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Hand of Hope

Posted in In the News, Lets Change our World, tagged , , , , on September 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

On their site, (in)courage asked, What Hope looks like in our lives.  I was going to sit this one out, but then I received the following email from my aunt with a story that I could not NOT write about.  Even though I have no connection whatsoever to these people, THIS is what HOPE looks [...]

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Sudanese Refugees Update

Posted in In the News, Life on the Outside, tagged , , , on August 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have been writing about my work with the Sudanese Refugees, and the problems they have been encountering with the government. (I also mentioned it in last month’s newsletter as a prayer request.)  Their status in TA has been big news the past few weeks here as well, even making it to the front page [...]

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TII #3: Snake Robot

Posted in In the News, TII, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »

When you are a tiny country, completely surrounded by enemies who want nothing more than to wipe you off the map, you have to come up with BRILLIANT ideas such as this…

Its a robot snake, able to get images from areas where human soldiers cannot reach. Awesome!
UPDATE:
It seems as though the [...]

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Inside The Hamas

Posted in In the News, tagged , , , , , , on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This morning the war took another dramatic turn, as terrorists from Lebanon have joined in against Israel.  Now we have rockets coming at us from the south (Hamas) and the north (possibly Hizbullah).  Yet, I am still amazed at the response protesters are showing against Israel! Fox News recently reported an inside look into the [...]

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Reality Check

Posted in In the News, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I am sitting here, watching the news on TV, with all the coverage of the Israeli ground troops entering Gaza as I type: not only on the Israeli channels, but literally EVERY news channel from all around the world.  It’s starting to sink in that I am only 1 1/2 hours away from what is [...]

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In the news…

Posted in In the News, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Today we were rocked with news of a huge catastrophe in Eilat (a city at the southernmost point of the country).  A huge tourist bus tumbled into a ravine killing 25 Russian travel agents and injuring many more.  The rumors on the street is that there were 2 busses involved, and they were each trying [...]

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