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		<title>The Missionary Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got a call from a family who arrived this week to adopt three teenage sisters, ages 13, 14, and 15. [I'll pause a second to give you a chance to fully grasp what that means for their lives...] While this couple has been here before on short-term mission trips, they left the rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sewing classes for 21 women</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father-in-law likes to say that many of the people we meet in Nicaragua need the two j&#8217;s&#8230; Jesus and jobs. This week, I got to see just how life-changing the combination of those two can be. As you might recall from my previous blog post, some missionaries come to Nicaragua to help start churches. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready, Set&#8230; Wait.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of April, I posted a lot about how we decided to stay another year in Nicaragua and start a new project supporting families traveling here to adopt orphans. I was excited, energized, and ready to tackle any and all obstacles that might stand in our way. And then life happened. Since we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stolen documents and lost innocence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, there was a missionary family living in a faraway land. The family had many faithful supporters in their home kingdom, and it was through the generous gifts of those friends that they were able to live and work in their new home for many years. And then one day, the family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All last week I shared with you about what we believe God wants us to do with the rest of our time here in Nicaragua. Here&#8217;s a recap of those posts before we move on: We decided to stay longer We felt God finally putting a real purpose to our time here We set the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laura&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been talking about the need for some sort of adoption care ministry here in Nicaragua. I asked our friend, Laura, to write about her family&#8217;s experience adopting a child from Nicaragua last year. The rest of this post is from Laura: Our family recently finalized the adoption of our now 10 month old son.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Adoption Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post described our interested in working with adoption care here in Nicaragua. Let me take some time to explain why this issue is so important. Most of you know we were foster parents in Maryland before moving here. But did you know we looked into adopting from Nicaragua before we chose foster care? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I shared how we have decided to stay longer in Nicaragua. Many friends commented that the choice was inevitable, and while there was a large percentage of me that wondered from the very start, I can honestly say we wavered often, sometimes hourly. Nevertheless, we felt a very strong pull to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another year</title>
		<link>http://wendywillard.com/blog/2013/another-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s April 1. Some call it April Fools Day, but around our house it is fast becoming the Day of Decision. Last year, we used the April 1st deadline to decide whether to spend a year in Nicaragua. This year, it was the same day, and the same question. Do we spend a(nother) year here? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shrinking Want List</title>
		<link>http://wendywillard.com/blog/2013/the-shrinking-want-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicaragua]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When our first visitor arrived back in October, you can&#8217;t imagine the excitement we felt! Sure we were thrilled to see a friendly face from home, but oh the STUFF he brought us!!! An entire suitcase filled with all sorts of treasures from home&#8230; our favorite snacks and seasonings, some electronics we couldn&#8217;t find here, [...]]]></description>
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