{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"Step Into Congo - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UVA5NNhep7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2015\/08\/28\/step-into-congo\/\">Step Into Congo<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2015\/08\/28\/step-into-congo\/embed\/#?secret=UVA5NNhep7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Step Into Congo&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"UVA5NNhep7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"reposted from\u00a0http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/2015\/07\/16\/step-into-congo-a-day-in-the-life\/ When Annika Steib was in fourth grade she heard someone at\u00a0Portage Lake Bible Camp talk about missions\u2014and she knew right away that she wanted to be a missionary. \u201cI like people, and I like helping them. Since I made that decision, I\u2019ve gotten to do a lot of cool things,\u201d she says. So when her congregation at DeerGrove Covenant Church in Palatine, Illinois, hosted a Hope Sunday to sponsor children through Covenant Kids Congo (CKC), Annika was quick to tell her parents that she wanted to sign up. Her youth pastor, Alicia Vela, says, \u201cI remember that day and Annika telling me that she wanted to be a missionary. She picked that child. Not many students think like that.\u201d That was more than two years ago. Annika and her family have been corresponding with eight-year-old Delivrance, who lives in the remote \u00c9quateur Province in DR Congo, since then. They knew she had several siblings and they knew her favorite color. \u201cShe loves dolls, and she always draws a fish on her note,\u201d Annika says. But here in Knoxville Annika unexpectedly gained a clearer understanding of what Delivrance\u2019s daily life is like. Step into Congo, one of the experiences [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/covenantcompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2015\/07\/Lidia-teaches.jpg"}