{"id":3473,"date":"2015-09-23T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2015-09-23T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:11:33","slug":"davis-california-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/09\/23\/davis-california-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis, California, buddies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in time, in the 70&#8217;s, we were in a young couples&#8217; bible study while Roy was working on his undergrad degree at UC Davis. \u00a0Amazingly, many of our friends from that group still live in Davis, and many of them are still meeting weekly and growing together in God&#8217;s grace.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3474\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies1.jpg\" alt=\"blog Davis buddies1\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3478\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies.jpg\" alt=\"blog Davis buddies\" width=\"448\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But we had the added surprise of catching up with Nat Quesenberry, who is again heading out to the mission field. \u00a0Pretty fun to see friends and hang out for awhile, hearing each one&#8217;s news.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-Davis-buddies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3475\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-surprise.jpg\" alt=\"blog surprise\" width=\"448\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-surprise.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/09\/blog-surprise-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3473&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in time, in the 70&#8217;s, we were in a young couples&#8217; bible study while Roy was working on his undergrad degree at UC Davis. \u00a0Amazingly, many of our friends from that group still live in Davis, and many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2015\/09\/23\/davis-california-buddies\/\">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":[212,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Davis, California, buddies! 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