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February 8, 2006
It’s Time I Told You – I’m Leaving!
That’s right. I am leaving YWAM Corrientes on the 18th of March. It will be close to two years (well, one year, eight months, and 18 days to be exact) when I leave. Gee, there are a lot of 8’s in there. Anyway, on this date I move onward…
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February 6, 2006
Modest Housing
As I was wandering around town today, a couple of old houses caught my attention. Not all homes are like this, and there are even a number of mansions around the city too (see the last photo). The thing that attracted me to these houses…
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February 6, 2006
Siambretta Parts – Needle in a Haystack
After a day’s break, I headed back into town to look for some very needed parts on my newly acquired bike. Three things stood out as needing repair soon:
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February 6, 2006
Isaac and Natalia Marry (Civil) in Corrientes
Isaac was in my Discipleship school in 2004, and he stayed on and worked with us in the mission here until December last year. During this time he fell in love with a young girl and today they both got married. This is the first part of…
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February 6, 2006
Carnival Season in Corrientes Ends
On Sunday was the last night of Carnival in Corrientes. They say that Corrientes has one of the biggest carnivals outside of Brazil. Every year they celebrate the Carnival here in the city over a period of three or so weeks. People work…
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February 6, 2006
Siambretta No Go – Flat Tire!
I woke up this morning, ready to head to town and begin another list of items on my paperwork trail. Time was fast running out by the time I reached my bike as I had just completed a number of essential tasks for the morning. On reaching…
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February 4, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Owner Missing
It was 8am and I was waiting out on the sidewalk for my friend to turn up in his car. We had made this arrangement a couple of nights ago and as the time grew later I became concerned that he had forgotten our appointment. For me this was…
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February 2, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Getting the Bike
It was in between meetings, we had just finished our staff meeting and now there was a worship time with the students, that I talked with Sergio about our need to head into town right now. We had arranged to meet the real owner today at 11…
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February 1, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Er, Siambroken
Blind Purchase Proud as punch, I took off on my new motorbike. This was my very first ride on it. It did not occur to me until after the purchase that I had never actually looked at the bike or checked it out for any mechanical failures or…
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February 1, 2006
Buying a Siambretta
Well, it has been over two years now that I have been here in Argentina and only recently have I decided that it was time to look at getting some form of transport. There are many options here, from the latest models of bikes and cars to…
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