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Page 15 of the archive.

  1. November 19, 2007

    Indecision and Thornbushes

    It was quite an unstable situation to have a huge bag of washing on my back and my backpack hung around my neck as I tried to ride down a narrow track hedged in on both sides by gnarly thorn bushes. I had been down this track many times…

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  2. November 18, 2007

    Fiambre Man

    Fiambre is the Spanish name for everything to do with sandwiches such as salamis and cheeses. One of the more favoured snacks here in Argentina is salami and cheese on bread and it is one that I too have grown to really enjoy.

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  3. November 17, 2007

    Niko Camp

    The Niko camp is something that remains mostly a secret within the YWAM ranks. Only those who have participated in a camp are able to talk freely about it between themselves. This tends to cause some frustration for those who have not yet…

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  4. November 10, 2007

    Praying in the Prayer House

    The main motive that I had for building this prayer house was so that it would be a place available for people to come and pray. This goal has been more than realised with the place used by both individuals and groups for times of prayer,…

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  5. November 10, 2007

    Mendoza National YWAM Retreat

    Every year everyone from all of the different YWAM locations around Argentina get together for a week. The leaders use this time to plan and prepare for the next year and for any important announcements that may be at the time… such as…

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  6. November 4, 2007

    Ricky and Rosy Married

    Well here I am in Santiago again. It seems that in the last few months I have been here a lot… if you count three times as a lot.

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  7. November 2, 2007

    Travelling again

    Today I left Puerto Madryn on another journey. This time it was to Mendoza and then to Chile.

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  8. October 29, 2007

    My Dad is the Ex-President and my mum is the New President

    Well, this was one of the articles in the local paper after Cristina Kirchner won a clear victory as the new president of Argentina yesterday. The article spoke from the perspective of her daughter, as Cristina has just taken the…

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  9. October 22, 2007

    Lazy Day at the Beach

    Today was a lazy day at the beach. Nothing much to do except watch the little sailing boats in their regatta and find dead soccerballs in the sand.

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  10. October 21, 2007

    Soccer Tournament

    In the YWAM base we have a need for new musical instruments in the worship ministry team. The gear that they have is mostly broken and repaired and broken again and repaired again. It has gotten to the point that they cannot depend upon…

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