{"id":4123,"date":"2016-10-24T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2016-10-24T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:31:51","slug":"fulani-guests-at-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/10\/24\/fulani-guests-at-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulani guests at the farm!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was out picking mulberries and Roy was across the stream planting in the reforestation area when Kim pulled up to our house with two Fulani men. These two are our first Fulani guests out at the farm since 2014 when they were all chased out of the country!! \u00a0One of them, the guy on the right, is Y, a dear friend and a son of Chief T. \u00a0He is the one many of you prayed for about 10 years ago, when he was kidnapped and held for ransom. \u00a0Then you prayed for him to recover from a very serious motorcycle accident &#8211; we thought he wouldn&#8217;t make it, but here he is today, strong and healthy. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-Y-1st-F-guests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4124\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-Y-1st-F-guests.jpg\" alt=\"blog-y-1st-f-guests\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-Y-1st-F-guests.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/10\/blog-Y-1st-F-guests-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>I was overjoyed to welcome them, to realize that finally, this might be the beginning of many more visits. \u00a0Please do keep praying for CAR though. \u00a0We still hear rumors and murmurs, and there are still skirmishes with deaths and injuries taking place, usually in the north and east of the country, far from us.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, as I&#8217;m writing this, I just remembered that a Fulani friend, actually Y&#8217;s half-sister, came from the hospital out to the farm for a few minutes while Kim picked up some lovely fertilizer from our cattle enclosure. \u00a0 So Y was not officially the first guest, though he is the first one to sit and have tea and chat with us.\u2665<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=4123&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was out picking mulberries and Roy was across the stream planting in the reforestation area when Kim pulled up to our house with two Fulani men. 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