{"id":2675,"date":"2014-07-04T18:02:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2014-07-04T18:02:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:02:32","slug":"trimming-the-palm-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/07\/04\/trimming-the-palm-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trimming the palm trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for trimming the palm trees \u2013 they\u2019re harvesting the palm nuts for oil and also clearing off the dead branches; cleaning up just in time for the big church conference next week. \u00a0It&#8217;s a looooong way up there. \u00a0The guy up the tree actually is from Congo and speaks Lingala. It&#8217;s fun to chat with him, but do you think I can even make my mouth bring Lingala out of my brain??? \u00a0I understand every word he says, but I stutter and stumble over my tongue and want to insert Sango and Fulfulde into my speech! 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