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December 5, 2005
Holiday Time
Well, it is very close to holiday season now. I am getting ready to head off into the wild blue yonder. There is nobody to travel with me this time, so I am aiming to head for groups of friends in different places.
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December 5, 2005
Missionary Conference in Virasolo (Getting There)
“Rob,” the message came to me with urgency, “the taxi is outside waiting for you.” I had been talking with my friend Lehman about plans and ideas and had lost track of the time. Mostly packed, I quickly stuffed my computer and associated…
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December 5, 2005
Discipleship school graduated
Well the students of the Discipleship school finally graduated last friday and have all gone, leaving this place feeling a little empty. It has been great to have so many people from many different nations around, and there will be a few…
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December 3, 2005
The Evolution of a Classy Bathroom
For most of my friends back home, going to the bathroom does not elicit major emotions. Showering, use of the toilet, and many other mundane tasks are things that just happen because they are part of the day. There is nothing extraordinary…
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December 1, 2005
Photographing a Wedding
A friend of a friend asked if I could photograph their wedding for them. It was not a paid job or anything like that, but I was given a place in the wedding and reception and all of the food that comes with it. For me it was more the…
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November 9, 2005
Alien Death Ray Kills Internet
Well, it was hardly alien, but the death-ray part is pretty accurate, since it killed a lot of things. Late last week, when I had just returned home from a bout of travel, I woke up to a nasty green looking sky. It was obvious that…
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November 6, 2005
People’s Attitudes to Other People’s Stuff
One of the things that really gets on my nerves is other people not caring about stuff that is not theirs. Here, in South America where money seems to be in such short supply, you would expect that people would be extremely careful with…
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November 6, 2005
How Much Education Do They Get?
Today, as with every recent Wednesday as mentioned in a previous post , I am heading off to the local school to teach English. Well, this was the general idea anyway. Last week I was actually able to teach as school was in. The week before…
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November 4, 2005
Proof I Can’t Cook, Coffee, and Heaters
There are only two days to go before we all head off to Buenos Aires for a national conference of everybody that calls themselves part of YWAM in Argentina. As such, my time is very limited in what is still left for me to complete, so the…
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November 3, 2005
Floods All At Once
I had only just arrived the night before (17th Nov), and woke up to an unusual bluish-green light at 8am in the morning. There was a lot of activity going on outside as I went through my morning routines. From the clouds overhead it looked…
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