{"id":5553,"date":"2019-04-25T10:23:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T09:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5553"},"modified":"2019-04-25T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T09:23:48","slug":"please-pray-for-relief-from-the-flooding-in-s-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/04\/25\/please-pray-for-relief-from-the-flooding-in-s-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Please pray for relief from the flooding in S. Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are receiving photos of massive flooding in the cities and townships in the area we live when we&#8217;re in S. Africa.\u00a0 Please pray for the people who have lost homes and belongings, who have been injured or lost because of the massive rains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5557\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood1.jpg 540w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Back 2 Eden farm, the dam our son Sam built, is still holding, for which we are very grateful.\u00a0 Sorry for the dark photo, Zweli filmed in the evening&#8230;\u00a0 Thanks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5556\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood.jpg 524w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/blog-flood-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5553&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are receiving photos of massive flooding in the cities and townships in the area we live when we&#8217;re in S. 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