{"id":2993,"date":"2015-01-14T17:08:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T16:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2015-01-14T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T16:08:14","slug":"the-nestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/01\/14\/the-nestors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/blog-Nestors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2992\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/blog-Nestors.jpg\" alt=\"blog Nestors\" width=\"448\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/blog-Nestors.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/blog-Nestors-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are our Swedish friends Gunnar, IngMarie, and Elise Nestor, with their taxi driver for their trip to Yaounde. \u00a0They came to Gamboula for 3 weeks over Christmas to help out with whatever they could. \u00a0They are former missionaries to Gamboula and they hadn&#8217;t forgotten their Sango, so they hit the ground running. \u00a0Gunnar was able to install and teach about the new autoclave and operating room patient tables for our little mission hospital. \u00a0They were able to spend alot of time just being with people, which is the most important thing about being a missionary. \u00a0We were just getting to know them a little bit and now they are gone. \u00a0A precious family, loving and fun, too!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2993&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are our Swedish friends Gunnar, IngMarie, and Elise Nestor, with their taxi driver for their trip to Yaounde. \u00a0They came to Gamboula for 3 weeks over Christmas to help out with whatever they could. \u00a0They are former missionaries to &hellip; 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