{"id":5995,"date":"2019-11-29T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T11:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2019-11-29T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T11:04:50","slug":"tea-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/11\/29\/tea-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We recently had a lovely visit with our grandson Sawyer\u2019s best friend, Dhylan\u2019s, family.\u00a0 Over the years we have been blessed by so many welcomes and impromptu tea times, it makes us realize we have been the ones on the receiving end as the result of our presence in Africa more often than not.\u00a0 We are thankful to be here, to share life and God\u2019s awesome love.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6009\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6009\" class=\"wp-image-6009 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priti making masala chai for us, with fresh grated ginger, yum!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6010\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-tea-time-with-Priti-and-fam2-300x189.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=5995&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We recently had a lovely visit with our grandson Sawyer\u2019s best friend, Dhylan\u2019s, family.\u00a0 Over the years we have been blessed by so many welcomes and impromptu tea times, it makes us realize we have been the ones on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/11\/29\/tea-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tea time! 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