{"id":5403,"date":"2018-12-24T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2018-12-24T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T13:59:22","slug":"joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/24\/joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh what a joy it is to be here in Africa!\u00a0 Oh what a privilege it is to interact on a daily, weekly, or even just a &#8220;passing moments&#8221; (like our buddies at the Titus Centre where our son Sam works full-time) basis with dear friends who are learning about God!\u00a0 \u00a0It makes my heart soar like a hawk when I think back over the year and all the conversations that we have taken part in.\u00a0 We might have shared about God&#8217;s love in a meaningful lesson or we might have just shared life in deep sorrow or joyful silliness. The Lord has filled our cups, running over, with friends and family, near and far.\u00a0 We are blessed and thankful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5143\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/blog-joy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5143\" class=\"wp-image-5143 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/blog-joy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/blog-joy.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/blog-joy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sbabalo, Loisa, and Zweli at the Back 2 Eden farm<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5231\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/blog-Hawwa-Z-and-A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5231\" class=\"wp-image-5231 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/blog-Hawwa-Z-and-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/blog-Hawwa-Z-and-A.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/09\/blog-Hawwa-Z-and-A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Z and H with new baby A in CAR<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5380\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-joyful-Titus-guys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"wp-image-5380 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-joyful-Titus-guys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-joyful-Titus-guys.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-joyful-Titus-guys-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TC, Mthandeni, and Allan at the Titus Centre garage<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5403&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh what a joy it is to be here in Africa!\u00a0 Oh what a privilege it is to interact on a daily, weekly, or even just a &#8220;passing moments&#8221; (like our buddies at the Titus Centre where our son Sam &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/24\/joy\/\">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":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joy! 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