{"id":3883,"date":"2019-09-10T03:09:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2019-09-10T03:09:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:09:47","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-missionary-hearse-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2019\/09\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-missionary-hearse-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of a Missionary &#8212; Hearse Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, did I read that correctly?\u00a0 Hearse driver?\u00a0 Yes, indeed.\u00a0 And that was some of my role last Saturday afternoon. The 32 year old daughter of long-time CEUM school inspector Gwanago tragically died in Kinshasa August 31 after only a month long bout with malaria.\u00a0 Friends and a senator provided the means to return her body to Karawa for burial.\u00a0 As the CEUM didn&#8217;t have a working truck with a long bed to carry the casket they asked me to help.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve known and worked with Gwanago for over 35 years so I agreed.\u00a0 So Saturday afternoon I was at the airport to receive the casket.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3884\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/loading-casket-at-airport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3884\" class=\"wp-image-3884\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/loading-casket-at-airport-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/loading-casket-at-airport-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/loading-casket-at-airport-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/loading-casket-at-airport-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading the casket at the airport<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/casket-loaded-at-airport-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3889\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/09\/casket-loaded-at-airport-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"413\" 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