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	<title>India Trip (Summer 07)</title>
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	<description>The journal of St. Andrew\'s Church visit to India</description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Sangita Orphanage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In November when Vikki and I were in India we filmed the little orphans wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.  They had been learning the songs in english for their Christmas party.  
Sangita Orphanage 
Merry Christmas and thank you to everyone for supporting the projects in India this year.  
Rae x
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		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/12/26/merry-christmas-from-sangita-orphanage/</link>
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		<title>Building Approvals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good News&#8230;  Paul and Grace have been given approval to go ahead with building the orphanage.  This is an email from Grace:
&#8220;All glory and honour to our God&#8230;&#8230;We  got the government approvals to build our own orphanage.
For the past one year we have been struggling and fighting all odds to get government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/12/20/building-approvals/</link>
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		<title>Special Needs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Sangita there are a couple of children who have special needs.  They are 7 years old and whilst their peer group are going to pre school they have to stay home with the younger children because their special needs.  This is a litle bit about one girl called Nagama&#8230;
Nagama 
She&#8217;s been at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/12/03/special-needs/</link>
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		<title>Warm Hearts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kind hearted people from Bo&#8217;ness have been donating money so that Mount Zion Church in India could buy blankets for the people who live in the leprosy colony.  There are a few leprosy colonies in Tamil Nadu but Mount Zion church has been working in this particular one, providing regular food and spiritual sustenance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/12/03/warm-hearts/</link>
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		<title>In Motion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a wee video about the 2 abandoned widows that Vikki talked about in her post entitled &#8220;The Village People&#8221;.    
Destitute Widows Movie 
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		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/in-motion/</link>
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		<title>Animal Antics</title>
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The first afternoon we arrived at the orphanage we got the children to make animal masks we brought with us from Scotland.  
There were Zebras, Lions, Tigers, elephants, Giraffes and plenty of little monkeys. 
 
Each child took their turn to make a mask, the wee’er children got the easier masks to make whilst the older ones [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/animal-antics/</link>
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		<title>Back to School</title>
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It seemed an innocent discussion with Rae about where she had visited on her previous trip, a mention of Kennedy School sent Captain Thacker into a frenzy.  Within half an hour Kennedy from Kennedy school had joined us for lunch and a visit to the school arranged for the following week.
 
Like “Royalty” I have heard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/back-to-school/</link>
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		<title>The Village People</title>
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One afternoon we visited 3 of the villages where some of the now 225 widows come from there are around 6 villages in total.  The villages surround the land where the new orphanage will be built.  Grace told us the numbers increase monthly there were only 125 the last time Rae was here.  Word is traveling fast.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/the-village-people/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;ABC, easy as 123&#8243;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[25 of the older children are now in pre school. Fundraising by Carrongrange School has helped to facilitate this.  Each weekday morning the older children are all washed and smartly dressed in their school uniform, with socks and shoes, ready for school.  (The older children are mostly 5 years old but there are a couple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/112/</link>
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		<title>Sotrum - Praise the Lord</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been very encouraged by the faith of everyone we meet in India.  &#8221;Praise the Lord&#8221; &#8220;Alleluia&#8221; However, I do understand why they insist on praying each time they get in their cars! Every evening once the children have been put to bed the resident women gather for prayer, worship and bible study.  We had the privilege of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.standonline.org.uk/india/2007/11/28/sotrum-praise-the-lord/</link>
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