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This man, community leader, father, grandfather, great grandfather, business colleague, and most importantly our buddy, has passed away of heart disease. \u00a0We had shared times\u00a0of crisis and joy, and enjoyed a rich friendship with J. \u00a0It had been many months since we had seen him, as he had traveled to the north of Cameroon to be with family as he struggled with health issues. \u00a0He was a kind and sweet guy, and we can only hope and pray that the Spirit worked a wonder in his heart at the last. \u00a0Peace to his memory, it is a great sorrow to us that he won’t be around anymore. \u00a0Please pray for his family and friends, that God in His mercy will make Himself known to them.\"blog<\/a> \"blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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This man, community leader, father, grandfather, great grandfather, business colleague, and most importantly our buddy, has passed away of heart disease. \u00a0We had shared times\u00a0of crisis and joy, and enjoyed a rich friendship with J. \u00a0It had been many months … Continue reading →<\/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":[337,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"\nOur dear friend, J, has passed away - Danforths' Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/09\/02\/our-dear-friend-j-has-passed-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our dear friend, J, has passed away - 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