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Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging today, December 30, 2006, after a fair trail in an Iraqi court, being convicted for the murder of 148 Shiites in 1982. Saddam could have be convicted of many more hideous, vicious crimes which he committed over the decades of cruel tyranny, including the... |
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I have such fond memories of President Gerard R. Ford, our 38th president. He became president when I was becoming an adult, 19 years old. So I was very intellectually aware of politics at that time. I had felt the political turmoil of the Agnew and Nixon "scandales." I was so sad for... |
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James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73. His song "I feel good" virtually became a classic. His music talent got him in a lot of places and in a lot of movies. He was one of the most influential singers, songwriters and produces in music... |
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Natalia is a Belarusian cancer survivor whose life has been touched by God through EuroTeam Outreach. I wrote a story about her for the EuroTeam webpage and I include it here below. She was visiting in Kandern during the Christmas holidays and we had the joy and privilege of having... |
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Merry Christmas! Now that our kids are older, Christmas morning doesn't start so early. When the kids were tiny, they wanted to get up as early as possible, so we made a tradition. At about 7am, Kandee and I would light this special candle in a pretty glass candle holder,... |
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Today is my birthday! On December 24, 1954, my arrival made a lot of very people very merry! I was the first child of Freddie and Ruth Harris and I guess I came as a welcome Christmas present, even though I put my mom in the hospital over Christmas Day. ... |
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Tumnus tells Lucy that Narnia is under the thumb of the White Witch, and then says, "It's she that makes it always winter. Always winter and never Christmas; think of that!" Today is the first day of winter. We have had a mild Fall and it has only been a... |
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Christmas is about family. Our daughter flew in yesterday to be home for Christmas! Now we are ready to really celebrate Christmas with all of our immediate family members together for Christmas. Of course, since we live in Europe, we won’t be able to be with our families of origin,... |
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I want to wish a Happy Chanukah to all of our Jewish friends! The Festival of Lights and the celebration of God's miraculous protection of the Jewish people. I was just thinking this morning of the story of Joseph and how this was another example of how God miraculously protected... |
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Today the ConneXion gave a Christmas gift to the community of Kandern. We made a ConneXion Christmas card, wrote a nice message on it and glued a Christmas Chocolate onto it. Then German youth and a few of us Americans, went out into the streets, we gave the card people... |
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I am really getting tired of seeing floopy, fake Santa Clauses here in Europe. It never fails, the same people each year hang their phony stuffed Santa dummies on their houses or in a tree. They don't even look real. They look stupid! Ridiculous! He's called the Weihnachtsmann in german.I'd say... |
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Life can be dangerous! A growing Christian should have a life of healthy risks. Loving people always involves risk. We risk rejection, ridicule, and ... relationship. Reaching out is necessary in order to have healthy, loving relationships. Our family is getting more and more involved in a local ministry... |
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Today is Pearl Harbor Day! "December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory — so help us God." Franklin D. RooseveltWe pause... |
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Go into all the World! I have worked as a missionary with Greater Europe Mission for almost 25 years now. As you might imagine, I am a great believer in World Missions. Being a full-time missionary is the most meaningful experiences that anybody could have ever have! How can I be so sure of this? Anytime one... |
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1) Kandern - Sharing Christ with German Youth ConneXion Coffeehouse Kandee and I are in our second year of working with the ConneXion. Last year we worked twice a month as “shift leaders,” manning the counter and mixing with the youth. This year, in addition to being shift leaders again,... |
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Philippe Noiret was a great French actor, loved by one and all. He did many, many movies. Maybe some that you have even viewed. He died last Thursday of Cancer at his home on the left bank of Paris. His funeral was today. Jacques Chirac hailed Philippe Noiret as “one of theater’s... |
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This morning Merritt and 5 others got baptized! Needless to say, it was an amazing event for our whole family as well as for Merritt's friends. It was such a moving morning for me. I don't know if you noticed that I was crying through several of the worship songs,... |
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This is the famous "Dracula Castle" in the Transylvania Alps. It is actually called the Bran Castle, named after the mountain village where it is located.This is a team photo at the Bran Castle. ... |
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This one of the busiest and most important weekends of this school year. Tonight at the ConneXion Jungen Cafe, Merritt's two groups are performing: his band named, Too Many Times Fallen (TMTF) and his other band called Nautilus. On Saturday, I have a Board Meeting for Famille Je t'Aime in... |
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Eleanora Cummings and her daughter and son-in-law, NanJoi and Tom, came to visit us and stay the night! What a joy to see them again!! When I was 26 years old, not yet married but courting Kandee, I first met Hubert and Eleanora Cummings. Kandee was working with a girls... |
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