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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. June 3, 2006

    Times that Change and Times that Don’t

    Only five minutes ago I received a phone call from my airline telling me that my flight from Australia has been delayed. They have changed the time on me and now, instead of leaving early in the morning, it is scheduled to leave 9 hours…

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  4. June 2, 2006

    Last Days in Australia

    The six weeks that I had to spend in Australia have now come to a close. Within a couple of days I will be in New Zealand for an extended weekend and then back in Argentina. My time in Australia has been good, and although it was a shock…

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  5. May 10, 2006

    Celebrating Mother’s Day – Twice

    The day after John’s party, our family got together for Mother’s Day… twice. Welcome to our crazy family.

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  6. May 10, 2006

    The Secret is Out – I’m In Australia

    That is right. I am in Australia right now, after having flown the 18 hour trip from Buenos Aires to Sydney and then another short flight to get me to Brisbane.

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  7. May 10, 2006

    John’s Birthday Party

    The main reason that I came over to Australia was to celebrate my brother’s 40th birthday. Although my and Brodie’s arrivals were supposed to be a surprise and he found out, the party was a lot of fun with friends, relatives, and family…

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  8. May 5, 2006

    The Return to Australia

    After having said all of last year that I would return to my home country of Australia this year, I never expected that it would be so early in the year. When my dad approached me about the possibilities of coming back for my brother’s…

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  9. May 3, 2006

    Air-Conditioning Installations

    When the opportunity to hang out with my brother Joseph came along in the form of helping him install ducted air-conditioning units in houses, it sounded interesting. After helping him out for a while I discovered that this sort of work is…

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  10. May 3, 2006

    Fishing Double-Island Point

    For more than 10 years I have not picked up a fishing line, something that I used to do virtually every holiday for all of my young life. Then, while chatting with my brother who is still a keen fisherman, he offered to take me fishing.

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