{"id":444,"date":"2010-10-03T07:24:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=444"},"modified":"2011-10-01T04:20:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:20:26","slug":"back-home-at-gamboula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2010\/10\/03\/back-home-at-gamboula\/","title":{"rendered":"Back home at Gamboula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re thankful to be home again, after a great and restful vacation.  Paul Noren, our long time best buddy, will be here with us for a couple of months, working with ag and Fulani ministries, while his wife, Sheryl, finishes up an EMT course in the states.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;re Roy &amp; Paul, after having been caught in a bit of a downpour on their way home from church.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/10.Gla-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-443\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/10.Gla-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=444&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re thankful to be home again, after a great and restful vacation. 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