{"id":842,"date":"2016-08-15T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homesteadcraftvillage.com\/?page_id=842"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:17:16","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadcraftvillage.com\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;885&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1477187644168{padding-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1761434234080{margin-top: 90px !important;margin-bottom: 90px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.53) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; 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Brazos de Dios\u00a0is located in central Texas, 5 miles north of Waco and within easy driving distance of Dallas\/Fort Worth, Temple, Belton and Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Take I-35 to Elm Mott Exit 343; go west on FM 308 for 3 miles, then north on FM 933 for 1 1\/2 miles. (Watch for the signs.) 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