{"id":4548,"date":"2017-07-07T08:07:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T07:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2017-07-07T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T07:07:55","slug":"roy-and-zweli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/07\/roy-and-zweli\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy and Zweli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-Roy-n-Zweli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4545\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-Roy-n-Zweli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-Roy-n-Zweli.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-Roy-n-Zweli-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Roy\u2019s mouth is almost back to normal now, after a root canal through a crown. \u00a0He&#8217;ll be going in to the dentist one more time next week for follow-up. \u00a0His tummy troubles, due to amoebic parasites, (which thankfully didn\u2019t start bothering him until he got off the plane in South Africa) are now a thing of the past.\u00a0 He\u2019s not wasting any time, keeping busy working in the nursery, looking forward with anticipation to the day when he can start getting plants, trees, and seeds out into the communities there.\u00a0 He\u2019ll return to Gamboula with Tim &amp; Ann Wester on July 14<sup>th<\/sup> or 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Thank you for praying for him, and also for Ann, who is doing much better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4548&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy\u2019s mouth is almost back to normal now, after a root canal through a crown. \u00a0He&#8217;ll be going in to the dentist one more time next week for follow-up. \u00a0His tummy troubles, due to amoebic parasites, (which thankfully didn\u2019t start &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/07\/roy-and-zweli\/\">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":[212,42,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-ministry","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roy and Zweli - Danforths&#039; 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