and finish up the construction projects for starters, and Roy will be grateful for his presence! 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