{"id":563,"date":"2007-02-13T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/02\/off-to-swazilan.html"},"modified":"2007-02-13T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T22:00:23","slug":"off-to-swazilan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/02\/off-to-swazilan.html","title":{"rendered":"Off to Swaziland"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just posted the first video of my upcoming trip to Swaziland here on the blog. In just over two weeks, I&#8217;m headed back to Swaziland for a vision trip. This time, I want to take you with me. Each day, we&#8217;re going to post video clips of what we&#8217;re experiencing on the trip. Watch the video here to find out more. I&#8217;m excited for you to join the journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just posted the first video of my upcoming trip to Swaziland here on the blog. 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