{"id":864,"date":"2011-03-02T19:02:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=864"},"modified":"2011-07-30T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T23:07:16","slug":"the-rocha-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"The Rocha Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_866\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Rocha_Family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"size-full wp-image-866\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Rocha_Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Familia Rocha<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The camp in Santo Domingo where Joel has been working and where the family has been visiting could not run without the Rocha family.\u00a0 They keep this place going and take care of the visitors that come.\u00a0 Rueben\u00a0with a couple of helpers takes care of all the grounds at the camp as well as taking care of the workers that\u00a0are working to fix the camp up.\u00a0 He works very, VERY hard-probably 60-70 hour weeks.\u00a0 One example is he mows the entire camp grass (probably 5-10 acres) with a PUSH MOWER!<\/p>\n<p>Amparo, Rueben&#8217;s wife does ALL of the cooking with a few kitchen helpers.\u00a0 While we are there, she cooks 3 meals a day for us, but even with 150 people at the camp, she cooks 3 meals a day, PLUS 2 snacks!\u00a0 She is quite the busy lady.\u00a0 Rueben and Amparo have 5 daughters-Lis, Mayra, Jeymi, Caren and Rubi.\u00a0 They also have a niece staying with them, Maria.\u00a0 Each of these girls, besides Rubi who is only 1, helps out around the camp.\u00a0 It has been great to see the relationship of this family and the example of Christ that they are.\u00a0 Although they work VERY hard, they always do so with a smile.\u00a0 Each member of the family has their part, and they really, honestly love each other.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great to see and we have been so blessed to be able to\u00a0get to know them this past month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=864&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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