{"id":6027,"date":"2019-11-29T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2019-11-29T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:39:23","slug":"zimele-wethu-visit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/11\/29\/zimele-wethu-visit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimele Wethu visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Zimele-Wethu-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6028\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Zimele-Wethu-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Zimele-Wethu-1-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Zimele-Wethu-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our dear friend, Audrey, from Zimele Wethu in the Pietermaritzburg area, came, along with a colleague,\u00a0 to visit the Back 2 Eden farm, to help us brainstorm about getting out into our local community with the idea of self help groups.\u00a0 She and her team have been so successful in their region, getting people excited about helping themselves and their neighbors to better lives.\u00a0 It seems that their system is a bit cost and set-up prohibitive for us, but we are not going to close the door.\u00a0 We want to see our neighbors and friends having healthier and fuller lives, but we need someone other than ourselves (so close to retirement) to catch the vision and run with it!\u00a0 Would you pray with us about that?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6027&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dear friend, Audrey, from Zimele Wethu in the Pietermaritzburg area, came, along with a colleague,\u00a0 to visit the Back 2 Eden farm, to help us brainstorm about getting out into our local community with the idea of self help &hellip; 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