{"id":2355,"date":"2014-01-27T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2014-01-27T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T09:39:57","slug":"carrying-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/01\/27\/carrying-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrying on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our closest M friends here in town have crossed, at least women and children, but some are choosing to stay, being quite typically fatalistic about what will happen tomorrow \u2013 \u201cif Allah wills it\u201d.\u00a0 They continue on with their everyday lives carrying burdens on their heads and in their hearts.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff4b33;line-height: 24px\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-burden1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2357\" alt=\"blog burden\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-burden1.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-burden1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-burden1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-Hawa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2356\" alt=\"blog Hawa\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-Hawa.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-Hawa.jpg 336w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/blog-Hawa-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a>My dear friend, Hajja Hawa, who I am reading through the bible in stories with, came to me this past weekend to tell me she was crossing over to Cameroon to wait this out. \u00a0I will miss her, but hopefully we&#8217;ll be able to visit each other in the meantime. \u00a0May the Lord have mercy on this country!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2355&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our closest M friends here in town have crossed, at least women and children, but some are choosing to stay, being quite typically fatalistic about what will happen tomorrow \u2013 \u201cif Allah wills it\u201d.\u00a0 They continue on with &hellip; 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