{"id":4582,"date":"2017-07-20T07:19:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2017-07-20T07:19:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:19:28","slug":"visiting-creighton-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Creighton, South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4569\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4568\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4567\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Roy was in South Africa, he had the marvelous opportunity to go on a trip with Sam &amp; Anna\u2019s cell group to visit the little town of Creighton.\u00a0 The interesting thing about this place, other than the fact that it\u2019s Gill\u2019s (cell group member) home territory, is that it is the site of the first Catholic mission in South Africa.\u00a0 The group rode on a narrow-gauge train through aloe covered hills to the mission.\u00a0 The church is still active there, and they also have a lovely museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4582&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Roy was in South Africa, he had the marvelous opportunity to go on a trip with Sam &amp; Anna\u2019s cell group to visit the little town of Creighton.\u00a0 The interesting thing about this place, other than the fact that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-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":[212,472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-mission"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Visiting Creighton, 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\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visiting Creighton, South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While Roy was in South Africa, he had the marvelous opportunity to go on a trip with Sam &amp; Anna\u2019s cell group to visit the little town of Creighton.\u00a0 The interesting thing about this place, other than the fact that &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-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=\"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.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<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"danforth\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7\"},\"headline\":\"Visiting Creighton, South Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/blog-SEASR.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Family &amp; Friends\",\"Mission\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Visiting Creighton, South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/blog-SEASR.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/blog-SEASR.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/blog-SEASR.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":337},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/20\\\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/danforth\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Visiting Creighton, 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":"Visiting Creighton, 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\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Visiting Creighton, South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days","og_description":"While Roy was in South Africa, he had the marvelous opportunity to go on a trip with Sam &amp; Anna\u2019s cell group to visit the little town of Creighton.\u00a0 The interesting thing about this place, other than the fact that &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-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":"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"danforth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"danforth"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/"},"author":{"name":"danforth","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#\/schema\/person\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7"},"headline":"Visiting Creighton, South Africa","datePublished":"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/"},"wordCount":95,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg","articleSection":["Family &amp; Friends","Mission"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/","name":"Visiting Creighton, South Africa - Danforths&#039; Days","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-20T06:19:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/#\/schema\/person\/41c901886a68c381739878a36eb289e7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/blog-SEASR.jpg","width":450,"height":337},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/07\/20\/visiting-creighton-south-africa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Visiting Creighton, 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\/4582","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=4582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions\/4583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}