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	<itunes:subtitle>Awestruck Ministries Podcast features the teaching and preaching of Ben Birdsong and also contains other contributions from Awestruck Band and other members of the Awestruck Ministry team.  Awestruck Ministries exists to make famous the name of Jesu[...]</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was bittersweet to leave the Dominican Republic.  It was sad because I would be leaving Brad and his team, who I have really had an opportunity to get to know over the last few weeks.  It was sweet because I am ready to be home to friends, family, and my students! Saturday ended up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 16</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been the first day that I have not had many activities planned.  It was nice to be able to spend some time catching up with Brad and on sleep.   This trip has been amazing but extremely busy.  It was nice to be able to relax. Tonight, we went to Sosua, which is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 15</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Emily was not as bad as I had imagined it being last night.  There were just some strong winds early this morning.  There has not been power at Brad’s house for most of the day.  One thing that they do in the Dominican Republic is that they have selected blackouts in certain communities.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 14</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been a day to experience the cultural differences of life in the Dominican Republic.  Brad’s project for the day was to work on getting paperwork and necessary items completed so that he can go with one of his team members to the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo to apply for a visa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 13</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I preached at another pastor from the pastors’ conference’s church.  Pastor Ricardo’s church is a Reformed church that is located in the community where the first Jurassic Park movie was filmed.  I really enjoyed the service.  It was great to see a congregation that is passionate about worship.  God moved powerfully through the message!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 12</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a laid back day.  I got to spend my day with a team from Louisiana, who is here to do an evangelistic baseball camp in two different communities.  We began the day by going to visit the food and souvenir markets.  It is interesting to me how different the food market was to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 11</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I had the opportunity to preach at two different churches.  It is Father’s Day here in the Dominican Republic.  I am preaching on Luke 15 and the story of the prodigal son.  It is a blessing to point people to the perfect Heavenly Father in the midst of a culture with paternal absence.  On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 10</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second day of the pastors’ conference went well like the first.  The day began with a session on the importance of dependence on the Holy Spirit in the Christian life and ministry.  This was grounded in John 15 where Jesus gives the parable of the vine and the branches. This was a great session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has been a day of final preparation for the pastors’ conference, which starts tonight.  I spent the majority of the morning working on writing session transcripts.  It is difficult because I am not very familiar with the cultural context and cannot picture in my head how it is going to work. I had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic Trip- Day 8 (Compassion International Trip)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the most amazing day of my trip so far!  I was able to go and visit Benjamin, the 17-year-old student that I have been sponsoring through Compassion International for the last two years.  It is really difficult to put the experience into words, but I will try. The day began with an early, [...]]]></description>
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