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		<title>Letting Go, Grabbing On</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 03:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks I have had a series of &#8220;lasts&#8221;. My last art class with Kinder, last day to take Ela to ballet, last day to help out in Ian&#8217;s class during centers, last time at Union Church, last trip to the supermarket, last day of preschool, last time at the beach, last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School, Back to Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been in the Philippines for one week now and we are happy to be getting back into the swing of things. Daniel received a special welcome home from his office mates that involved 16 rolls of toilet paper strewn about his office.  He is excited about a new project World Mission Communications is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Sweet The Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently stuck on this beautiful song by Delirious called How Sweet The Name &#8211; listen. Every thing is perfect, the solo piano at the beginning, the lyrics, the end. This is what I love about Delirious, the honesty and the truth. Thank God that I don&#8217;t have to know what I would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isaiah&#8217;s 7th Rocket Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love birthday parties. The kids, the chaos, the decorating, the cake, the pure joy of it all.  And I love it when they all go home and I can crash on the sofa and say, &#8220;It was good&#8221;. For Isaiah&#8217;s 7th birthday, we had a party that was &#8220;Out of this World&#8221; complete with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventure Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rizal Recreation Center Adventure Weekend family fun tr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Daniel and I decided to set aside the first Saturday of each month to go on an outing with our family and dubbed it &#8220;Adventure Weekend&#8221; to give our children something to look forward to each month. To start things off right, we headed out of the city for the first time in months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elanor is a Princess</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do little girls want for their birthday?  When asked, Elanor declared that it must have &#8220;balloons, cake and pink&#8221;.  Pink what?  Pink everything&#8230;and a little bit of princess to go with it.  So Mommy started planning early this time around so she wouldn&#8217;t be up until midnight the night before. We sent the invitations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ornament Tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My art professor in college always said that bigger is better. She would look at our tiny canvases and tell us they were too small and give us examples of abstract expressionists like Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler to emulate. Unfortunately in college I could not afford it, the paint or the canvas. She should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Loves You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week we have several children who stop by our house asking for food, water or plastic to recycle. In an effort to learn their names and pray for them more often, I decided to take a photo of each one and write down their names and ages. I am posting them here so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately it seems like a lot of people have been asking us what we are going to do next.  Our usual answer is that we will stay here until God tells us to move, and we firmly believe this.  It has been three years since God first called us to come to the Philippines and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cowboys and Cactus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago on one of our trips to the supermarket, Isaiah and I had a discussion of possible party themes for his upcoming birthday. I suggested the usual&#8230;pirates, jungle safari, space adventure; and then Isaiah informed me that none of those would do, he wanted a desert party, with cactus. Hmmm&#8230;I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Crazy Two Weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/a-crazy-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t even know where to begin. The past two weeks have gone by in a blur and I&#8217;m still not sure when life will get back to normal. The whirlwind began as Batman, Kaptain Pumpkin, Princess Ela, the Autumn Fairy and Mohawk Daddy all ended the month of October with buckets full of candy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the red and yellow leaves?</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/where-are-the-red-and-yellow-leaves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the one time of the year that I REALLY miss being in the States. October has always been my favorite month. I love the crisp chill in the air. I love the leaves changing color and the way they look when the bright morning sun shines through them when they are still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Fling</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/travel/singapore-fling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sendusout.com/travel/singapore-fling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I just wanted to share a quick note about my recent weekend trip to Singapore with my friend Julie (she and her husband are students here at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary and also Nazarene Tentmaker Missionaries) Singapore is a city made to impress from the moment you arrive with its nice airport, beautifully landscaped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Classes At The Father&#8217;s House</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/ministry/art-classes-at-the-fathers-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sendusout.com/ministry/art-classes-at-the-fathers-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foam shapes scattered across the table top, smudgy lines marked out by oil pastels and drips and splatters of watercolor all make up the abstract works of art by the children of the Father&#8217;s House. They are a little shy at first, but as they immerse themselves in the work at hand Jonathan begins to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Love</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/tropical-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tropical bubble bottles on each chair, leis circling necks, tropical flowers tucked behind ears, little boys with buckets in hand, little girl dropping petals on the ground, Kevin waiting anxiously and Mandy Moore&#8217;s song, Have a Little Faith in Me, playing as my sister dazzled us with her smile, beautiful in every way, arm tucked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ricotta Cheese</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/ricotta-cheese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life In General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such a simple thing you all probably take for granted in your local grocer&#8217;s refrigerated section, but something I haven&#8217;t managed to track down for the past 19 months. So last night as I was standing at the deli counter at Shopwise waiting for my ham to be sliced, I look down, and to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slimmer</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/slimmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Melissa, you&#8217;re getting fat. Everyone knows it&#8230;you&#8217;re not getting any slimmer.&#8221; While this may be true, I was still a bit surprised to receive this comment as we were standing around talking to people after church today. We have been warned of this cultural difference and other missionaries have joked about receiving this very same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Christmas Tree!</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/oh-christmas-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been awhile. After waiting six weeks, a guy from PLDT finally showed up at our house today with our modem and I feel like the world is at my fingertips once again. Even though I could write an email or journal entry and then go somewhere to connect and send it off, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Time To Die</title>
		<link>http://www.sendusout.com/life-in-general/a-time-to-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I finished the book Always Enough by Rolland &#38; Heidi Baker. In the book, Heidi describes an encounter with God where she experienced the heavenly fire of God falling on her. &#8220;I was so hot I literally thought I was going to burn up and die. I remember crying out , &#8220;Lord, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been keeping up with our journal entries, you will know that we decided to sell our house before we move to the Philippines and have been working on finishing projects around the house for the past month. We completed the fence around our backyard, landscaped, finished painting our kitchen cabinets (A BIG [...]]]></description>
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