{"id":2237,"date":"2013-11-28T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2013-12-13T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T09:32:55","slug":"happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s snowing here in Indiana<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Happy-thanksgiving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2238\" alt=\"Happy thanksgiving!!\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Happy-thanksgiving.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Happy-thanksgiving.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Happy-thanksgiving-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand this Gramdee&#8217;s heart is full to overflowing with thankfulness. Thankfulness for grandchildren, thankfulness for Skype to be able to be communicating with Roy at Gamboula &#8211; he had a great Thanksgiving, complete with turkey even!, thankfulness for our loving God and Saviour, hey, I&#8217;m even thankful for the snow! It&#8217;s nice to have this freezing cold touch for a few days, to enjoy Josh &amp; Kimia&#8217;s amazing woodstove heated coziness, especially since I know I&#8217;ll soon be headed back to Africa. I leave on Tuesday, and I&#8217;m not looking forward to the goodbyes, but I&#8217;ve had a crazy wonderful month with our Indiana family!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re thankful for each of you and hope and pray that your celebrations with thankfulness for the Lord&#8217;s goodness and gifts to you have and\/or will be full of joy!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2237&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s snowing here in Indiana and this Gramdee&#8217;s heart is full to overflowing with thankfulness. Thankfulness for grandchildren, thankfulness for Skype to be able to be communicating with Roy at Gamboula &#8211; he had a great Thanksgiving, complete with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2013\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Thanksgiving!! - Danforths&#039; Days<\/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\/danforth\/2013\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Thanksgiving!! - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes, it&#8217;s snowing here in Indiana and this Gramdee&#8217;s heart is full to overflowing with thankfulness. 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