{"id":1471,"date":"2014-11-27T22:08:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T21:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2014-11-27T22:08:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T21:08:23","slug":"thanksgiving-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2014\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started this month with grateful remembrances of saints that have gone before. \u00a0And as the month comes to a close I would like to remember one other saint who made our first Thanksgiving in Cameroon special. \u00a0Moving to the urban landscape of Yaounde was quite a shock to our family after our years in rural Zaire, so when we were invited to the village home of friends we were quite excited. Clem volunteered to drive us about five hours away for the weekend, explaining as we went the etiquette of driving in Cameroon which was considerably different than the rutted roads of Zaire that we were accustomed to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2014\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-memories\/10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1475\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o.jpg\" alt=\"10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o\" width=\"370\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o.jpg 370w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o-84x150.jpg 84w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10700145_10153613386118475_699964171625052310_o-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clem became a close friend to our family and helped us to adjust to living within a city in Cameroon. \u00a0His never failing interest in the activities of our kids and his desire to help us settle into life in Cameroon was a special gift. \u00a0 As you can see from the pictures included, his love of people was broad and deep.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2014\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-memories\/1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1474\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n.jpg\" alt=\"1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n\" width=\"632\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n.jpg 632w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n-98x150.jpg 98w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/1797501_10205465313692641_7549651676545072845_n-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2014\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-memories\/10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1476\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o.jpg\" alt=\"10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o\" width=\"712\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o.jpg 712w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o-150x101.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/11\/10750241_10152489130661179_3225268054764940349_o-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1471&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started this month with grateful remembrances of saints that have gone before. \u00a0And as the month comes to a close I would like to remember one other saint who made our first Thanksgiving in Cameroon special. \u00a0Moving to the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2014\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-memories\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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