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		<title>Ups and downs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An encouragement has been to see the enthusiasm of the ladies in the nomad camp in wanting to learn to read. Even if they can&#8217;t make it to class they come to see me or when I visit they want to practice or catch up on what they missed. A discouragement was having arguments between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rain: Good news or bad?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the month disappeared in a flash.  We did have a BIG rain in thenomad camp, on my first night back!  Everyone, apart from me, is happy that we can now drink the surface water&#8230;.. This month is going to be fairly busy: in town English exams and getting a computer class started and out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandstorms and the Spirit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing to you all from Hadjer Hadiid, where I am away from the family this week and will be for most of the next month, as we start our Enhanced English and Teacher Training course for the English teachers of Breidjing and Treguine.  Sonja has been a great help in designing the training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chad.absolutnet.de/team/sandstorms-and-the-spirit</link>
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		<title>He heard my prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May was a good month. I continued teaching English on Wednesdays, and started an English Club on Saturdays. I have been passing out an average 3 tapes a day this past month. Even gave a box of 10 to H and he said someone in the taxi van asked &#8220;What have you got there?&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chad.absolutnet.de/team/he-heard-my-prayer</link>
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		<title>The curse of the minibus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who have been reading my newsletter for many years may recall accounts of cross-country journeys in a variety of dodgy vehicles. Taking the long view, it has to be said that the overall situation is improving. Nevertheless, the path of progress is not smooth and has been found to have twists and turns in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chad.absolutnet.de/team/the-curse-of-the-minibus</link>
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		<title>Wearing laffaye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you’re one of those people who think that laffayes (the colourful full length veil the women wear in Chad) are a nuisance. Let me try to convince you that quite the opposite is true. Below you find ten reasons that prove the point that this particular item of clothing often comes in quite handy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chad.absolutnet.de/team/wearing-laffaye</link>
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		<title>Living in a Chadian home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Tuesday to Friday I now live with the family of our guard, Abdullay. I’m very thankful for that answer to prayer. I now have the opportunity to get firsthand experience of everyday life in Chad. I sit and observe, play with the little ones, and listen &#8211; hoping to understand some of it. Once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chad.absolutnet.de/team/living-in-a-chadian-home</link>
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		<title>Team news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colin is now field leader and is flitting between Chad and England. He will next be in Chad mid July.  It has been great to have Christiane back with us for a time helping in Abeche. Jacob is developing some English classes with refugees in two camps. Sonja is expecting in August and has a [...]]]></description>
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