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	<title>Rob and Heather Blanks MOZAMBIQUE</title>
	<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com</link>
	<description>"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth"  Psalm 46:10</description>
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		<title>Men Holding Hands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the new cultural aspects we are learning is the significance of physical contact within relationships here in Mozambique.  Specifically, I don&#8217;t think we have ever seen husbands and wives holding hands publicly, but men holding hands is common.  Holding hands between men indicates relational intimacy, communicating warmth and sincerity within the relationship.  As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2010/07/06/men-holding-hands/</link>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prayer Warriors, Thank you for your prayers over the past weeks.  God is using them to sustain us.  WE CANNOT overstate the importance of your prayer in our lives. Recently we have become more convinced than ever that we are fighting a battle of spiritual darkness, not physical, and the evil one and his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2010/06/29/update/</link>
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		<title>Two Weeks and Counting!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Partners, Please thank God with us that our monthly support is complete!!! We still need around $4,000 in start up money for our vehicle. Recently our children got to meet Rodger Schmidt.  Our children have already taken to him and we are excited for them to meet Lynne, Andrew, and Stephen.  We are so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/09/23/two-weeks-and-counting/</link>
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		<title>Plane Tickets, Visas, and Shipping Containers&#8211;OH MY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ministry Partners, We have our plane tickets purchased, the applications for our visas are submitted, and our shipment container arrangements are underway! We are at 98% of pledged monthly support registered with WorldVenture.  Praise God!!  This means we only need $160 more per month! We are at 92% of our start up cost money! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/08/25/plane-tickets-visas-and-shipping-containers-oh-my/</link>
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		<title>let us sing&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pastor friend of mine, Eric Schumacher, and a friend of his, David Ward, just published a song/hymn on missions.  Eric wrote the lyrics and David did the music.   Listen to it here, worship, and meditate on its depth of content.   Go and Send and Pray David Ward and Eric Schmacher   Lyrics: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/05/05/let-us-sing/</link>
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		<title>Back from Mozambique!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am back from my short trip to Mozambique!  It was a mind blowing thirteen days!  Thank you for your prayer!  I would love to share more about the trip with you.  Please email me for that information.  Thanks!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/05/04/back-from-mozambique/</link>
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		<title>Why Go to Africa?  Why Do Cross Cultural Missions?  Take 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we found a thought-provoking answer to that question from no one less than an atheist:  Matthew Parris in “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God: Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem&#8211;the crushing passivity of the people’s mindset.” (see article) It is indeed striking to hear an atheist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/04/03/why-go-to-africa-why-do-cross-cultural-missions-take-1/</link>
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		<title>Mozambican Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Enjoy this worship clip of our Mozambican brothers and sisters in Christ.  This video was taken on our vision trip to Mozambique in September of 2007.  Boy can they sing! This special anniversary service in the capital city of Maputo is much more formal in nature compared with most others you would find in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/03/11/mozambican-worship/</link>
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		<title>A Thousand Elsewhere&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere is exactly where we&#8217;ve been as of late. Where is elsewhere, you may ask? The dictionary simply says it is some other place. Our other places seem to be getting more complicated these days. We have spent this past year as missionary appointees. A fellow appointee calls us the &#8220;wannabees.&#8221; We want to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/02/27/a-thousand-elsewhere/</link>
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		<title>Pick Up a Paint Brush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God has blessed me with a great part time job working for John Carvey with Integrity Painting.  John Carvey is a gracious Christian man.  He grew up on the mission field himself (his parents were WorldVenture missionaries in the Philippines) and is excited about what God is doing in Mozambique.  This job will allow me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.robandheatherblanks.com/2009/02/21/pick-up-a-paint-brush/</link>
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