{"id":5073,"date":"2018-05-15T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T10:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2018-05-15T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T10:26:25","slug":"celebrating-40-years-in-missions-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/05\/15\/celebrating-40-years-in-missions-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 40 years in missions in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived to Loko, Zaire, on May 11, 1978, as green as any newbie could be.\u00a0 When we climbed out of that 5 seater prop airplane onto the dirt airstrip, we felt like we had stepped into the pages of a National Geographic magazine.\u00a0 It has been an amazing journey, these 40 years.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been blessed by strong friendships and God&#8217;s love in each place we have lived.\u00a0 We have learned and have been loved as much as we have taught and loved others.\u00a0 We have been stretched by evacuations and challenged by injustice and corruption only to be undone by tearful, joy-filled reunions and by simple acceptance and loving forgiveness.\u00a0 We have been led by God and carry so many precious memories of his faithful presence in our hearts.\u00a0 We never would have been able to stay all these years without your help.\u00a0 Thank you for praying for us, for supporting us, and just for plain old caring for us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5078\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/05\/blog-40-years.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5078\" class=\"wp-image-5078 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/05\/blog-40-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/05\/blog-40-years.jpg 355w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/05\/blog-40-years-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had a bonfire the other night to celebrate! 40 years! 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