{"id":4420,"date":"2017-05-02T16:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2017-05-02T16:57:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T15:57:03","slug":"to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4425\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4425\" class=\"wp-image-4425 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soon Nadege &amp; Benoit will see the Indian Ocean!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hooray!!!! Roy, Nadege (CEFA village co-op supervisor), and Benoit (CEFA director) are going to South Africa!!!\u00a0 There will be a Covenant World Relief conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 21-27, and they are to be participants.\u00a0 Nadege and Benoit travelled east to CAR\u2019s capital last month to get their passports renewed.\u00a0 The challenges of road travel east are many, and it can take a few days to get 350 miles! They succeeded in getting their passports and now they are in Cameroon\u2019s capital, which is a full day\u2019s or sometimes more travel to go 350 miles west, why?!?\u00a0 Because that is the closest place to find a South African embassy.\u00a0 The paperwork to amass and forms to fill out were daunting, but they now have their passports with S. African visas in hand!\u00a0\u00a0 Thank the Lord!\u00a0 Please pray for Benoit over the next 3 weeks as he prepares his presentation for the conference, at the same time he is supposed to be leading a week\u2019s worth of church meetings and wants to fulfill promises to village co-ops as he carries on his normal work for CEFA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4420&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hooray!!!! Roy, Nadege (CEFA village co-op supervisor), and Benoit (CEFA director) are going to South Africa!!!\u00a0 There will be a Covenant World Relief conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 21-27, and they are to be participants.\u00a0 Nadege and Benoit travelled &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/\">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":[339,212,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cefa","category-family","category-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>to South Africa - 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\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"to South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hooray!!!! Roy, Nadege (CEFA village co-op supervisor), and Benoit (CEFA director) are going to South Africa!!!\u00a0 There will be a Covenant World Relief conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 21-27, and they are to be participants.\u00a0 Nadege and Benoit travelled &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaleta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaleta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"danforth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"danforth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"danforth\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7\"},\"headline\":\"to South Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"CEFA\\\/Ag\",\"Family &amp; Friends\",\"Ministry\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"to South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/blog-S.Af_.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":253},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/02\\\/to-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"to South Africa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Danforths&#039; Days\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7\",\"name\":\"danforth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"danforth\"},\"description\":\"As Covenant missionaries, we are working with all the tribal groups of the Central African Republic (CAR) but are trying to give special attention to the Fulani, a Musxlim, cattle herding, and semi-nomadic people group. We live on an experimental\\\/training farm, near a mission station which has a hospital plus bible and nursing schools. We are establishing relationships with the local people groups through compassion ministries; Roy through agriculture and Aleta through public health and visitation, in order, ultimately, to share the good news of Jesus the Messiah with them. CAR is one of the least developed countries in the world and is currently in continual crisis (since the coup in March 2013), so reaching out in compassion is key to reaching their hearts. Due to the ongoing conflict and resultant ethnic cleansing in CAR, we are crossing the border to interact with our Fulani contacts.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/royaleta\"],\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/author\\\/danforth\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"to South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"to South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days","og_description":"Hooray!!!! Roy, Nadege (CEFA village co-op supervisor), and Benoit (CEFA director) are going to South Africa!!!\u00a0 There will be a Covenant World Relief conference in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 21-27, and they are to be participants.\u00a0 Nadege and Benoit travelled &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/","og_site_name":"Danforths&#039; Days","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaleta","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaleta","article_published_time":"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"danforth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"danforth","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/"},"author":{"name":"danforth","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#\/schema\/person\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7"},"headline":"to South Africa","datePublished":"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/"},"wordCount":206,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg","articleSection":["CEFA\/Ag","Family &amp; Friends","Ministry"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/","name":"to South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-02T15:57:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#\/schema\/person\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/05\/blog-S.Af_.jpg","width":450,"height":253},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/05\/02\/to-south-africa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"to South Africa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/","name":"Danforths&#039; Days","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#\/schema\/person\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7","name":"danforth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70860ccc267089c8158f418a2547233f9ba834e6f094b415a96bdf5c4ccf06ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"danforth"},"description":"As Covenant missionaries, we are working with all the tribal groups of the Central African Republic (CAR) but are trying to give special attention to the Fulani, a Musxlim, cattle herding, and semi-nomadic people group. We live on an experimental\/training farm, near a mission station which has a hospital plus bible and nursing schools. We are establishing relationships with the local people groups through compassion ministries; Roy through agriculture and Aleta through public health and visitation, in order, ultimately, to share the good news of Jesus the Messiah with them. CAR is one of the least developed countries in the world and is currently in continual crisis (since the coup in March 2013), so reaching out in compassion is key to reaching their hearts. Due to the ongoing conflict and resultant ethnic cleansing in CAR, we are crossing the border to interact with our Fulani contacts.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/royaleta"],"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/author\/danforth\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4426,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}