{"id":5391,"date":"2018-12-24T06:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T05:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2018-12-24T14:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T13:05:52","slug":"family-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/24\/family-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We do miss our family, especially during the holidays, cherishing memories of last summer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/08\/blog-tiedye-reunion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5205\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/08\/blog-tiedye-reunion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/08\/blog-tiedye-reunion.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/08\/blog-tiedye-reunion-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and being thankful to be able to keep in touch via phone calls and Whatsapp\u00a0 and email connections. We keep plenty of photos and the kids&#8217; artwork around to warm our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-family-for-Christmas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5377\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-family-for-Christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-family-for-Christmas.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-family-for-Christmas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to Sam &amp; Anna coming to South Africa at the end of January, but in the meantime we have dear friends who are our South Africa family!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5393\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-LynnGary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5393\" class=\"wp-image-5393 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-LynnGary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary and Lynn<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5378\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-Grandma-joy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"wp-image-5378 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-Grandma-joy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-Grandma-joy.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-Grandma-joy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darren, Bridget, and Hannah<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5391&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We do miss our family, especially during the holidays, cherishing memories of last summer and being thankful to be able to keep in touch via phone calls and Whatsapp\u00a0 and email connections. We keep plenty of photos and the kids&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/24\/family-2\/\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family - 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\/2018\/12\/24\/family-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We do miss our family, especially during the holidays, cherishing memories of last summer and being thankful to be able to keep in touch via phone calls and Whatsapp\u00a0 and email connections. 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