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		<title>through christina- a special mother is born</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time came for little Christina Maria’s arrival. At her birth, the delivery room fell deathly silent. Alarmed, I glanced over at the pink, wriggling baby in the isolette, and asked “What’s the problem?” The doctor didn’t respond. Francisco tried to tell me in Spanish that Christina was a “mongolita” (Spanish for Mongoloid), but I didn’t understand. So, on the way to my room, the nurses circled my gurney and said, “We regret to tell you that this child has symptoms consistent with Down Syndrome.”]]></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>&#8220;More Alike than Different&#8221; Down Syndrome Becoming Up Syndrome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video speaks for itself&#8230;]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
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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>Love Came Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Karas Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Johnson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a seat down near the front of the auditorium with my friend Chad next to me, sitting in his wheelchair, a paraplegic due to the complications of spina bifida, I had called him the day before and asked if he would like to come to this healing conference. I know Chad well enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>robert-seen as a gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor- I had an incredible opportunity to interview an amazing young man on the phone!  Once again, a friend posted a video on facebook which was wonderful!  It was of Robert Pio Hajjar, speaking to a crowd in a large auditorium.  Robert was animated, full of life, dancing on the stage, arms raised and clapping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sent from above</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Karas Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Down Syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eyes slightly slanted, short fingers and toes, a little round tummy and cute, button nose, this baby, this child who others might say, &#8220;So sorry this happened to you on this day,&#8221; but our Father, our Maker, designed you with care, every one of your features, each single hair. &#8220;A reflection you&#8217;ll be of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>deby hergenrader-breaking barriers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Down Syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresno]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, Break the Barriers came to perform at Joni and Friends Family Retreat at Mission Springs, CA.  Deby Hergenrader had previously served at camp for many years as the Short Term Missionary Coordinator, bringing groups of young people from her gym in Fresno, CA volunteering to serve as Short Term Missionaries (STMs), working one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Father of a Baby with Down Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dearest Father of a Baby with Down Syndrome, I saw you go forward, holding your baby son as the pastor at church asked those with permanent conditions who needed healing to come forward. I wondered what it was that you prayed for. Perhaps he has a heart condition as kids born with Down Syndrome quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>freddie loves to worship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This last summer at camp, had by far been one of my favorites.   The Lord had begun a shift in my thinking which had began nearly eight months before.  At the Joni and Friends Retreat Forum, where staff come together to begin brain storming for the next year, someone mentioned what a mother had said [...]]]></description>
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