{"id":1043,"date":"2011-01-13T21:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T02:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2011-01-13T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T02:34:46","slug":"pastor-jonas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2011\/01\/pastor-jonas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Jonas&#8217; Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1045\" style=\"width: 88px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/2010-12-Pastor-Jonas-blurred.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1045 \" title=\"2010-12 Pastor Jonas-blurred\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/01\/2010-12-Pastor-Jonas-blurred.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Jonas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am Pastor Jonas. I can now smile again. Three of my children died in the war in Congo. I have no idea where two others are. I live here in Kenya with my grandchildren who are all refugees. God has revealed himself to me and my grandchildren through Kitengela Covenant Church. Members of the church taught my grandchildren English and through a Covenant World Relief project are paying for them to go to school. May God bless all those who made this possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1043&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Pastor Jonas. I can now smile again. Three of my children died in the war in Congo. I have no idea where two others are. I live here in Kenya with my grandchildren who are all refugees. 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