{"id":17673,"date":"2021-10-01T07:54:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T12:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/?p=17673"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:27:54","slug":"a-conversation-with-drew-welch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2021\/10\/a-conversation-with-drew-welch\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Drew Welch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17681\" width=\"408\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh-600x754.jpg 600w, https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Welsh.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of Better Roads, Randall visits with missionary Drew Welch. 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