{"id":2,"date":"2008-07-28T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-03-27T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:34:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Ekstrands!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/07\/Mom-Dad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1994\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/07\/Mom-Dad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/07\/Mom-Dad.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/07\/Mom-Dad-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>This is the blog for Pete &amp; Cindy Ekstrand. \u00a0We are missionaries with the Evangelical Covenant Church and work with the Communaute Evangelique de l&#8217;Ubangi-Mongala (CEUM or Congo Covenant Church) in the NW part of DR Congo. \u00a0We serve as advisors to the CEUM leaders as follows: \u00a0Pete with the CEUM President, finance department, mission accountant, IT and communications; Cindy with the department of women ministries, education, small agricultural experiments and hostess. \u00a0Together we are the champions for the Community Health Evangelism (CHE) holistic development model as well as advise the development department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We have three adult children &#8211; Rachel, Carl, and Sarah &#8211; who live in the United States. \u00a0Please take some time to peruse our posts and get to know us. \u00a0We hope our Lord will bring you joy at what He is doing around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the blog for Pete &amp; Cindy Ekstrand. \u00a0We are missionaries with the Evangelical Covenant Church and work with the Communaute Evangelique de l&#8217;Ubangi-Mongala (CEUM or Congo Covenant Church) in the NW part of DR Congo. \u00a0We serve as advisors to the CEUM leaders as follows: \u00a0Pete with the CEUM President, finance department, mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet the Ekstrands! 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