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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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Funky Cold Medina and other cool things

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Andy Brown
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I have to start out with this photo showing the view from our hotel window. I’d like to say the 5am call to prayer woke us up, but it didn’t, as tired as we were. Anyhow, yesterday we woke up … Continue reading →

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