{"id":6385,"date":"2020-07-09T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T09:33:00","slug":"soon-on-our-way-thanks-for-your-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/07\/09\/soon-on-our-way-thanks-for-your-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon on our way!  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