{"id":457,"date":"2010-10-15T00:40:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T04:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=457"},"modified":"2011-10-01T04:07:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:07:56","slug":"when-the-wind-blows-the-cradle-will-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2010\/10\/15\/when-the-wind-blows-the-cradle-will-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"When the wind blows the cradle will fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a bit of a storm late this afternoon, and a tree fell on the nutrition building at the hospital.  Thankfully no one was hurt.  It just so happens that the room directly under the fallen tree is occupied by 3 Fulani moms with their kids.  Jan arranged for at least 2 of the families to move to the only other beds available in the pediatric ward rooms if the leaking got too bad this evening.  Hopefully the rain will hold off until repairs can be made tomorrow morning.  I got covered in biting ants as I took the picture, so I hope that the ants won\u2019t share the rooms tonight with our friends!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/10-CRN-tree-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-456\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2010\/10\/10-CRN-tree-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" 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=457&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a bit of a storm late this afternoon, and a tree fell on the nutrition building at the hospital. Thankfully no one was hurt. 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