{"id":411,"date":"2010-09-22T06:08:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T05:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=411"},"modified":"2011-10-01T04:35:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:35:59","slug":"yippee-were-on-the-way-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2010\/09\/22\/yippee-were-on-the-way-to-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Yippee, we&#8217;re on the way to the beach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9\/9 Drove to Yaounde, about 320 miles, done in about 8 hours, a marked improvement over our travel on the same road last spring.  We are so thankful for the road crews!  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