{"id":3146,"date":"2015-09-04T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2015-09-04T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:49:28","slug":"hospitality-as-mission-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/09\/hospitality-as-mission-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality as mission = FUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night we invited some good friends over for supper, Rev. Kobange, Rev. Kanda and their 5 kids. \u00a0They are in Gemena waiting for the arrangements to be made for them to travel to Yaounde where they will both pursue Master&#8217;s degrees at the Protestant seminary.<\/p>\n<p>It was fun to set a nice table (sorry no pic), enjoy conversation and then games. \u00a0After playing a couple rounds of Chicken Foot dominoes we ended up making trains and building with them. \u00a0And then we played Phase 10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3147\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/building-w-dominoes-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3147\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3147\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/building-w-dominoes-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"who has the highest tower\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/building-w-dominoes-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/building-w-dominoes-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">who has the highest tower?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/Kobange-Kanda-family-w-dominoes-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3148\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/Kobange-Kanda-family-w-dominoes-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kobange &amp; Kanda &amp; family w dominoes [640x480]\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/Kobange-Kanda-family-w-dominoes-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/09\/Kobange-Kanda-family-w-dominoes-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3146&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night we invited some good friends over for supper, Rev. 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