{"id":734,"date":"2011-07-20T01:05:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=734"},"modified":"2011-10-01T01:41:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T00:41:54","slug":"visitors-at-lake-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2011\/07\/20\/visitors-at-lake-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors at Lake Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/07\/blog-BW-friends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-735\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/07\/blog-BW-friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/07\/blog-BW-friends.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/07\/blog-BW-friends-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/07\/blog-BW-friends-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends Colette and Becky came 3 hours from Crookston, MN, to Little Ralls, MN\u00a0(I won&#8217;t tell about the slight detour, Becky!) just to spend a few hours with me!\u00a0 I am blessed and we had such a lovely time, reminiscing about Bluewater Covenant Bible Camp where we met.\u00a0 I was the missionary guest and they were volunteer cooks, with their kids being lifeguards and counselors and campers!\u00a0 I am looking forward to seeing some retired missionary buddies in Minneapolis before I leave this fair state next week!\u00a0\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t God awesome to give us precious friends and what&#8217;s even more amazing, he especially wants us to be buddies with Him, too!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=734&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friends Colette and Becky came 3 hours from Crookston, MN, to Little Ralls, MN\u00a0(I won&#8217;t tell about the slight detour, Becky!) just to spend a few hours with me!\u00a0 I am blessed and we had such a lovely time, &hellip; 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