{"id":494,"date":"2010-12-06T07:41:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T12:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494"},"modified":"2010-12-21T03:51:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T08:51:31","slug":"if-not-for-god-what-would-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"If Not For God, What Would I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Ruth and Gabrielle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These two lovely ladies came to my door today.\u00a0 They knew Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionary who used to live where we do now.\u00a0 They brought a couple of big cooking pots to sell (I bought them), and said they also sell dyed cloth, table cloths etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I asked them how they’d met Cindy, they said they’re originally from Gemena, Democratic Republic of Congo, where Cindy and her husband Pete\u00a0lived and served with Covenant World Mission for many years (and are now serving\u00a0there again!).\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I asked how they came to live in Yaounde, they told me their husbands\u00a0had been\u00a0in former President Mobutu’s army.\u00a0 When war came to their country (formerly Zaire) in the 90s, they had to flee for their lives.\u00a0 These beautiful women have grown to depend on God for EVERYTHING.\u00a0 Ruth said, “If it weren’t for God, I don’t know what I would do.”\u00a0 I told them that because of that daily dependence on the Lord,\u00a0they know great\u00a0spiritual wealth unlike most people in the world who enjoy material wealth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please pray for these women and their families.\u00a0 Their husbands have not found work, so they do odd jobs and sell things in order to earn money for housing and to put their children through school.\u00a0 Pray also that Cameroon will remain a peaceful country.\u00a0 They fear that because of their husbands former positions in Congo, if they tried to return there, they’d be killed immediately.\u00a0 After discussing the\u00a0Presidential elections coming up here in October 2011 and the rarity in Africa\u00a0of peaceful transfer of power, Gabrielle asked\u00a0 “If war comes to Cameroon, where would we go?”\u00a0 They’ve lived here since 2003 and the possibility of having to flee again is not a pleasant thought.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0had a very nice visit\u00a0together, I prayed for them, and gave them some rice for their families.\u00a0 They invited me to visit them at their homes.\u00a0 After Christmas we plan to get together again.<\/p>\n

Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These two lovely ladies came to my door today.\u00a0 They knew Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionary who used to live where we do now.\u00a0 They brought a couple of big cooking pots to sell (I bought them), and said they also sell dyed cloth, table cloths etc.\u00a0 When I asked them how they’d met Cindy, they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,6],"tags":[366],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry-activities","category-prayer-updates","tag-ruth-gabrielle"],"yoast_head":"\nIf Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These two lovely ladies came to my door today.\u00a0 They knew Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionary who used to live where we do now.\u00a0 They brought a couple of big cooking pots to sell (I bought them), and said they also sell dyed cloth, table cloths etc.\u00a0 When I asked them how they’d met Cindy, they...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Ziegelbaurs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2010\/12\/Ruth-and-Gabrielle.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ziegelbaur\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ziegelbaur\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ziegelbaur\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862\"},\"headline\":\"If Not For God, What Would I Do?\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Ruth & Gabrielle\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ministry activities\",\"Prayer updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494\",\"name\":\"If Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?p=494#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"If Not For God, What Would I Do?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Ziegelbaurs\",\"description\":\"Covenant Missionaries with Serve Globally\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862\",\"name\":\"ziegelbaur\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ziegelbaur\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/ziegelbaur\\\/?author=65\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"If Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"If Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs","og_description":"These two lovely ladies came to my door today.\u00a0 They knew Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionary who used to live where we do now.\u00a0 They brought a couple of big cooking pots to sell (I bought them), and said they also sell dyed cloth, table cloths etc.\u00a0 When I asked them how they’d met Cindy, they...","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494","og_site_name":"The Ziegelbaurs","article_published_time":"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2010\/12\/Ruth-and-Gabrielle.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"ziegelbaur","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ziegelbaur","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494"},"author":{"name":"ziegelbaur","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/#\/schema\/person\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862"},"headline":"If Not For God, What Would I Do?","datePublished":"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00","dateModified":"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Ruth & Gabrielle"],"articleSection":["Ministry activities","Prayer updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494","name":"If Not For God, What Would I Do? - The Ziegelbaurs","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-12-06T12:41:33+00:00","dateModified":"2010-12-21T08:51:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/#\/schema\/person\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=494#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"If Not For God, What Would I Do?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/","name":"The Ziegelbaurs","description":"Covenant Missionaries with Serve Globally","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/#\/schema\/person\/63da26113aa808244e4eb77c0dae1862","name":"ziegelbaur","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0318cae94de5a06bbf099831edb8363f70d5497872603db840aab4eac619b2df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ziegelbaur"},"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?author=65"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}