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		<title>A Barefoot Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luke, our 3-year-old, is always the first of the kids to get up in the morning. He stumbles out of the room hugging his stuffed puppy with his eyes half closed, his hair ruffled up and his little feet making a quiet ‘pat – pat – pat’ on the hallway tiles. July is the middle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=396&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Hopefully Not Too Long Update of the Last 5 Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 19:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many changes have occurred since we returned home the end of December. Within the first 4 weeks home: - the senior pastor was caught in sin and has been forced to resign - Steve was made an elder - Steve is acting Dean of Administration at the seminary - we inherited the former pastors home [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=369&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the tears began to fall&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one to cry often.  I was awakened at 3:00 this morning by Luke (a nearly nightly occurrence since arriving home in Africa a week ago).  As I laid in bed trying to get back to sleep, the tears began to fall for the first time since leaving Stephen and Kimberly in California last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=367&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter From Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“THEY ASKED ME A QUESTION IF I AM WITH THEM OR THE BIBLE” Greetings everyone from the Plodinec family.  We are still in LA, but, Lord willing, we will be heading back to South Africa on Dec. 27th.  Daily I am burrowed into the Master’s Seminary library feverishly writing syllabi for my classes next year. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=357&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching Must Be Better &#8211; Writing Syllabi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently (Oct.-Dec., 2010) in LA. Lord willing, we head back to South Africa on Dec. 27, 2010. While here, I am feverishly writing syllabi for my classes and am today working on one for a preaching class.  I thought you might like what I say on the first page of the syllabus, here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=354&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon preached by Steve on Oct. 3, 2010</title>
		<link>http://plodblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/sermon-oct-3-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I preached at Mainstream, a Grace Community Church fellowship group of around 250 people, on October 3. The title of the message is &#8220;The Weak and The Strong, or, A Warning to Those Who Think They Are Right.&#8221; The text is Romans 14:1-15:7. If you are interested, here is the link to the message: The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=344&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Crazy Year on Furlough &#8211; A Mom&#8217;s View</title>
		<link>http://plodblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/crazy-year-moms-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Karen!  These past 12 months have been such a wild ride, I&#8217;m still trying to process it all. Instead of coming to the States from our home in South Africa in December &#8217;09 as planned, I (along with Timothy [then 17] and Luke [then 2]) left hurriedly at the end of September to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=309&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missions Conference</title>
		<link>http://plodblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/missions-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every other year, our missions agency holds a week-long conference for all its missionaries from around the world. The most recent one was just held in Oxnard, CA over August 15-21. The theme of the conference this year was marriage, but there were plenty of activities for all ages. Catherine, Michael, and Luke had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=296&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A few pictures of the past couple months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again! We are currently in Minnesota with pastor Bob Glenn at Redeemer Bible Church. It&#8217;s been a long but productive several weeks since the last post. We have been in the northeast, based at our home church Grace Bible Church in Wappingers Falls, New York. Here are a few pictures of the fun times!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=282&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Northeast</title>
		<link>http://plodblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/in-the-northeast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 19:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life has been a whirlwind the last few weeks. We were in Florida for a couple of weeks at two different churches and visiting with friends and family, and enjoying the summer weather and beautiful beaches. We drove up the east coast last week, ending up in Maryland with some dear friends for Mothers Day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plodblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=294028&amp;post=278&amp;subd=plodblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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