{"id":5821,"date":"2019-07-29T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2019-07-29T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:28:09","slug":"nathans-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/07\/29\/nathans-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan\u2019s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-Nathan-visit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5818\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-Nathan-visit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-Nathan-visit-1.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/07\/blog-Nathan-visit-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has been a whirlwind week; Nathan Conrod and his two sons came to Gamboula for a visit.\u00a0 The boys wanted to hang out with their good friend, Timote T., in his home village, and Nathan wanted to be with Roy and be steeped in all things agricultural.\u00a0 Nathan and his family live in Cameroon with the Baka (a pygmy people) and run a discipleship and training center.\u00a0 He was delighted to collect all sorts of tree and seeds to plant in their orchards there.\u00a0 Roy was pleased to \u201cpay it forward\u201d by spending time with Nathan this past week, helping this younger man fulfill his vision as he had been helped by many established tropical fruit tree growers in the past.\u00a0 It also fulfilled CEFA&#8217;s vision of spreading trees and God&#8217;s love!h\u00a0 Win win!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5821&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a whirlwind week; 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