{"id":5627,"date":"2019-05-31T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5627"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:20:57","slug":"anton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/05\/31\/anton\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our dear friend and colleague, Anton, is resigning from his position as Africa coordinator with the Swedish mission\u2019s Interact.\u00a0 There is a committee to take his place, with ex-missionaries (we know them all and think they are great choices) heading up the different departments, and they will make visits to CAR, to encourage and walk alongside in their perspective fields, as Anton has done these many years.\u00a0 We will miss Anton\u2019s visits, especially his positive words, his very ready sense of humor, and his way of honoring God and respecting leaders.\u00a0 May God bless Anton and his family as they make the transition to new work.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5640\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holding hands with the ex-prez of the local church while praying for the new prez<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5641\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/blog-Anton2-300x225.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=5627&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dear friend and colleague, Anton, is resigning from his position as Africa coordinator with the Swedish mission\u2019s Interact.\u00a0 There is a committee to take his place, with ex-missionaries (we know them all and think they are great choices) heading &hellip; 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