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<title><![CDATA[Juliet's Story]]></title>
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My names are Juliet Wakhu Opisa. I have one father and  one mother. Our family consists of five children- four girls and one  boy.
I was born on November 1st 1996 in our urban  area. I have stayed there since I was born until 2004 when I was still…]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Gang is Growing ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The gang is growing…When you hear the word “gang”, what goes through your mind? A gang typically isunited around a common identity, and seeking a sense of belonging to somethingbigger than themselves that can take them further than…]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Joan's Story]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[
My names are Joan Adhiambo.  I am 16 years old. I live in  Kibera Slum with both my older sister, whose name is Dorothy, and her  children. I have three brothers and three sisters. Some are jobless. I  love them so much because they are all Go…]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Serious Stuff (Graphic Story)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[
June 27, 2010
Rotting flesh has a very distinct odor to it. It is not at all pleasant yet easily recognized. Those with a low tolerance to pungent smells
would most likely have to fight gagging at this powerful odor. I have noticed that there is …]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[God is Great and We Need Him]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[
Monday, June 28, 2010 (from my journal)
The call to prayer sounds this evening from a nearby mosque, echoing   over Nairobi, droning over and over again, “God is great,” and  so He is.
And  I respond to the call to prayer – not …]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Regan to Kibera]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I met Candice Kaiser, a high school science teacher, in Kibera, a  slum of Nairobi, last summer. We spent roughly a month together in  Tanzania. Many nights we stayed up talking and dreaming (by candlelight…  no power!) about the things we wan…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/41/Regan%20to%20Kibera</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Both Ends of the Spectrum]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend or Co-laborer,
This evangelism  ministry for reaching the out of school youth (OSY) of Mexico will put  you on an emotional roller coaster and near the front lines of some very  real spiritual warfare.   I often receive requests for…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/42/Both%20Ends%20of%20the%20Spectrum</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Letter from our Partner in Jinja ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dear Members,
 
After many days of preparation, planning and praying  we can happily say, 'Mission accomplished.'
 
At last the medical outreach has come to an end. We  had to give in some extra six hours on an extra day. Thanks to the …]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/44/Letter%20from%20our%20Partner%20in%20Jinja%20</link>
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<title><![CDATA[200 Pesos: The Story of One Out of School Youth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["but I will miss work and a chance to make $200 pesos"  Those were his words and his excuse not to get on the bus.  The bus was headed for OSY camp #8 in Tierra Alta, Morelos, Mexico.  He knew no one on the bus.  All he knew is th…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/45/200%20Pesos%20The%20Story%20of%20One%20Out%20of%20School%20Youth</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Who in the World is it and What is He doing?  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Each OSY camp includes 2 hours of extreme games.  These are not like your typical summer  camp games of basketball or soccer.  When you have 100 - 150 on  each team you cannot play "normal" games.
 
We try to design games that are fa…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/46/Who%20in%20the%20World%20is%20it%20and%20What%20is%20He%20doing?%20%20</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Liliana's Story]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THE CHAIN THAT TIED HER TO THE LIFE SHE KNEW- her mother was abused by her alcoholic father. She witnessed her father’s hands beat all over her mother’s body. “I can still remember him holding her by the neck against the wall, her h…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/47/Lilianas%20Story</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Dario's Story]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dario is a little boy who lives in an orange cottage with about eight other special needs children. He attends school at a place called the Sonshine School in Arad, Romania. Dario is now a happy little boy who loves to swing, play with his housemates…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/48/Darios%20Story</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Madalina has a Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Madalina is 9 years old (5.25.2000).  Abandoned and suffering from  emotional and physical disability she was a little waif when she arrived  at Darius House two years ago. Underweight and unable to speak,  Madalina was fearful and unable to interact…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/49/Madalina%20has%20a%20Home</link>
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<title><![CDATA[RCE's Poverty Prevention at Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When RCE stepped in to help this family in 2000 they were literally  ‘poor and oppressed’. Disaster not only loomed it had arrived. Three  little children were going hungry and cold – and suffered dangerous rat  bites at night. Peop…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/50/RCEs%20Poverty%20Prevention%20at%20Work</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Redemption for All]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A week ago we were told, by Pastor Greg Lyons, about the changes that Jesus is making in the lives of young people in Manila, Philippines. Here are two of their stories
Pastor Greg told us about a man who helps out at the Highlands Camp. This man br…]]></description>
<link>http://www.elevareinternational.com/stories/51/Redemption%20for%20All</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Baylor Wind Ensemble Bio]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Baylor University Wind Ensemble, organized in 1972, is guided by a philosophythat seeks to expose its students and audiences to the highest quality music written oradapted for wind instruments. The repertoire represents diverse periods of music h…]]></description>
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