{"id":6528,"date":"2020-12-13T19:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6528"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:36:52","slug":"our-south-africa-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/12\/13\/our-south-africa-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Our South Africa family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are so blessed to have connections to our family across the ocean!\u00a0 We miss our kids, and our friends that are family to us!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6525\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6525\" class=\"wp-image-6525 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-4.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-4-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our cell group<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6507\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6507\" class=\"wp-image-6507 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zweli&#8217;s grandkids<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6524\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-3.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-3-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6523\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-family-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" 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=6528&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are so blessed to have connections to our family across the ocean!\u00a0 We miss our kids, and our friends that are family to us! 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