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	<title>Bird on a Bare Branch</title>
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	<description>Attempting to fling a frail song in my little corner of the world</description>
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		<title>On Being a Teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the best teacher in second grade &#8211; Mrs. Andersen.  She had been teaching for over 20 years, so I thought she was really old at the time.  I realized a few years ago that she was probably only in her early to mid-40s!  What sticks out in my mind about Mrs. Andersen is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=672&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/on-being-a-teacher/</link>
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		<title>Give Thanks in All Circumstances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I read Corrie Ten Boom&#8217;s The Hiding Place for the first time.  It&#8217;s the true story of a Dutch woman and her family who provided asylum to Jews in their home during WWII.  Corrie and her sister, Betsie, and their father were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps.  What is remarkable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=656&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/give-thanks-in-all-circumstances/</link>
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		<title>Acknowleging the Providence of Almighty God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;New York, 3 October, 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas both Houses of Congress have by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=649&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/acknowleging-providence-of-almighty-god/</link>
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		<title>Fall in America</title>
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		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/fall-in-america/</link>
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		<title>8-ft Inflatable Ghosts:  Reverse Culture Shock, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly we’re in a recession.  That’s what I’ve been hearing for the past year.  Reading the news in Mozambique, I learned that times were hard in the developed world as the stock market suffered, currencies lost value, and people began losing jobs.  I warned my Mozambican colleagues that it would be harder to find funding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=640&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/8-ft-inflatable-ghosts/</link>
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		<title>Bright Lights, Big City:  Reverse Culture Shock, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All day today I&#8217;ve been sorting through boxes in my parents&#8217; garage &#8211; stuff that I&#8217;d had in storage in Houston for three years.  One of the boxes I found was full of about ten years&#8217; worth of journals.  Who knew I used to journal so much?  I skimmed through a couple and came across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=637&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/bright-lights-big-city-reverse-culture-shock-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Oh The Places I&#8217;ve Been</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past seven weeks I&#8217;ve traveled approximately 17,000 miles and slept in over 20 different beds.  Instead of writing about my travels, I&#8217;m posting one photo from each place that hopefully captures the essence of each visit.
Hampshire, England
London, part 1
Brighton, England
 
 
London, part 2
 
 
Detroit, Michigan, part 1

 
 
PJ Hoffmaster State [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=617&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/oh-the-places-ive-been/</link>
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		<title>On the Topic of 2-Ply Toilet Paper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many things delighted me upon arrival in the UK, such as fresh berries, Pimm&#8217;s, walking freely outside, clean and efficient public transportation, etc.  But the thing that delighted me most was thick, 2-ply toilet paper!  In my last months in Beira, Shoprite only carried 1-ply t.p.  Finally, right before I left they restocked with 2-ply. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=610&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/on-the-topic-of-2-ply-toilet-paper/</link>
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		<title>Seven Cows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Dutch woman I know here, who is a fabulous storyteller, told this story.  She found it in a book somewhere, but I’m not sure who the original credits go to.  I think it’s fantastic.
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One day a visitor arrived in a village while he was traveling through the countryside.  When this visitor entered the village, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=607&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/seven-cows/</link>
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		<title>The Couch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday my housemate and I bought a couch.  It is the retro-ugliest but most comfortable couch I have sat on in Mozambique.  A couch is not a significant thing in many parts of the world.  But to me its significance is beyond what I can probably describe in words.
When Marina and I moved into this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jenabroad.wordpress.com&blog=2133268&post=606&subd=jenabroad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jenabroad.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-couch/</link>
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