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		<title>Update from North Africa #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below are three glimpses into some of what is happening through the North Africa team:His eyes had been tested and glasses prescribed. The small boy sat in front of Jim, a retiree who has committed his life to trips such as this one. After Jim placed the corrective lenses in the Harry Potter-like round eyeglasses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from North Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAY ONE:
    Tired but rejoicing. We checked approximately 300 children for vision needs.  Unfortunately we had some mix-up in record keeping re those who needed glasses  so don&#8217;t have an exact count, but made some executive decisions to get that  straightened out. We now have a flow chart that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Kazakhstan - April 28</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April  28, 2008 – from Paul &#38; Winona H.
Today we were split into groups to visit private homes to  open doors for a family ministry here in Kazakhstan.
Our first home we felt sure that we would not be invited  inside of this poor home and just prayed for God to cover us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Kazakhstan - April 26</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 26, 2008

Today we went to Issyk to a school that had about 200  kids.  I met the director and he was very  nice.  We talked Texas for a while.  He had been around that school for some 25  years and you could tell by his face that he loved the kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Kazakhstan - April 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday April 25, 2008
Today we had a little time before meeting with the folks at  the family ministry center, we were told that we were going to go up into the  mountains.  The mountains here are  breathtaking—the remind me of our Grand Teton mountains in western United  States.  They are very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update #2 from Kazakhstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 24,  2008 – from Dave K:
    Today we went to what is called a baby house.&#160; It is a place where they  keep children from age 0 to 3 years old, those that are left by people who  aren&#8217;t able to care for their babies.&#160; This is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Kazakhstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From  Dave K.:
Drugs and alcohol addictions are rampant in Kazakhstan due  to the huge supply of heroin from a country in nearby Central Asia.  Over 700,000 metric tons of this killer drug  passed through Kazakhstan in 2007.  A hit  of heroin currently costs the equivalent of 30 cents here in Almaty.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gainusa.org/archives/137</link>
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		<title>Parting Reflections from McKinney Christian Academy Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parting Reflections from Three Participants on the MCA  Mission Trip to Russia. These were written on the return flight from Russia.
Reflections from Alec O. (Freshman at MCA):
In Russia I went on a home visit to some run down and older  apartments. The woman that we visited was in her thirties and had two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gainusa.org/archives/136</link>
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		<title>Jamaica Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported by Jim W.:
 We just completed our first day of   ministry with team 3. We are conducting a modified vision clinic and are   distributing aid.  It is a very good team.     Please pray that we have strength to   finish strong and that the hearts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gainusa.org/archives/135</link>
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		<title>McKinney Christian Academy - Final Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Report from Michael N (Freshman at MCA):&#160; &#8220;This trip to  Russia has been amazing. I felt like God is working in all of the people here  to try to make life easier for the orphans. The Christians we worked with  (evangelists and interpreters) have such a heart for spreading the good news [...]]]></description>
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