{"id":6499,"date":"2020-10-31T20:13:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T19:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2020-10-31T20:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T19:13:19","slug":"blessings-at-back-2-eden-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/10\/31\/blessings-at-back-2-eden-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessings at Back 2 Eden, South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/blog-devos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6473\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/blog-devos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/blog-devos.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/10\/blog-devos-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We just heard from our farm family in South Africa that devos in the morning with the workers is going well.\u00a0 They\u2019re reading the Old Testament now and Zweli, the farm manager, translates into Xhosa as Gary reads and talks about the scripture in English.\u00a0 It was encouraging to hear that Zweli said that last year, with Roy, he learned about the life of Christ and how he can save us and improve our lives and now he\u2019s learning about the bigger picture and the whole world\u2019s need for a Savior.\u00a0 We are blessed to hear encouraging words, words of hope from loved ones a long way away!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6499&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just heard from our farm family in South Africa that devos in the morning with the workers is going well.\u00a0 They\u2019re reading the Old Testament now and Zweli, the farm manager, translates into Xhosa as Gary reads and talks &hellip; 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