{"id":3874,"date":"2016-05-01T00:12:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T23:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3874"},"modified":"2016-05-06T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:53:45","slug":"good-news-from-c-a-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/05\/01\/good-news-from-c-a-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news from C.A.R."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have continuing reports that our M friends are beginning to cross the border for medical help. \u00a0This is such an encouragement to us, that there is hope. \u00a0Please pray that the home villages of these, who were mercilessly chased out back in January 2014, would welcome them back and return homes and belongings to rightful owners.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/04\/blog-Fulani-back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3875\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/04\/blog-Fulani-back.jpg\" alt=\"blog Fulani back\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/04\/blog-Fulani-back.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/04\/blog-Fulani-back-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our colleagues there at Gamboula have had many conversations, on both sides of the river, and there seems to be a desire, even on the part of Chief T&#8217;s clan, to return to CAR.<\/p>\n<p>We have had news that President Toud\u00e9ra has again asked for missionary colleagues to come pray with him. \u00a0What better news than that, that a man would seek God, in order to lead his people well?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/Touadera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3888\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/Touadera.jpg\" alt=\"Touadera\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/Touadera.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/Touadera-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/John-Charlie-and-Pres.-T-of-C.A.R..jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>We are excited about our return, the first week of June. \u00a0We look forward to sweet reunions, to be able to be with our friends, to hope and pray together for a bright future.<\/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=3874&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have continuing reports that our M friends are beginning to cross the border for medical help. \u00a0This is such an encouragement to us, that there is hope. \u00a0Please pray that the home villages of these, who were mercilessly chased &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/05\/01\/good-news-from-c-a-r\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[337,472,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends","category-mission","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Good news from C.A.R. - Danforths&#039; 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\/2016\/05\/01\/good-news-from-c-a-r\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good news from C.A.R. - Danforths&#039; 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