{"id":6437,"date":"2020-09-17T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2020-09-17T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:00:22","slug":"good-news-from-cefa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/09\/17\/good-news-from-cefa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news from CEFA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are so grateful for cell phones and whatsapp!\u00a0 Just this week we got some photos of our buddies BB and N&#8217;s smiling faces, and heard some news of how things are going.\u00a0 N and CEFA\u2019s new director, D, visited BB\u2019s village in Cameroon.\u00a0 They were able to visit ag co-ops and see the progress in the fields, and see again how beautiful the relationships are with the Fulani and local peeps.\u00a0 Visiting BB is always a whirlwind of people and places, he is our type A go-getter, never slowing down in his desire to reach people with health and wholeness, always hoping to share God&#8217;s love and saving grace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6444\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-co-op-gozo-N-n-BB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6444\" class=\"wp-image-6444 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-co-op-gozo-N-n-BB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-co-op-gozo-N-n-BB.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-co-op-gozo-N-n-BB-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N and BB full of smiles about the healthy co-op garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6438\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-Jakfruit-N-n-BB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6438\" class=\"wp-image-6438 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-Jakfruit-N-n-BB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-Jakfruit-N-n-BB.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/09\/blog-Jakfruit-N-n-BB-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not so happy here, they&#8217;re showing a diseased jakfruit, but it looks like it will survive. 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