{"id":3750,"date":"2016-02-25T02:16:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2016-02-25T02:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:16:56","slug":"the-new-president-of-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/02\/25\/the-new-president-of-car\/","title":{"rendered":"The new president of CAR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vote on February 14th passed peaceably, but there has been some protest about the counting of the ballots. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.encompassworldpartners.org\/news\/new-president-declared-in-car-results-protested#.VsuO-o-pQ40.facebook\">Click this to<\/a>\u00a0get the story.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two missionary colleagues, visiting with Former Prime Minister Faustin Touadera. \u00a0He asked John and Charlie to read the bible and pray with him. \u00a0If the count stands, he is the new president of CAR. \u00a0 \u00a0Thank you for praying for peaceful elections, now for peace for the country.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/John-Charlie-and-Pres.-T-of-C.A.R..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3740\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/John-Charlie-and-Pres.-T-of-C.A.R..jpg\" alt=\"John, Charlie, and Pres. 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