{"id":3528,"date":"2017-04-19T11:21:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2017-04-19T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:21:57","slug":"encouragement-hope-mourning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2017\/04\/encouragement-hope-mourning\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouragement and hope in mourning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the staff that works with us came with their wives to have a short service of encouragement and remembrance for Cindy following the loss of her father in January. \u00a0The CEUM culture has these services all the time to encourage the family who lost a loved one. \u00a0They bought the food for the meal, prepared it and we sat and fellowshiped together. \u00a0It was special.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3529\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3529\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3529\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 at our table<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3531\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-7-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3531\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3531\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-7-800x600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-7-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-7-800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-7-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy sharing about her dad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Auld Lang Syne refrain\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/213875341?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Auld Lang Syne is sung at every funeral or service to encourage\/support the family in mourning we&#8217;ve been to in Congo. 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In Lingala the refrain says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>E Jesus truly shared with us hope for him, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Believe in Jesus as Messiah forever and ever, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>E, we will see each other [again] there, in Jesus&#8217; village.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are grateful for this team who faithfully serves and cares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3528&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the staff that works with us came with their wives to have a short service of encouragement and remembrance for Cindy following the loss of her father in January. \u00a0The CEUM culture has these services all the time to encourage the family who lost a loved one. \u00a0They bought the food for the meal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Encouragement and hope in mourning - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2017\/04\/encouragement-hope-mourning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Encouragement and hope in mourning - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today the staff that works with us came with their wives to have a short service of encouragement and remembrance for Cindy following the loss of her father in January. \u00a0The CEUM culture has these services all the time to encourage the family who lost a loved one. \u00a0They bought the food for the meal, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2017\/04\/encouragement-hope-mourning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-19T16:21:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/staff-visit-for-Cindy-encouragement-2-800x600-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete &amp; 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