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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. May 16, 2007

    Mendoza Base

    It was a freezing cold wind that whipped at our faces as we waited in line to store our bags in the bus. Jorge had just seen off his family and now he and I were about to embark on the first leg of our two week journey.

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  10. April 28, 2007

    Carlos Anacondia in Puerto Madryn

    Carlos Anacondia came to Puerto Madryn to run an evangelistic campaign in the city. It was amazing to see the number of people turning up each night at the location which was quite a long way out of the centre.

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