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	<description>Andrew &#38; Nancy Raatz, Elissa, Natalie, Lauren. Missionaries to Moldova</description>
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		<title>Language Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend was surreal.  On Saturday, we prayed with our Dutch friends, listening to their intercession in Dutch.  On Sunday, the service had two preachers: the first spoke in Russian, the second in French, with translation in Romanian.  Toss in some English (and the Spanish soap opera playing on the restaurant’s TV at lunchtime), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If a picture is worth a thousands words, my hard drives could fill the Library of Congress. Photography is a hobby of mine, my current mode of hunting.  I enjoy viewing the world through a lens, thus my computer now holds over 65,000 photos.  Through photography I can capture small parts of life, tiny details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Solo Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am stubborn. Now I prefer synonyms such as “strong-willed” or “determined.”  They sound more noble and positive.  Those words sound like characteristics of world conquerors and wilderness explorers.  “Stubborn” is usually associated with an animal that is a member of the equine family. But stubborn is probably quite accurate. That characteristic has served me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in High Definition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“So that is what green looks like!” Those words escaped my mouth last week as the sun finally decided to emerge after weeks of disappearance.  As the rays splashed across the neighbor’s fence, I realized what had been missing in my life—color. Moldova has spent the last few months imprisoned by the White Witch, trapped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harvestmoldova.com/archives/604</link>
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		<title>Praying for a Thaw</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winter has fully arrived, the coldest we’ve experienced in our seven years in Moldova. I’m accustomed to the mild winters here, and they have turned me into a wimp.  It is only -6° F and I feel chilled to the bone.  Our roads are barely plowed, the sidewalks are icy, and my vehicle is chugging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Great Anticipation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anticipation.  We have plenty of it in Moldova! For our daughters, the anticipation of Christmas morning is tortuous. For some friends, the waiting for the news of a positive medical result is nerve-wracking. For this author, the thought of Christmas morning Swedish roll is mouth-watering! In this season of anticipation and expectation, we look forward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harvestmoldova.com/archives/586</link>
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		<title>I Believe In A Miracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[miracle &#124;mirikl&#124; n.  a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency. I believe in miracles. I was just in the new construction in the village of Bubieci.  Three teams labored with the church this fall, pouring walls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harvestmoldova.com/archives/564</link>
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		<title>How Did I Get This Blessed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel as if I&#8217;ve won the lottery. I get to serve Christ in Moldova. As I drove back from a small village this week, swerving around potholes and squinting through the fog, my mind fixated on how fortunate I am to serve in this country. I detest the concept that I am sacrificing, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harvestmoldova.com/archives/554</link>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Normal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our girls missed the street dogs. Sounds amazing, but as we drove home from the airport, our girls kept talking about how much they missed seeing street dogs. They enjoyed the time at our bi-annual conference in America, but there are no packs of street mutts roaming Orlando. Their running commentary on the drive consisted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harvestmoldova.com/archives/508</link>
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		<title>Casting the Net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we did something fun with the women and staff at the Home of Hope, a &#8220;field trip&#8221; to Old Orhei, a beautiful monastery built into a cliff.  It is a wonderful place to visit, a site we have frequented often with guests.  It was awe-inspiring to stand on a ledge of the cliff, [...]]]></description>
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