{"id":596,"date":"2011-03-06T18:16:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T17:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=596"},"modified":"2011-10-01T01:56:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T00:56:02","slug":"pastor-bonifaces-blessing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2011\/03\/06\/pastor-bonifaces-blessing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Boniface&#8217;s blessing day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How lovely it was today to be a part of the ceremony to bless our friend and colleague, Pastor Boniface, as a full fledged pastor and missionary to the Fulani.  He is an amazing combination of humility and drive and humor too!<br \/>\nIn the photos you will see him and his wife, Dalene, and also the women&#8217;s group that Dalene is a part of &#8220;women who tell the good news&#8221;.  The ladies are dressed as Fulani for this service and sang a missionary sending song especially for Boniface and his wife.  It was so great to have this blessing for them right after the joy of last week&#8217;s contacts, as he works right alongside us in the ministry.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-Boniface-Dalene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-Boniface-Dalene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-593\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-OTN-as-Fulani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-OTN-as-Fulani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-594\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-blessing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/03\/blog-blessing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-595\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=596&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How lovely it was today to be a part of the ceremony to bless our friend and colleague, Pastor Boniface, as a full fledged pastor and missionary to the Fulani. 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