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Page 17 of the archive.

  1. September 7, 2007

    Chris and Geena Married

    Well, my whole reason for coming over to Australia this time was to be at Chris and Geena’s wedding. Yesterday they just got married, and what a beautiful wedding it was.

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  2. September 3, 2007

    A New Car

    It was amazing, something that really caught me off guard. I had been travelling around the place in an old beat-up car. It was enough to get me around but noisy, without a stereo, and with windows that fogged up every time it rained… and…

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  3. September 3, 2007

    Back Home in Australia

    Well, here I am in Australia once again. It has been a little over a year since I was last here, and that was for my brother’s fortieth birthday. Now I am back again for a wedding – Chris’s wedding. He and I did our Discipleship Training…

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  4. August 18, 2007

    Puerto Madryn to Santiago in Chile

    After an early start to the day, a cold snap caused snow on the road to delay my bus for an hour and a half. Wandering down to the beach to watch the whales play in the water seemed the best way to pass the time at this hour of the…

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  5. July 31, 2007

    Fleeing for My Life

    What just happened to my friend Paul and me still has my head reeling. It felt like I was living a movie scene… except they were real people chasing me, with real bullets flying over my head… and I was in some serious danger.

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  6. July 16, 2007

    Mobile Hands

    A new project that I am about to begin is called Mobile Hands . You can find out more about it on its own page here , and there is was further information on our (now defunct) YWAM website (ywampatagonia.com.ar).

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  7. June 18, 2007

    Crossing Over to Chile

    The Need After three months in Argentina I need to renew my visa. This is done in town at the local naval base after waiting a while and then paying the amount due. This only works once however, after which the only way to remain legally…

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  8. June 14, 2007

    Just like being in a freezer

    Inside we have large gas heaters set to their maximum, the doors and windows are tightly shut and foam circles their joints to ensure any stray cold air from outside does not enter. It does not seem to help. The cold still gets in. We are…

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  9. June 9, 2007

    House of Prayer

    It has been a long time in coming, but finally we have finished building the prayer house . The bathroom area still awaits completion but will be waiting a while. The important thing is that we can now use the house.

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  10. May 28, 2007

    Bumpy Ride

    Today I caught the bus to town from our YWAM base in the Quintas. There is a long, several kilometre road, between us and the main town with its sealed streets. Our road is moderately used, but degrades quickly, leaving deep corrugations…

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