{"id":6537,"date":"2020-12-13T20:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2020-12-13T22:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:06:14","slug":"news-from-central-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/12\/13\/news-from-central-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Central Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-Donatien-and-CEFA-crew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6522\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-Donatien-and-CEFA-crew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-Donatien-and-CEFA-crew.jpg 950w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-Donatien-and-CEFA-crew-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-Donatien-and-CEFA-crew-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have had good communications with our friends who carry on with the ag and Jesus ministry of CEFA.\u00a0 Donatien, as director, with Nadege and other employees, are working hard to keep things going. Donatien and Nadege recently made the long, hard trip to the capital to check into the continued registration of CEFA as an NGO.\u00a0 Benoit (the previous director) is a counsellor as need arises.\u00a0 Bernard in Cameroon continues full bore ahead with ag and Fulani ministry.\u00a0 We are so thankful for Skype and Whatsapp and email that makes it possible for us to talk with our friends.\u00a0 We have been able to connect with Fulani friends and that is great joy for us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6540\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-H.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6540\" class=\"wp-image-6540 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-H.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-H.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/12\/blog-H-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As we talk on the phone, we remember the days when we could be with our friends in person<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6537&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have had good communications with our friends who carry on with the ag and Jesus ministry of CEFA.\u00a0 Donatien, as director, with Nadege and other employees, are working hard to keep things going. Donatien and Nadege recently made the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/12\/13\/news-from-central-africa\/\">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":[339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cefa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News from Central Africa - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/12\/13\/news-from-central-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News from Central Africa - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have had good communications with our friends who carry on with the ag and Jesus ministry of CEFA.\u00a0 Donatien, as director, with Nadege and other employees, are working hard to keep things going. 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