A Little Bit of Everything

Thursday, December 18th 2008

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Structures of Life

Wednesday, December 10th 2008

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Lighthouse Please

As normal my spur of the moment attempt at an adventure (what others call site seeing) ended in failure, not really disaster, but definitely not where I was expecting it. Online the LonelyPlanet Website lists a grand total of two real attractions in Accra Ghana, a light house and a National Museum. Looking for something

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20in

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008

Just a few notes from the last week: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Today I went to play soccer again. This time since we were in the field and had more time to play, we played an actual game, if I hadn’t already known that I was in over my head I did as soon as

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On Broken Glass

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 One of the pastors came to visit me today and greeted me with these words. “I hope you brought plenty of gospel with you.” I in turn hope there is plenty waiting for me when I return to the US in December. Today I got outrun by an African wearing sandal,

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Kausoon

November 25, 2008 Sunday evening after church in Port Harcourt I arrived in Efa village at the Bible institute and missionary house. It never takes very long for people to hear you are here and they come with good intentions to welcome you at all times of the day, which is great but it makes

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PH

Sunday, November 23rd 2008

As soon as I left the airport in Port Harcourt I knew that I was really in Africa. Lagos doesn’t count. It is an ecosystem all to itself.  An ecosystem that has absolutely nothing ot do with anything green. But Port harcourt threw out the welcome to Africa banner loud and clear, green and lush

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Friturday

Saturday, November 22nd 2008

My Journey to Africa was one of those long endless days that somehow stretches its bounds and leaves little left of the following or even skips a few and dumps you in a time you shouldn’t be at yet. It is impossible to keep track of the time much less the day. Constantly switching you

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Here we go!

Tuesday, November 18th 2008

7:00am CST November 19th I head out for Africa. I hope to post plenty of updates about the work there in Africa over the next three weeks. -Matthew Ude

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Overflow

Sunday, November 16th 2008

I have mentioned, I believe, in previous blogs about the state of my water supply here in Chennai India, but for the purposes of this blog I will review the setup quickly in case any have forgotten or never heard. On top of my apartment building there is a big black plastic container. It is

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