{"id":4988,"date":"2018-03-20T20:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T19:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2018-03-20T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T19:30:03","slug":"on-our-way-home-to-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/03\/20\/on-our-way-home-to-car\/","title":{"rendered":"On our way home to CAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The airplane trip from South Africa to Cameroon was not as smooth and peaceful as we hoped it would be, but we made our connections even with delayed flights and we got all 3 pieces of luggage, just a day late.\u00a0 Roy had purchased a South African tshirt in the airport, and our hosts here in Yaounde, Ron &amp; Janet Z, offered us anything we needed, including shorts and underwear that fit Roy perfectly!\u00a0 We are thankful for friends in Yaounde, for warm welcomes and taxi-ing here there and everywhere with our buddy, Moses.\u00a0 He made the trip out to the airport the next day to pick up our luggage, and the officials wanted him to unlock our bags because any suitcase with a lock on it is sure to have something contraband hidden away inside.\u00a0 Smile.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/03\/blog-luggage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4974\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/03\/blog-luggage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/03\/blog-luggage.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/03\/blog-luggage-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We leave for Gamboula early tomorrow, Wednesday, March 21.\u00a0 We succeeded in checking most everything off of our checklist of errands and shopping, and now off we go, with Timote Turk riding along home for his spring break from school.\u00a0 Thanks for your prayers for journey mercies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4988&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The airplane trip from South Africa to Cameroon was not as smooth and peaceful as we hoped it would be, but we made our connections even with delayed flights and we got all 3 pieces of luggage, just a day &hellip; 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