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  1. March 9, 2006

    Tarija Central

    When I arrived at Tarija there were no buses to Entre Rios for that day. A bus did leave at 8pm that night, but as it was a 4 to 6 hour journey the idea of arriving in the early morning did not seem very good. Instead, I stayed over at the…

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  2. March 8, 2006

    Heading Out the Door

    It is time. 8am in the morning and I am heading off now. As you can see, the bike is pretty loaded with all of my stuff. This is how I am travelling to Salta. Today I leave. Where I end up is anybody’s guess. It will be closer to Salta…

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  3. March 7, 2006

    Blackout in the City

    I had just arrived and used my last pennies in buying my favorite food, "Chipacitos." These little bread-cheese balls left me without a cent, but they were lovely. The next stop was the bank to correct this situation.

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  4. March 5, 2006

    Lehman Ready for Church

    Every day is a different day here, and sometimes it rains so much that there is large puddles of water and mud everywhere. So getting to church in good shoes can be a daunting task. Lehman has solved all of these problems by an ingenious…

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  5. February 10, 2006

    Our Local Shop in Corrientes

    Having been here for a long time, it was only recently that this shed situated right next to our property was opened as a shop. The guy that runs it, Ariel, actually started his Discipleship course with us back in July 2004. Now he works…

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. January 11, 2006

    Living in Puerto Madryn

    Arriving in Puerto Madryn at 3pm in the afternoon, I was met by a team from the YWAM base who were expecting me. We climbed into the 4wd and took off out of the city to a place they call the “Quintas”, about 6kms out on the top of a small…

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  9. January 10, 2006

    The 24hr Barcaza Journey

    The journey was not too far, but by boat it would take me 24hrs to arrive at the destination port. From there I had a further 6 hours on a bus to get to my next destination of Puerto Montt. As I was fast discovering, travel in the southern…

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  10. January 9, 2006

    The Magic of Puerto Cisnes

    A smallish fishing village situated in a protected cove of the Chilean archipelago and shadowed by a large mountain behind, Puerto Cisnes has a relaxed and casual ambience about it. The pebbly beach and scattered fishing boats in various…

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