{"id":404,"date":"2010-03-03T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=404"},"modified":"2010-03-03T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T02:34:10","slug":"march-prayer-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2010\/03\/march-prayer-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"March Prayer &amp; Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Praying friends,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praise items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a wonderful time with our kids this past weekend in Chicago.\u00a0 Carl flew up and we enjoyed meals, games, worship, Olympic hockey and prayer together.\u00a0 We are blessed.<\/li>\n<li>the Congo missionary team orientation was very helpful.\u00a0 We have grown together in new ways, confessed and received forgiveness for some things, and grown together as team as we learned new skills along with more about each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prayer Requests: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a renter for house (duplex)<\/li>\n<li>packing up our house and preparing to leave March 18.\u00a0 There is a lot to do.<\/li>\n<li>a summer job for Sarah<\/li>\n<li>good progress on building our house in Congo<\/li>\n<li>for John Njaramba Kiruga as he applies again for a visa to visit the US this June.\u00a0 He was refused the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are continually grateful for your faithful prayers for us.<\/p>\n<p>Pete &amp; 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