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		<title>ryan haack- how to survive being stared at</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime ago, I came across a blog by Ryan Haack entitled, &#8220;Ryan Does Stuff.&#8221; &#160;I love Ryan&#8217;s perspective on life and knew that his writing would encourage many others. So, let me introduce to you, Ryan Haack and share his blog that first caught my attention: I&#8217;m Ryan. I&#8217;m a husband, a father, a pastor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>chrissy- it could happen to you</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I met a friend of mine, Catherine and her daughter, Chrissy through Joni and Friends Family Retreats. Catherine is taking an online class and her classroom discussions are done via conversations online. The whole class can read and respond to anything another has said. Everyone responds to whatever topic is posted by an individual in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>jonathan- a little extra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February of 2010 on Season 9 of American Idol, it was hard to miss a young, 16 year old contestant with an incredible spark. But the moments when that spark really lit up was when Maddy Curtis spoke about her family. Maddy is from a family of 12 and has 4 brothers with Down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>rebekah-from prison of pain to pulpit of praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Have you met Rebekah?&#8221; asked one of the campers to another. &#8220;Oh my gosh, have you seen her smile?&#8221; was the reply. During the first 24 hours of our Joni and Friends Family Retreat in Oregon this past August, the whispers continued to spread. &#8220;Isn&#8217;t she beautiful?!&#8221; &#8220;You can see the love of Jesus just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Rocks Family Retreat-for such a time as this</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cars began arriving to the cheers of the awaiting crowd of volunteers, also known as Short Term Missionaries or STMs. Each family who drove into the conference center was coming for five days of rest, refreshment and restoration. Each person who had a disability as well as young children would be given an STM, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kyla-chosen to be my daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[submitted by Kyla&#8217;s mother, Timi Kyla is my daughter. At 3 months old, she was diagnosed with 8P- Syndrome (A rare chromosomal disorder involving deletion of the short arm (p) of chromosome 8 resulting in various abnormalities), with a deletion designation of 23.1. Kyla was born with a congenital heart defect of a complete atrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>zachary-loved for who he is</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single mom with a three year old daughter, having to flee an abusive husband, staying with a family from her church, no money, no bank account, no education, no job, how could a baby with Down Syndrome be a blessing? One of the most influential people who the Lord brought into my life was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Hears God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Cheryl and Rob were getting ready to leave the hospital with their brand new baby boy, the social worker’s words came as quite a shock, “I’m so glad you want to take him home.” In their late 30’s, they had been extremely excited about the birth of their first child. Not even wanting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Miraculous Story of Charlie Wedemeyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in high school, the coach of one of our top rival high school football teams, Los Gatos High, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease. When our marching band would head out to the field, we would go past the golf cart that Charlie began using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories of Hope and New Life from Across the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve recently learned about an organization called, “Partners International” which partners with many missionary minded ministries, some of which happen to work with people with disabilities. They sent me these two stories to share with our iamviable readers. For safety reasons, names have been changed and locations undisclosed. I am so excited to get our [...]]]></description>
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