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Meet the Marpins: Roundup: Fruit, War, Darkness, & Why I Love Living Here, Parts 5 and 6
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Roundup: Fruit, War, Darkness, and Why I Love Living Here, Parts 5 and 6. Heglig, with Paanthou. 1 The fruit behind the rhetoric:. Heglig is the Arabic name for the lalob. Whose scientific name is balanites aegyptiaca. The fruit is bittersweet, and is often mixed with a sweet porridge for dessert, some of which my coworker ordered at lunch today. 2 The Ministry of Darkness:. Photos from wikiped...
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Meet the Marpins: November 2011
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. But my name is easy! Last week, I was reminded again just what a strange alien name I have. I called one of my organization's drivers and asked him if he could take me somewhere. He agreed so I came outside and found him sitting there, looking at me blankly. Me: Are you ready to go? Me: To . Don't you remember? I just called you a second ago. Him: Oh, I didn't know that was you. To Christianit...
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Meet the Marpins: April 2012
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Monday, April 30, 2012. Have you all seen this? Declares State of Emergency as Clashes Continue. I don’t really have much more to say about that. A friend wrote me an email to ask what people here were saying about the conflict, so let me just copy and paste part of my response to give you an idea of what we are seeing and hearing here:. Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Heglig, with Paanthou. 1 The fruit behind the rhetoric:.
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Meet the Marpins: News Round-up
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Thursday, May 3, 2012. Well, we are hearing from our friends that finally they are starting to see news about South Sudan in their home newspapers. It is making me think of the Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Here is what is happening between South Sudan and Sudan this week:. UN Threatens Sanctions Against Sudan and South Sudan. Sudan says it pumping oil from Heglig field. Sadly, this article is not a...
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Meet the Marpins: Longing
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Wednesday, May 2, 2012. There is a beautiful song by Andrew Peterson called “After the Last Tear Falls,” which I was listening to today. Here are a few of the lyrics:. After the last tear falls. After the last secret’s told. After the last bullet tears through flesh and bone. After the last child starves. And the last girl walks the boulevard. After the last year that’s just too hard. Love, love, love. The Church in DC.
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Meet the Marpins: December 2011
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Sunday, December 18, 2011. We are coming up on the end of one year in…well, when we arrived it was Sudan, and we had no friends. Now it’s the Republic of South Sudan, and we have both lovely friends and a wide variety of answered-prayer stories. Needless to say, a lot has happened. Stephanie and I arrived just in time to witness the. Historic referendum on Southern independence from Sudan. 98.83% of voters wanted. Where ...
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Meet the Marpins: January 2012
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. 8220;We have done this to you because you have done it to us.”. Graffiti in the destroyed town of Likuangole. Some of you may have seen news reports about the horrific violence happening in Jonglei State. And yet, I recognize the weakness of the “Why can’t we all just get along? The way things are is not the way things have to be. Photo from the Washington Post.com. Monday, January 30, 2012.
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Meet the Marpins: One More
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Sunday, May 6, 2012. Okay, I know my last post was all news articles, but you should read this one. Too, about the dangers of displaced children in South Sudan being drafted into the war as child soldiers. Because it is already happening and needs many prayers. Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters of children on their way to Yida refugee camp. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Leaving on a jet plane. ASAP Africa Blog Page.
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Meet the Marpins: August 2011
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Why I Love Living Here, Part 2. My job. I love working with South Sudanese organizations and, even when it is hard, I feel so lucky to be trusted with these responsibilities! Tuesday, August 30, 2011. John and I live on my organization's compound, so we have a private bathroom and bedroom, but share a kitchen and living room type outdoor space. So let me show you our room! Happy Birthday, John!
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Meet the Marpins: February 2012
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John and Stephanie discuss life and work as newlyweds in the world's newest country. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Dressing for "the Field". Last week I traveled to Kuajok in Warrap State to visit some of our grantees. While there, I met with two wonderful and insightful leaders of a women’s association. At the end of the meeting, my co-worker suggested we take a picture together and I protested, “Oh, but I’m not dressed nearly as nicely as these ladies are! Knows what I’m talking about. The Story of HIV.
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