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Monthly Archives: September 2005

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From the Sahara to DC in a day

Posted on September 13, 2005 by Andy Brown
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Sleeping in the tent, shoulder to shoulder, the wind flapped the tent and the smallest of the sand particles somehow made it through the berber carpet walls and plastered themselves onto me (remember, I was sleeping against the wall). When … Continue reading →

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Eating sand, sleeping with rats

Posted on September 12, 2005 by Andy Brown
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(I’ve broken this post up into the actual days they occurred, in real life I had no time nor light with which to write in my journal between waking up in Sidi Driss and flying back home 3 days later… … Continue reading →

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Tatooine

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Andy Brown
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Wow… where to begin. As I write this I am sitting in a cave in a massive hole in the ground called Sidi Driss. Luke Skywalker grew up here. Really. As I wrote below, we got up very early to … Continue reading →

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Sleepless in North Africa

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Andy Brown
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Got up real early today to catch the 0600 train to Sousse… wouldn’t be so bad if we weren’t jet lagged and unable to go to sleep until 2:30am! Also, God had me pumped up last night and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Poverty and Contextualization

Posted on September 10, 2005 by Andy Brown
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Yesterday we met a believer and another worker at Carrefour, which is like a Super Target surrounded internally by a mall. We hopped in “L”‘s van (first time we’ve gotten to all ride together in 1 car!) and went to … Continue reading →

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