{"id":5525,"date":"2019-04-07T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5525"},"modified":"2019-04-07T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T15:30:47","slug":"small-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/04\/07\/small-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Small world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a lovely week at Turtle Bay Resort in Watamu, Kenya, enjoying God&#8217;s creation and his love for us.\u00a0 Friends, worship, fun night, bible teaching, financial teaching &#8211; all added up to a wonderful time for us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-fellowship.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5521\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-fellowship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-fellowship.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-fellowship-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we left the retreat on Friday evening, we were taken to Kamal&#8217;s guesthouse, to stay the night, before our 8am flight to Yaounde the next morning.\u00a0 Josef, our regional coordinator, set up the overnight stay.\u00a0 What a surprise when we arrived to see a painting of friends from one of our home churches!\u00a0 We have prayed for Larry and Arlene Shipman&#8217;s missions trips to Kenya over the years, but we didn&#8217;t remember Kamal&#8217;s name, if it was mentioned to us.\u00a0 He apparently has been their host for about 20 years now.\u00a0 What a small world!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-small-world.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5526\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-small-world.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-small-world.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-small-world-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5525&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a lovely week at Turtle Bay Resort in Watamu, Kenya, enjoying God&#8217;s creation and his love for us.\u00a0 Friends, worship, fun night, bible teaching, financial teaching &#8211; all added up to a wonderful time for us. 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