{"id":5305,"date":"2018-10-29T10:34:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2018-10-29T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:34:59","slug":"failure-to-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/10\/29\/failure-to-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure to communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-packed-and-waiting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5298\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-packed-and-waiting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-packed-and-waiting.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-packed-and-waiting-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when we have a conversation in Sango or Fulfulde, the wires can get crossed.\u00a0 What we think we hear and what we are completely convinced that we made clear can turn into figments of our imagination.\u00a0 When Roy got all packed up and ready to go on a village trip with the director, he ended up waiting and actually never going.\u00a0 This turned out to be a good thing \u2013 we needed to process the news of the increase of local banditry and make a prayerful decision about moving on to the mission for a few days.\u00a0 So, this frustration turned into a blessing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5305&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when we have a conversation in Sango or Fulfulde, the wires can get crossed.\u00a0 What we think we hear and what we are completely convinced that we made clear can turn into figments of our imagination.\u00a0 When Roy got &hellip; 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