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	<title>following the LEADER</title>
	<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net</link>
	<description>updates from the journey of Dave, Hope, Samuel, Nathaniel and Caleb</description>
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		<title>N is for Nata</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, when we brought the boys to school, Nathaniel was in need of a back pack.  He has this one with his name on it, just like his brothers.  But we left it in VA not realizing he would be in school.
So, as we headed back to a quiet house, I had Nata boy on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1251</link>
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		<title>back to school</title>
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It&#8217;s back to school time all around the world, and our children are no different.

Our boys didn&#8217;t have much of a break.  Their last day of summer classes was Friday.

Today felt just as celebratory as it would with months of vacation, however, because&#8230; much to Sam&#8217;s delight&#8230; he started today with a new teacher in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1241</link>
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		<title>Hi HO cherry-O!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

check out Sam&#8217;s left hand in this next one.


Nata is trying to help, but it&#8217;s not his turn.




my 5 kids.  It&#8217;s going to be a fun school year!

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		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1230</link>
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		<title>life is good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nata wore this shirt yesterday.  As I took it out of the closet, I read those words and thought to myself, &#8220;yes, it is!&#8221;

dirty shirt = fun times
So much is going on here; I don&#8217;t even know quite where to start.
Our new daughters, Amber and Ashley Teague, arrived last week.  Sunday morning we said a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1222</link>
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		<title>more of the same</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and family,
Hello.  Just checking in with our littlest bits of news.  More of the same around here as of late.
I spent this moment with our friends in Kora Tegui.  Thought a few of you might enjoy these pictures of my latest do&#8230;

All of these pictures were taken by my friend Yacouba.  He&#8217;s one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1211</link>
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		<title>eight years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight years ago this week we were all ready and excited.

I&#8217;ve been thinking tonight about why I&#8217;m so glad I married Dave.  Thinking about why I would do it all again in heart beat.  Here are just a few&#8230;.
State Vacations: an idea that started our first year of marriage and has been successfully continued for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1196</link>
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		<title>butterflies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the rainy season in Niger and that means bugs.  Plenty of them.  Last night I was putting the boys&#8217; toys away and I pulled a wicker basket out from under Caleb&#8217;s changing table.  Termites had eaten through the basket and made a mound up the wall behind the table.  YUCK.
The lizards have been hanging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1178</link>
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		<title>sew sweet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been reading this blog for a while now, there&#8217;s something you know about me.  I really. love. to sew.  Really, I do.  That&#8217;s why this post is so near and dear to my heart.
These sweet girls are being taught by our friend Ali all things related to couture. (basically, here, couture is everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1165</link>
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		<title>building a table (and building young men)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is our friend Pierre.  He is the carpenter who built the new cabinets in our kitchen.  He goes to the Koura Kano church, and is volunteering to teach carpentry at the orphanage.  It&#8217;s amazing to witness what is happening with these boys as they learn a skill that they view as valuable and respectable.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1148</link>
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		<title>like bees to honey</title>
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Caleb had quite the cultural experience this week becoming acquainted with all of our friends at the Good Samaritan Orphanage.  He was just as delighted as they were.  Isn&#8217;t always a joy to know and love each other?  We thought so.
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		<link>http://daveandhope.thejohanssons.net/?p=1136</link>
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