{"id":4727,"date":"2017-09-18T08:50:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T07:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2017-09-18T08:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T07:50:29","slug":"samson-getting-hitched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/09\/18\/samson-getting-hitched\/","title":{"rendered":"Samson is getting hitched!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-Sam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4722\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-Sam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-Sam.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-Sam-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Samson is a hardworking, generally joyful guy.\u00a0 He will shake your hand with great enthusiasm and always aims to please. \u00a0He has worked in the ag program for about as many years as it has been functioning.\u00a0 He\u2019ll plant trees, mend fences, dig ditches, whatever you lay out in front of him.\u00a0 \u00a0He does all this with a handicap \u2013 he\u2019s deaf.\u00a0 Now, just this past month, we have heard that he will have a companion to walk alongside him in sickness and health and so on.\u00a0 You can\u2019t see his normal smile (which, by the way has grown about a mile lately because of this little lady) in the photo, but here he is with his wife. \u00a0It\u2019s interesting that he gave in to the custom of putting on a serious face for photos, but didn\u2019t give in to the norm of NO handholding\/arms around the shoulders in public between men &amp; women.\u00a0 Get this, though \u2013 she also is deaf.\u00a0 Sam is able to make some noise, but I\u2019m not sure she can.\u00a0 May the Lord give them great joy and understanding as they begin life together! 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