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	<title>Every Day Bible &#187; Missions</title>
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		<title>Home Sweet Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home at last! We miss Zambia&#8211;and have already had a wonderful time looking at pictures and seeing our families again. Both of our parents met us at the airport&#8230;we&#8217;ve enjoyed spicy mexican food again&#8230;.and taken American Showers! I hope to put up a mission report and upload my pictures in a few days. I&#8217;ve heard [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Home at last! We miss Zambia&#8211;and have already had a wonderful time looking at pictures and seeing our families again. Both of our parents met us at the airport&#8230;we&#8217;ve enjoyed spicy mexican food again&#8230;.and taken American Showers! I hope to put up a mission report and upload my pictures in a few days. I&#8217;ve heard that Gavin has already made a lot of work on the DVD&#8211;and I can&#8217;t wait to see it. Thanks for your prayers, and thanks to God for a safe arrival back.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re really looking forward to hearing from our friends in Zambia. We went to the Market one last time on Thursday morning. Aaron announced that he had some good news for us, right before we left. He wanted to tell us that he had told the good news to his sister, a roman catholic, and that she was considering being baptized, but she wanted a day to make up her mind. He was excited because she might want to be baptized that night as soon as he knocked off at the market. Her name is Denya, and he asked that we keep her in our prayers.</p>
<p>We studied some of the verses that explain how leadership works in the church&#8211;and how you don&#8217;t have to have any special position or title to baptize someone. He was really excited about the chance of getting to baptize his sister.</p>
<p>Bennett also chipped in with a question. He told us that he is really looking forward to studying with his old friends. He was worried, though, and asked us what he should do. He said that they knew that he used to smoke marijuana and drink&#8211;and how could he help them to change, too. We studied passages like Romans 6 and Colossians 2 and 3 so he could help them with repentance.</p>
<p>Things are great&#8211;I can&#8217;t wait to hear more updates!</p>
<p>Matthew</p>
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		<title>Hi!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 20:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-Original Message Follows&#8212;- From: &#8220;Leslie A Tiensvold&#8221; Subject: Hi!! Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 07:42:30 -0500 Hi everyone!! It seems every time I come into town to send an email, the power is out!! The power is not reliable here at all, but it works out ok. Normally if the power is out there are [...]]]></description>
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From: &#8220;Leslie A Tiensvold&#8221;<br />
Subject: Hi!!<br />
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 07:42:30 -0500</p>
<p>Hi everyone!! It seems every time I come into town to send an email, the power is out!! The power is not reliable here at all, but it works out ok. Normally if the power is out there are more people in the streets to talk to. The rest of the group left this morning. We have our work cut out for us. We have a very long list of people to continue studying with. Especially a couple of new Christians whom we want to strengthen before we leave. There have been seven baptisms so far! God has done great things. I love studying with so many people who just want to open their Bible with us and read God&#8217;s word. Saturday, Matthew and I went to a ladies house to study with her. On the way to her house we ran into a couple who I had talked and studied with earlier. The husband had not been to church in years but went last Sunday after some encouragement and study. So we stopped and talked to them and then talked with their neighbors. They all followed us to Jennifers house to join in on her study. When Jennifer was not home, we all went to the ladies house and studied on her porch. We found out that they too were Christians and the guy who had not been to church in a while could not read. So we studied with them a little from Acts 2 and about walking in the light, finishing the race ect. and showed him how he has been blessed with a neighbor who can read. They are now planning on studying together every lunchtime. They seemed really excited and we wrote a list of scriptures to help them as they study together. It is moments like that which make all the hard work and the good it does evident. To see people like Bennet who was Baptized last week who just seems to get it and can not wait to learn more, to seeing Christians really beginning to understand the importance of encouraging one another to walk daily in Christ. I love seeing that and I love the people. I wish it were as easy to set up Bible studies in America! I wish it were this easy to talk about Jesus! We starting studying with the cook this morning. We studied creation, the godhead and the existance of satan. All of this was new to him! He just wants as much of God&#8217;s word as we can give him.</p>
<p>I know I miss worshipping in English only and it will get tougher now with the rest of the group gone and our nightly devos in English no longer. We are planning on continuing studying with the ladies at the front desk and they love learning english songs, so at least we will sing a little! :) They are really wonderful people!</p>
<p>Well, I just wanted to tell you all I love you and can&#8217;t wait to talk to you again!!</p>
<p>Love,<br />
Les </p>
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		<title>Last Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 10:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-Original Message Follows&#8212;- From: Aarek Farmer Subject: Last Day Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 23:35:40 -0700 (PDT) Today is our last day in Livingstone.  We leave for the airport today at 12:45 to fly out at 3:10.  Last night the Riverside members came and gave us a &#8216;farewell party&#8217; which means they sang alot for [...]]]></description>
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From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: Last Day<br />
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 23:35:40 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>Today is our last day in Livingstone.  We leave for the airport today at 12:45 to fly out at 3:10.  Last night the Riverside members came and gave us a &#8216;farewell party&#8217; which means they sang alot for us and the children quoted memory verses.</p>
<p>Words can&#8217;t describe how amazing this trip has been.  On Friday night we had another baptism.  I never imagined having this big of an impact on the people here.  One of the members last night told me that Christians throughout Livingstone have been encouraged and want to make a change to start doorknocking more on their own, because they see the impact we have made in the areas around here.</p>
<p>I want to give you another reason to be proud of the people you know on this trip. Every member on this team sacrificed the money they were going to spend on a boat ride on the Queen Victoria which takes you to see the sunset on the Zambezi River. Everyone wants to put their money to better use.  After seeing the need for Bibles, they decided that they want to take that money and use it to buy Bibles and have the church distribute them.  The Zambians were amazed that a group of young people were willing to do that.  We will take the money and probably buy Bibles in the states and mail them back here.  I was so pround when the suggestion came up.  We will also use the money to for other needs that the churches in Livingstone have.</p>
<p>Pray for us as we leave today.  Leslie, Happy, and Angie will stay behind for a longer period of time.  They will do followups on those we have already studied with.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to being back in America but will miss it so much here.  Thank you for putting up with my lack of grammar knowledge and poor spelling habits.  When time is money here, that was the last thing on my mind.</p>
<p>We will see you in a few days.<br />
In HIm,<br />
Aarek</p>
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		<title>God is Amazing!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2006/05/26/god-is-amazing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-Original Message Follows&#8212;- From: Aarek Farmer Subject: God is Amazing!!!! Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:59:22 -0700 (PDT) So we had one baptism last week. We went to Mukuni VIllage the last few days and had a gospel meeting and we baptized 4 there after we drove for ever to find enough water to do [...]]]></description>
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From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: God is Amazing!!!!<br />
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:59:22 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>So we had one baptism last week.</p>
<p>We went to Mukuni VIllage the last few days and had a gospel meeting and we baptized 4 there after we drove for ever to find enough water to do it.  Then our prayers were answered today for a young man, Bennett from the Market that we have been studying with since we have been here was baptized only minutes ago.  Today has been a great day.  We are all wore out&#8230;but it was great to hear that Kevin made it back so thank you for your prayers  We have two more full days here.  We will leave for the airport on Monday and be back on Tuesday.  Kevin had delays coming back or hopefully we wont&#8217; have that problem.</p>
<p>Each night we have had reflection devotionals and we have all learned so much on this trip. Be proud of the friends and family that you know on this trip.  They have truely been a pleasure to work with.  Thank you for what you have done to help them along the way up to this point.  We came here expecting to encourage and we have baptized 6 already and the trip is not over.</p>
<p>Kevin we love you and miss you.  Thank you for all you did while you were here.  This computer is terrible sorry for the errors and the errors in all my eamils time is money on this thing, hope you understand.  Today was the first day that I believe that everyone is truely looking forward to coming back to the states so that we can make changes in our own lives when it comes to talking to those that we love that have not been baptized.</p>
<p>We love you.  Well see you on Tuesday or soon after.<br />
in Him,<br />
Aarek</p>
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		<title>4 days left&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2006/05/24/4-days-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 12:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-Original Message Follows&#8212;- From: Aarek Farmer Subject: 4 days left&#8230;. Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Things are going well here as usual.  Kevin left today.  He went to the airport packed and ready yesterday and then we realized he was a day early.  He should be in the air on his way [...]]]></description>
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From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: 4 days left&#8230;.<br />
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:16:55 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>Things are going well here as usual.  Kevin left today.  He went to the airport packed and ready yesterday and then we realized he was a day early.  He should be in the air on his way to Johanesburg as I write.  We finished up the VBS today at Sunset Academy School. We had two days of it during the morning.  (Just Heard Jud and LeAnn have a new Baby&#8230;.congrats.)  Tomorrow we have a Gospel Meeting at Mukuni Village.  It will last through Friday.  We have been doorknocking today again.  We split up into groups.  You should be proud of the people you know on this trip.  Whenever we have free time they want to door knock.  Today Jess and I had a Bible study with a lady from the gas station.  People are so willing here.  I know I have stated that before but it is true.</p>
<p>We have alot to be thankful for&#8230;.as we have mentioned before the purpose of this trip will not be measured in baptisms but all of the seeds that we God has allowed us to plant.  Hopefully when we leave the Christians here will be able to take over.  We have been told many times how encouraged the churches are here and that is a big relief.</p>
<p>Continue to pray for us, pray for Kevin as he flies home and pray for the souls that we come in contact with here.  We love you all.</p>
<p>Things are going well.</p>
<p>In Him,<br />
Aarek</p>
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		<title>one week to go&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-Original Message Follows&#8212;- From: Aarek Farmer Subject: one week to go&#8230;. Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 06:12:56 -0700 (PDT) The gospel meeting is over&#8230;..today we were going to go to the village to do another gospel meeting but there was a funeral in the village so we had to postpone.  Everyday we have doorknocked and [...]]]></description>
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From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: one week to go&#8230;.<br />
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 06:12:56 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>The gospel meeting is over&#8230;..today we were going to go to the village to do another gospel meeting but there was a funeral in the village so we had to postpone.  Everyday we have doorknocked and had personal bible studies. It has been amazing.  Yesterday we went on a safari in the afternoon. We saw elephants, zebras, giraffs, warthogs, but no rhinos.  The sunset was amazing. I bet our team has about 3 million pictures total.  Kevin leaves tomorrow for home to attend his sisters wedding, be sure to pray for him as he leaves.  He leaves Tuesday at 1:00 ish.  Thank you so much for your prayers, the rest of the week we will be invovled in more doorknockng, a vbs, and a gospel meeting hopefully.  On Sunday all of us guys will go to a different congregation to preach.  We are all looking forward to that.  Things are still good&#8230;no one is sick and all is well. We will see you in a week. </p>
<p>In Him,<br />
Aarek</p>
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		<title>Hello from Zambia!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 14:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: &#8220;Leslie Tiensvold&#8221; Subject: Hello from Zambia!! Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:10:48 -0500      Hello!! I wanted to let you all know we safely arrived in Zambia Monday morning. It has been an incredible experience so far. They are so much more receptive than in New Zealand or in the states. I think I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From: &#8220;Leslie Tiensvold&#8221;<br />
Subject: Hello from Zambia!!<br />
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:10:48 -0500</p>
<p>     Hello!! I wanted to let you all know we safely arrived in Zambia Monday morning. It has been an incredible experience so far. They are so much more receptive than in New Zealand or in the states. I think I have only been turned away from three or four homes. Every door we go to, they run and get benches or random objects for us to sit down. Then they simply say tell me why you are here and about the word. Some have no knowledge of Christ or how to get to heaven. It feels incredible to talk and teach about the salvation that we truly are blessed with. One woman was baptized yesterday before the Gospel meeting. Matthew&#8217;s group is working with a woman who is as the refer to her, &#8220;good soil with miracle grow mixed in!&#8221;.<br />
     It is incredible and God has blessed our work so far. I am really learning every day.<br />
     We saw Victoria falls the first day we were here. Loved it! Think Niagra times 5 or 10! Beautiful. If ever a way to begin a campiagn&#8230; with such wonders of His creation. Mom- you would love bartering!! You get to talk them down on their prices! It is fun!!! Overwhelming at times because they all take you and lead you to their stuff, working against each other for our time and money. But still fun!<br />
     We have a ladies day tomorrow and the last day of the Gospel meeting as well. VBS is next week.<br />
     Well, I wanted to say hello! I am at an internet cafe and I don&#8217;t know when the next time I may get the chance to come again. Matthew says hello and is at a Bible study right now so he could not say so himself, but rather sends a cheerful hello. His group is coming to the gospel meeting a little later.<br />
     Well, I hope all is going well in the states!<br />
I love you all!!<br />
Leslie</p>
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		<title>Friday in Africa&#8230;..</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Aarek Farmer Subject: Friday in Africa&#8230;.. Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 06:35:39 -0700 (PDT) Sorry I was unable to write to you yesterday.  It was a crazy day but it was amazing.  We started the Gospel meeting yesterday because they had double booked us for the town hall we were meeting in so yesterday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: Friday in Africa&#8230;..<br />
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 06:35:39 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>Sorry I was unable to write to you yesterday.  It was a crazy day but it was amazing.  We started the Gospel meeting yesterday because they had double booked us for the town hall we were meeting in so yesterday was the first day for it.  We had tons of people there.  Gavin and Happy spoke after a Zambian Preacher&#8230;but before that was even more amazing.  The door knocking and bible studies here have been out of this world. People here are thirsting for the Word so much.  They invite you in and study for 30 minutes to an hour reguardless of the denomination they are from.  They are so open and receptive.  Boo, Tarah, and I studyied with a lady yesterday and she was baptized yesterday afternoon.  Many more are on the verge of Baptism.  We haven&#8217;t scheduled this many studies but our group just wants to keep on doing them.  There is a group out now studying this afternoon and another will take place tonight.  It is amazing.  Tomorrow the girls are going to an all womens retreat and I believe Leslie and Amanda will be speaking.  The guys will be door knocking again.  Tonight, Brazier and Boo are speaking.  Tomorrow Kevin and Tristan.  Sunday I will preach at Riverside and then we will see what God has in store for us next week.  Things are going amazing here.  The churches are united.  They work togethere.  There is no contention.  Can you imagine a place were every church works together without the petty disputes that we have in America?  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, America is amazing, but we have alot to learn from these people.  Today I studied with a ladiy with AIDS who thought she was being punished from God.  The study was great.  She had never even heard of Jesus or Baptism until today and she said she was pentacostal.  These people don&#8217;t have Bibles so that is very discouraging.  Continue to pray for us.</p>
<p>   For you parents, you will be happy to know that everyone is alive.  Kevin, Gavin, Braizer, Jessica and myself bungi jumped off the 2nd highest bungi in the world on the bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia.  It was about 11 stories tall. Words dont&#8217; describe it but we got it all on video.  That should be the last crazy thing we do while we are here unless we happen to come across elephant rides in the Zambezi.  Thank you for all your support.  We love you very much and will see you soon.</p>
<p>   In Him,<br />
   Aarek</p>
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		<title>2nd day&#8230;..</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Aarek Farmer Subject: 2nd day&#8230;.. Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 06:17:08 -0700 (PDT) Yesterday we spend the day at Vicotoria falls, getting use to the culture, and experiencing our first vehicle breakdown.  It went great though.  Our team is so flexible that it seemed like no big deal.  We just ate lunch early.  This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From: Aarek Farmer<br />
Subject: 2nd day&#8230;..<br />
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 06:17:08 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>Yesterday we spend the day at Vicotoria falls, getting use to the culture, and experiencing our first vehicle breakdown.  It went great though.  Our team is so flexible that it seemed like no big deal.  We just ate lunch early.  This morning and afternoon we spend the day door knocking in the area behind where we are staying.  We had some great Bible studies and we look for a large crowd tonight at the first night of our Gospel meeting.  It starts in a couple of hours and goes for 3 nights.  Two of us are speaking each night along with another Local person preaching.  Tomor we will coninute door knocking in another area of town.  We weren&#8217;t going to go out again and door knock this afternoon but our group wanted to which really impressed the people here that we have a team that is so willing to work.  The food is great&#8230;at least I think so&#8230;others might say otherwise.  No one has malria or any other kind of stomach or bowel problems yet, which is awesome.  Kevin and I came into town today to exchange a little more money&#8230;that side of things is going well.  We have nothing to complain about only thanksgivng for allowing us to come.  This trip has been amazing.  The people here are so encouraged by our coming.  The churches are really uniting here and we hope to have a large Crowd&#8230;.everyone says high, and Mrs. Faires&#8230;Julie wants you to look at the itinerary again to know for sure when we will be back.  It is the 30th I believe I can&#8217;t remember.  Thank you all for your prayers and support.  We love you.<br />
In Him,<br />
Aarek</p>
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		<title>We made it&#8230;&#8230;.to Africa that is.</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2006/05/15/we-made-itto-africa-that-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 17:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Aarek Farmer Subject: We made it&#8230;&#8230;.to Africa that is. Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:48:12 -0700 (PDT) This is going to be the most amazing trip ever.  There were no problems at all getting here.  The travel arrangements this time round were amazing&#8230;no long waits in airports, no long drives, it was awesome.  We [...]]]></description>
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Subject: We made it&#8230;&#8230;.to Africa that is.<br />
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:48:12 -0700 (PDT)</p>
<p>This is going to be the most amazing trip ever.  There were no problems at all getting here.  The travel arrangements this time round were amazing&#8230;no long waits in airports, no long drives, it was awesome.  We arrived at 2:00pm and the family welcomed us at the airport.  We got through customs, got our bags, (only one didn&#8217;t show up&#8212;it was a backpack with socks and underwear&#8212;so no problems there.  Many of the church ladies welcomed us as we arrived to the lodge and sang for us for about 30 mintues.  There were already tears in peoples eyes.  Tomor we are going to learn about the customs and our schedule for the week.  They seemed very prepared for our arrival which was a big relief.   They are getting food in town now to cook for us.  We will start the Gospel Meeting on Wed.  Thank you so much for your prayers.  We will do our best to keep in touch.  Spread the word that we made it here safely with no problems, we have beds, food, a tub and awesome host family that will take good care of us.  Keep us in your prayers, and definately pray for those people that we come in contact with here.<br />
   We love you all.</p>
<p>   In Him,<br />
   Aarek</p>
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		<title>Zambia: Airport in 2 Hours!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 07:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Zambia: Airport in 2 Hours!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 07:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Zambia: 2 Weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2006/04/27/zambia-2-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m about to head off to the other side of the world, as apparantly is my new May-June tradidion. This year, to Zambia. For almost four weeks, I&#8217;ll be working in Livingstone, Zambia with about 15 of my peers at Freed-Hardeman. Check back for updates &#8212; if we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you that don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m about to head off to the other side of the world, as apparantly is my new May-June tradidion. This year, to Zambia. For almost four weeks, I&#8217;ll be working in Livingstone, Zambia with about 15 of my peers at Freed-Hardeman. Check back for updates &#8212; if we can get to the internet. A complete itenerary will follow.</p>
<p>Thanks for keeping us in your prayers!</p>
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		<title>Leave a Country for a little while..</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/12/18/leave-a-country-for-a-little-while/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and look what happens. Now whichever anti-Christian group uses this as ammunition on the war on Christmas&#8230; &#8230;at least communist China and other athiestic countries still like Christmas&#8230; &#8230;but at least America isn&#8217;t guilty of this explicit abuse of Christmas!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_newzealand_santa;_ylt=Ag0be8XQ.3ZDETMs3pE6G0LtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--">look what happens</a>.</p>
<p>Now whichever anti-Christian group uses this as ammunition on the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_holidays_america;_ylt=AgSGYulbyvWg6kDfvwIcyrjtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--">war on Christmas</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;at least communist China and other <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_holidays_asia;_ylt=AtPmlhaJYD70AmjCZotLIgftiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--">athiestic countries still like</a> Christmas&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;but at least America isn&#8217;t guilty of this <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051216/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_santa;_ylt=ApEEzgBBoZgOMwesEdy2kVntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--">explicit abuse</a> of Christmas!</p>
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		<title>Home, at Last</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/23/home-at-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few hours later, we&#8217;re home. Our flights all went well until [surprise!] America West had problems coming from Phoenix to Memphis. Evidently, our plane was overweight and because of weather conditions or something like that, could not hold enough fuel to get us all the way from Phoenix to Memphis. So, a refueling stop [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few hours later, we&#8217;re home. Our flights all went well until [surprise!] America West had problems coming from Phoenix to Memphis. Evidently, our plane was overweight and because of weather conditions or something like that, could not hold enough fuel to get us all the way from Phoenix to Memphis. So, a refueling stop in Kansas was added. When we landed in Kansas, something happened to the nose gear&#8230;and the plane needed repairs. And since the gates were all full of parked planes at nearly 11 pm, they gave us stairs&#8230;and we had to walk out onto the tarmac and into the terminal and wait for a half hour for repairs before arriving in Memphis a little after 1:15 this morning.</p>
<p>All things considered, the trip really did go well. We all made it back&#8230;no plane crashes or any nasty little tricks like that&#8230;and we get to sleep in our own beds. Now if somebody could just do something about the heat out here&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Wrap Up</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/21/wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Tuesday night, and we&#8217;re packing up to leave tomorrow morning. The last two days were not our most productive ever. I had something akin to the flu on Sunday and Monday, and missed the morning&#8217;s work. Today, it rained very hard, and we got a very few doors knocked between showers, and half [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is Tuesday night, and we&#8217;re packing up to leave tomorrow morning. The last two days were not our most productive ever. I had something akin to the flu on Sunday and Monday, and missed the morning&#8217;s work. Today, it rained very hard, and we got a very few doors knocked between showers, and half of a suburb letterboxed during the rainstorm. That probably wasn&#8217;t smart, but we&#8217;re on our way home.</p>
<p>See you in a couple of days!</p>
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		<title>Happy Saturday!</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/17/happy-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group picture from Paratutu our first Saturday here.]]></description>
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<p>Group picture from Paratutu our first Saturday here.</p>
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		<title>End of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/17/end-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday and Friday were two more days of doorknocking and letterboxing. On Thursday, Angie and I had our study with a lady named Robin. The study went well and there is a return appointment set up with her for the locals to take care of. Friday was a bit slower of a day. The group [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thursday and Friday were two more days of doorknocking and letterboxing. On Thursday, Angie and I had our study with a lady named Robin. The study went well and there is a return appointment set up with her for the locals to take care of.</p>
<p>Friday was a bit slower of a day. The group I was with had no positive responses, basically. The best conversation that I had all day was with a Jehovah&#8217;s Witness who shared some great revelations with me, including, but not limited to:</p>
<p>on the day of Christ&#8217;s appearing, He will be invisible. I asked, &#8220;So you&#8217;re telling me that He won&#8217;t appear on the day of His appearing?&#8221;</p>
<p>I asked why she uses the JW New World Translation. She explained to me that the god of the present age infiltrated the other translations. So I asked why I shouldn&#8217;t believe the same thing happened to hers. She explained that God has (and this is a direct quote) special slaves whom He tells His word to that make sure their translation is accurate. Interesting, since the NWT has not been around for their entire history. Sometime, read what they&#8217;ve done with John 8 and Christ&#8217;s claim of being &#8220;I am&#8221; over the years.</p>
<p>Our afternoon Bible study cancelled on us to finish off the day. So, we&#8217;re all glad that Saturday is here and we have a day to regroup before going out for our last two days of doorknocking. We&#8217;ve put out nearly 20,000 free book offers and 4,000 Gospel Minutes articles now, along with various other studies. Every day when we check the mail we have several of those book offers returned, so it has been neat to watch that work.</p>
<p>For the day off: dinner with our host family and maybe horseback riding or dam dropping.</p>
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		<title>Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/15/wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we spent most of the day letterboxing, as the weather was cold and windy. Fortunately, northern winds are supposed to come and bring us warm air tomorrow. I just felt like Leeper giving you the weather report there. One thing is really neat about the climate down here. The mountain is so tall and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we spent most of the day letterboxing, as the weather was cold and windy. Fortunately, northern winds are supposed to come and bring us warm air tomorrow. I just felt like Leeper giving you the weather report there. One thing is really neat about the climate down here. The mountain is so tall and stands out so much against the hills around it, that cloud systems actually back up against one side of it, and you can sort of see the weather as it spills over the mountain toward Taranaki.</p>
<p>Nothing much interesting happened today. We letterboxed quite a bit and got several more responses back in the mail. Our total of free book offers is somewhere above 15,000 distributed. We&#8217;ve sent out 4,000ish Gospel Minutes and door knocked more than 1,500 doors. So, I&#8217;m tired.</p>
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		<title>Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/14/tuesday-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was yet another day of door knocking and letterboxing. Here&#8217;s some more from Monday: Talked with an athiest fellow for about 20 minutes who had four children. His main reason for athiesm was suffering of mankind. To his credit, he sends his kids to Sunday School because He wants them to grow up and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was yet another day of door knocking and letterboxing. Here&#8217;s some more from Monday:</p>
<p>Talked with an athiest fellow for about 20 minutes who had four children. His main reason for athiesm was suffering of mankind. To his credit, he sends his kids to Sunday School because He wants them to grow up and have a choice when it comes to spirituality.</p>
<p>Was yelled at through a window by a person screaming &#8220;Go away! God is dead!&#8221;</p>
<p>Talked to an 18 year-old mother who wants to know for sure if there is a God so she can raise her daughter.</p>
<p>Today, we talked to a guy for about an hour who describes himself as still having a small spark of spiritual interest, believing that there is probably a God. He feels distant from him; as he put it, when he prays, it is like talking to Santa Claus. He likes a lot of Christianity&#8217;s ideals, but knows how hard they are to implement in life as we know it. He also doesn&#8217;t understand how Christians can eat meat, because of the cruelty of how animals are slaughtered. He knows that scripture teaches it, but said, &#8220;I just can&#8217;t see Jesus eating meat.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another fellow wasn&#8217;t very interested in Bible study because his family was into translating Bibles. In the mid 1800s, that is.</p>
<p>Well, I think that&#8217;s all the fun for now. Tomorrow&#8217;s Wednesday&#8211;Kevin Moore and family are coming, and we&#8217;ve got class to teach.</p>
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		<title>Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday we door-knocked a new area of town&#8211;a part with some government subsidized housing. It was our best success so far. Some Bible studies have been ongoing and are having good results. Rachel and I have a study planned tonight, and Angie and I set one for Thursday and one for Friday. Things are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Monday we door-knocked a new area of town&#8211;a part with some government subsidized housing. It was our best success so far. Some Bible studies have been ongoing and are having good results. Rachel and I have a study planned tonight, and Angie and I set one for Thursday and one for Friday. Things are going very well! </p>
<p>Off to another full day of door knocking!</p>
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		<title>Camp</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/12/camp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it is Sunday evening, about 10:30 pm local time. We got back from camp in Wanganui this afternoon. It was really neat to see the other two teams and see how they were doing. We all had lots of similar stories to tell about rejections at the door and strange people had met&#8230;the success [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it is Sunday evening, about 10:30 pm local time. We got back from camp in Wanganui this afternoon. It was really neat to see the other two teams and see how they were doing. We all had lots of similar stories to tell about rejections at the door and strange people had met&#8230;the success stories were fun, too, of course&#8230; just not as interesting :)</p>
<p>It is quite different to be at a camp with a very significant portion of the Christians in an entire nation, and still not even come close to the size of Camp Kalos. Friday night we enjoyed getting to know each other and a devotional. Saturday morning was letterboxing Wanganui, which didn&#8217;t take too long since we had probably 70 people working. The afternoon was filled with injury-prone rugby games, hikes at the beach with waterfalls running into the ocean, and a trip to town to souveneir shop. We had worship and Bible study together at camp this morning, as well.</p>
<p>This week is five full days of door knocking, our last full week in New Zealand. Rachel and I have a Bible study with a family we met set up for Tuesday evening, and there are two more planned from other teams on Monday. We&#8217;ve had a great response to the book offer we&#8217;ve been distributing, and things really are going well. We just have to survive the rest of the door slams, now! :) We&#8217;ve managed so far&#8230;it will be a good and productive week, I&#8217;m sure. </p>
<p>Have a great Sunday!</p>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s Door Knocking</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/09/thursdays-door-knocking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we talked to two people that were enjoying hangovers, a woman who assumed that we made an assumption, and was very unhappy about that, someone who knows that the world is about to end, and a variety of less entertaining door slams. We leave tomorrow for camp in Whanganui (sp?). It&#8217;s a youth camp [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we talked to two people that were enjoying hangovers, a woman who assumed that we made an assumption, and was very unhappy about that, someone who knows that the world is about to end, and a variety of less entertaining door slams.</p>
<p>We leave tomorrow for camp in Whanganui (sp?). It&#8217;s a youth camp for all the churches of Christ in New Zealand, basically. We&#8217;ll be there until Sunday. The weekend will be filled with food &#038; fun, of course, but will also have several hours of outreach in the town there, since no teams are stationed there for this trip.</p>
<p>So, this is my last post until Sunday evening, our time. Have a great one!</p>
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		<title>The Sun god</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/08/the-sun-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was our first full day of door knocking, and it was quite an experience. Paavo&#8217;s Bible study fell through, because the man said his mother didn&#8217;t want him to. I talked to a man who worships Ra (sp?) the sun god. He told me in great detail about his search for truth, and how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was our first full day of door knocking, and it was quite an experience. Paavo&#8217;s Bible study fell through, because the man said his mother didn&#8217;t want him to. I talked to a man who worships Ra (sp?) the sun god. He told me in great detail about his search for truth, and how he understands and has complete evidence for evolution and that apes could talk if they&#8217;d learn to hold their breath.</p>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<p>Our group set two more Bible studies today and a correspondence course, with several other follow up opportunities generated and quite a few people interested in the book offer. It was a good day. </p>
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		<title>Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/07/tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a day full of letterboxing. We had a very full day, beginning with devotional, personal work training, and going straight on to letterboxing until about 4:45, with only time for lunch at a park. We covered a lot of ground today. Paavo set up a Bible study with a fellow he met on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was a day full of letterboxing. We had a very full day, beginning with devotional, personal work training, and going straight on to letterboxing until about 4:45, with only time for lunch at a park. We covered a lot of ground today. Paavo set up a Bible study with a fellow he met on the street. The weather was beautiful, probably in the low 60s at the warmest (a nice contrast to the low 40s/high 30s of last night and this morning), hardly any rain. </p>
<p>Tomorrow begins the doorknocking. I&#8217;ll let you know how that goes. In the meantime, I need sleep.</p>
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		<title>Queen&#8217;s Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, America! It&#8217;s 11:10 PM here in NZ on Monday evening. Today was a national holiday, the observance of Queen&#8217;s Birthday. So, by some miracle, we had another day off. It makes me feel like a slacker! Sunday we had our worship services. Chris did a great job preaching. Paavo and I survived teaching [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good morning, America! It&#8217;s 11:10 PM here in NZ on Monday evening. Today was a national holiday, the observance of Queen&#8217;s Birthday. So, by some miracle, we had another day off. It makes me feel like a slacker!</p>
<p>Sunday we had our worship services. Chris did a great job preaching. Paavo and I survived teaching 6-10 yeard olds. The fellowship meal had all sorts of interesting and good food. We played 9ish holes of golf in the afternoon and then had a men&#8217;s meeting in the evening.</p>
<p>On Monday morning, we went ocean kayaking in the winter. I think we must all be getting dumber&#8211;but it was a lot of fun. The water wasn&#8217;t that cold&#8230; it was great! After that, we went to a free zoo and park and enjoyed some good hiking, while Paavo performed some acrobatics for us. Back to Rod&#8217;s house for a pick-up game of touch Rugby, supper, and then fireworks downtown for the day. </p>
<p>Tomorrow will be chock full of letterboxing and doorknocking&#8211;as will the rest of the week, even on the way to the youth camp on Friday. It&#8217;ll be great. Talk to you later!</p>
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		<title>Saturday, cont&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/04/saturday-contd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s almost 10 pm local on Saturday evening. We had a wonderful day! Our group met together at Rod&#8217;s house for fish and chips for lunch. Probably am going to die a day or two younger now, but that&#8217;s okay. Then we left to go to a local rugby game. I think I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s almost 10 pm local on Saturday evening. We had a wonderful day!</p>
<p>Our group met together at Rod&#8217;s house for fish and chips for lunch. Probably am going to die a day or two younger now, but that&#8217;s okay. Then we left to go to a local rugby game. I think I am a little more understanding of Roman Gladiator battles now&#8230;but it sure was an interesting game. At the end of the first lower-level local game, Paavo ran out onto the field and got at the end of the &#8220;good game&#8221; line. He managed to get handshakes, slaps, and hugs from most of the opposition! He thinks most of them thought he was a trainer or something.</p>
<p>We went on to the next game, a more important game&#8230;and watched most of it. It really was an interesting game, and only one person got pulled off on a stretcher. There was a local couple that was rather&#8230;amorous&#8230;during the game, sitting on the sidelines on a hill. The girl was facing the man, a bit distracted, when she was hit square in the backside by an out of bounds kick. Now that was funny.</p>
<p>After the games, we drove down to the beach. [Come to find out, the house I'm staying in is only a few hundred yards away from a beach! Who knows what that is in metric...] We took pictures on a gorgeous scenic overlook, and then hiked down towards the black sand beach. A few of the guys braved running/skidding/sliding down the sand dune to the ocean. The rest of us took the stairs&#8230;</p>
<p>The beach was gorgeous, waves breaking against the rocks and cliffs. There was a tiny waterfall and neat inlets in the rock sea wall. You could see parts of large mountains all around and there were a few little islands in the water that were gorgeous. Of course, we all had fun daring the sea to see how close we could get to it without getting wet. You already know how that game turned out.</p>
<p>The climb back up the steps was something else-even Paavo and Leslie slowed down on the way up them. Something [unholy] inspired the &#8220;men&#8221; of the group to go climb the little hill/mountain Paratutu. It was a very steep climb with a steel cable as a hand hold for parts of it. Some parts were an easy walk, some were stairs, and some were near-vertical rock climbs. The climb left me feeling like my heart was going to explode-but the view was worth it. We could see Mt. Teranaki (i think), a huge snow-capped mountain on the horizon, as the clouds had lifted. I think that it is an 8,000 foot mountain. It was gorgeous. You could see most of New Plymouth from there as well as the ocean to the horizon. Absolutely breathtaking. </p>
<p>The climb back down was harrowing. Didn&#8217;t know whether to climb it backwards like a ladder, or slide down on my rear and pray for some sort of traction and hand-eye coordination. Somehow, we all survived. My legs still hurt.</p>
<p>After the climb, we enjoyed supper ["tea"] at the Jensen&#8217;s house, where Chris and Todd are staying. Fish and chips again. I&#8217;m going to die very soon, but it was worth it. Paavo and I got our first taste of New Zealand&#8217;s wonderful ice cream. It might be the death of us, but we&#8217;re okay with that&#8230;</p>
<p>After dinner we gathered at another home for watching Rugby on TV. I guess we&#8217;re hooked now. We watched the national British Lions barely edge out a divisonal NZ team. Quite entertaining. Only one got taken out on the golf cart, that time!</p>
<p>All in all, it was a great day, and our group had a great time getting some relaxation and taking in the sights. Rod said it was good for us to have our day off at this time during the trip, because today and tomorrow are when jet lag begins to nail us. We&#8217;ve all been waking up very early in the morning and getting tired pretty early, too. He described a lot of the work that is still ahead of us as &#8220;soul destroying&#8221; because of the response we will get. Even in letterboxing, we&#8217;ve begin to get a taste of it. I walked past a fellow on the street, we exchanged greetings, and I asked him if he&#8217;d like a flyer that I was handing out. His response was, &#8220;It better not be Jesus Christ!&#8221;</p>
<p>We&#8217;re certainly not in the Bible belt anymore. The friendly wave is met with a stare a lot of the time&#8230;and you can tell people want to know what&#8217;s wrong with these crazy Americans. All in all, people have been good to us, and there&#8217;s great work ahead. Tomorrow, Chris is preaching and we&#8217;re teaching the classes before we enjoy a fellowship meal with the entire congregation.</p>
<p>All for now&#8211;have a great night!</p>
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		<title>Church Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the way, here&#8217;s the site of the church in New Plymouth, New Zealand.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, here&#8217;s the site of the <a href="http://www.churchofchrist.org.nz/">church in New Plymouth</a>, New Zealand.</p>
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		<title>Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning! It is 11:10 am on Saturday, June 4 here in NZ. I think that means it is 6:10 pm Friday night for y&#8217;all back in the States. Yesterday was a very good day. We spent most all of the very cold day outside letterboxing. I think our grand total of literature distributed is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good morning! It is 11:10 am on Saturday, June 4 here in NZ. I think that means it is 6:10 pm Friday night for y&#8217;all back in the States.</p>
<p>Yesterday was a very good day. We spent most all of the very cold day outside letterboxing. I think our grand total of literature distributed is already close to 7,000. Yesterday, as we worked, we got caught in two or three hail storms with hail stones just over pea size. Those things stung pretty badly in a nice, driving wind. It is amazing that it will hail hard enough to turn the ground pretty close to white for about 5 minutes&#8230;then just quit and be beautiful and sunny, with a sky full of rainbows. I saw probably 3 different rainbows across yesterday, one that was complete and even had a rainbow &#8220;shadow&#8221; next to it. Gorgeous!</p>
<p>Today is our &#8220;day off.&#8221; We&#8217;re using it to catch up a little on sleep, as we&#8217;re told this is when jet lag is supposed to kick in. We&#8217;re getting ready to teach the kid&#8217;s classes tomorrow. Paavo and I have the 6-10 year olds. That will be interesting&#8230;. I get to preach on Sunday, June 19&#8230;so I&#8217;m very excited about that.</p>
<p>All in all, we&#8217;re having a great time. No injuries or major problems thus far. Today we get to take in some sights and have a great time. Maybe even eat some more kiwis (the fruit, not the bird or the people&#8230;.)</p>
<p>Have a great day!<br />
Matthew</p>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Here, Finally</title>
		<link>http://www.happyhiatt.com/2005/06/02/were-here-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Family &#038; Friends: We&#8217;re in New Zealand, alive and well. You probably heard that our flights were messed up. Our first flight from Memphis to Phoenix was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to LA, and thus, potentially missing our 9:30 flight to Auckland, NZ. Fortunately, we all fit on a later [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Family &#038; Friends:</p>
<p>We&#8217;re in New Zealand, alive and well. You probably heard that our flights were messed up. Our first flight from Memphis to Phoenix was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to LA, and thus, potentially missing our 9:30 flight to Auckland, NZ. Fortunately, we all fit on a later flight to LA and there was virtually no one on a later 11:30 flight to NZ. That meant we had lots of room to sleep and move around. The flights were all a bit on the bumpy side, but our luggage pretty much all arrived on time and everything went well. Angie was delayed because of some problems with her visa, but is in the country now, we think. After arriving in Wellington, our final air destination, we had probably 6 more hours on the road to drive to New Plymouth.</p>
<p>By the way, it is 7:15 here. Compare that with whatever the post clock says central time. We began our first day of work this morning after a good night&#8217;s sleep in our host family. I&#8217;m staying with the Blackman family, along with Paavo. They have been absolutely wonderful, and the New Zealand food isn&#8217;t half bad.</p>
<p>We began this morning, as we will every morning, with a devotional. We are working with evangelist Rod Kyle. After devotion, he leads us in a personal work class, detailing what to expect here in NZ and how to react to situations we have been faced with. We spent most of today letterboxing (leaving flyers in mailboxes&#8211;yes, it&#8217;s legal here). </p>
<p>The country is beautiful&#8211;even when the weather is not. The plus side of the on and off rain during sunshine is the beautiful rainbow that we see so often. It is a gorgeous place, just a little cool, but not too bad. You should<br />
see it. And there are lots and lots of sheep. Our host family has one&#8230;as a pet! Haven&#8217;t eaten any yet&#8230;.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re starting to understand a little bit more of what people are saying, and most of us don&#8217;t flinch&#8230;as much&#8230;when we&#8217;re driving on the other side of the road. We&#8217;ve also picked up a renewed appreciation for mind-numbing puzzles you find in newspapers. We&#8217;re all addicted, and very bad.</p>
<p>Thanks for everything&#8211;our trip is going great. We&#8217;ve certainly been blessed.</p>
<p>Take it easy, I&#8217;ll write when I can&#8230;.. see you in a month!</p>
<p>(By the way, go to the <a href="http://www.sudoku.com">annoying game&#8217;s website&#8230;</a>)</p>
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		<title>New Zealand Itenerary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2005 16:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just so you know, I&#8217;m leaving for New Zealand on Monday. Thanks to Ben and Alison &#038; Mick for putting me up [read: 'putting up with'] before we get out of the country&#8230;and when we get back. Instead of e-mailing people who want to know how the trip is going while I&#8217;m gone, I&#8217;ll be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just so you know, I&#8217;m leaving for New Zealand on Monday. Thanks to Ben and Alison &#038; Mick for putting me up [read: 'putting up with'] before we get out of the country&#8230;and when we get back. Instead of e-mailing people who want to know how the trip is going while I&#8217;m gone, I&#8217;ll be posting updates to this page whenever possible. It&#8217;ll be quicker and easier that way. Thanks for your prayers and support and all that good stuff&#8230; It&#8217;s going to be great!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the itenerary:</p>
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<li>America West Airlines 30 May Memphis Intl -> Phoenix [Sky Harbor Int] 2:20 P     3:43 PM (Local time). HP 6443 Economy. 3:23 Duration. Canadair regional jet 900. </li>
<li>America West Airlines 30 May Phoenix AZ -> Los Angeles CA 4:19 P 5:42 P HP32 1:23 Duration. Airbus Industrie  A319 </li>
<li>Air New Zealand 30 May Los Angeles -> Auckland, NZ 9:30 P 5:15A 01 June. NZ 1. 12:45 duration. Boeing 747-400 </li>
<li>Air New Zealand 01 June Auckland -> Wellington 7:00 AM 8:00 AM NZ405 1:00 duration. Boeing 737-30 </li>
<li><strong>Return</strong>- Air New Zealand 22 June Wellington -> Auckland 5:30P 6:30PM 1:00 Duratoin. NZ464 Boeing 737-300 </li>
<li>Air New Zealand 22 June Auckland-> LA NZ6 7:45PM 12:40PM 11:55 duration. Boeing 747-400 </li>
<li>America West 22 June LA->Phoenix 3:50PM 5:10PM HP30 1:20 Duration. Airbus Industrie A319 </li>
<li>America West 22 June Phoenix->Memphis 6:00PM-10:57PM HP6398 2:57 Duration Canadair Regional Jet 900</li>
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