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	<title>Ric and Sharon Bruce &#187; News Article</title>
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	<description>On a journey with you to Thailand</description>
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		<title>Trip to the Philippines</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/04/04/trip-to-the-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=4022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharon and I just returned yesterday from a short trip to the Philippines to visit friends from our home church working there. We were sent as representatives of Trinity Church to encourage David and Vanessa and to get a first-hand perspective of what their lives are like. It was an incredible trip for a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/03/14/popes-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pope has been my friend since the day I met him a year ago. When we first met he flung an arm around my waist, patted my stomach and told me I was fat. That&#8217;s true love. He&#8217;s always bursting with energy and bubbling with joy so I was shocked when I heard his life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy to the World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/19/joy-to-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/19/joy-to-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we visited our Thai church&#8217;s sister church in Turtle Mountain (Doi Tao) Thailand. Though there are not many members the church was very warm and welcoming. It was a joy to join them for their annual Christmas celebration. Here they are singing Joy to the World in Thai.]]></description>
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		<title>Interviews are Completed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/06/interviews-are-completed/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/06/interviews-are-completed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After hours and hours interviewing dozens of people (sometimes multiple times) our friends are likely quite sick of us. On the plus side we now have several hours of raw language data from multiple speakers.  Our goal is to now organize all that data, write it out in Thai and then speak it back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/02/flood-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/02/flood-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The water has gone down in our area and is now wreaking havok in suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand&#8217;s capital city. This year&#8217;s floods are the worst in 50 years and there are a lot of people that have lost everything as a result of this slow moving disaster. Some incredible photos at The Big Picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Car</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/01/buying-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/01/buying-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re buying a 1995 Nissan Cefiro with low miles from a good friend. At first we didn&#8217;t want to buy a car because trucks are generally tougher, safer and a better value but this car fell into our laps and after driving it for a few days we fell in love with it. It&#8217;s probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clouds Over Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/10/10/clouds-over-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/10/10/clouds-over-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the worst flooding Thailand has experienced since 1942. Though our yard flooded for a few days we actually got off a lot easier than many people in Thailand who lost businesses, vehicles, homes, and even loved ones. Please pray for Thailand and for the ongoing flooding in Bangkok and the surrounding areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Year in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/10/05/one-year-in-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/10/05/one-year-in-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first anniversary of our adventure in Thailand. That doesn&#8217;t mean we did anything great&#8230; we&#8217;re pretty sure anyone could live in this beautiful country for a year. This first year is really YOUR victory and something you can be proud of. Without your continued prayers, interest and support this journey would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandma Tong</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/09/21/grandma-tong/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/09/21/grandma-tong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Grandma Tong passed away. She was 96 years old. Having lived a long, full life it is believed she will go to heaven for as long as her accumulated merit will allow her to stay there. She will then enter the next life re-born in some other form, working hard there to earn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thai Grammar Workshop</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/09/15/thai-grammar-worksho/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/09/15/thai-grammar-worksho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I knew it would be long week when Martin opened Monday with, &#8220;Thai uses &#8216;Topic-Comment&#8217; sentence constructions rather than the &#8216;Subject-Verb&#8217; formats we&#8217;re used to in English .&#8221; For the past five days we&#8217;ve been meeting with three other missionary families in all-day grammar workshop sessions. We&#8217;ve been learning about things like discourse analysis, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Stay in the Hospital</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/30/short-stay-in-the-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/30/short-stay-in-the-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharon appears to have gotten over a short bout with mild food poisoning after two nights in the hospital. We went into a local clinic on Monday because Sharon had a low fever and a racing pulse. The doctor decided to keep her in the hospital for a few nights to monitor her after he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Moving</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/28/were-moving/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/28/were-moving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing weighing heavily on our minds is an upcoming move next month. Our current one year contract is expiring October 1st and we&#8217;ll be moving to a smaller bungalow-style or townhouse-style home near our church. Unfortunately we haven&#8217;t been able to find anything in our price range in this area. Please be praying as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Days</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/27/crazy-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/08/27/crazy-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharon and I are breathing a sigh of relief this week as our second set of intensive language evaluations drew to a close yesterday. Virtually all we&#8217;ve done for the past two weeks since Sharon&#8217;s family left was prepare for the evaluation by doubling our language sessions, spending hours reviewing and answering in-depth culture questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Field Conference 2011</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/25/thailand-field-conference-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/25/thailand-field-conference-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We spent last week with some of our favorite people: our co-workers. Since many of them work in remote parts of Southeast Asia we don&#8217;t get to see them often. The six days flew by chock full of reports from the various teams, workshops and meetings with our leaders and fun times of fellowship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy City</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/16/holy-city/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/16/holy-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We participated in this year&#8217;s annual gathering of 7,000 Christians for worship and prayer last night. Like last year our church led worship at this gathering which would appear to attract about 2% of all Christians in Thailand if you divide 7000 by the latest numbers given at Congress 7.5: 400,000 Christians in a nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/06/whats-new/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/06/whats-new/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been busy digging into Thai language and culture as usual with a little twist: we had old friends visit for five days this week. It was great to see life here in Thailand through their eyes and enjoy a short time of mutual encouragement with them. We&#8217;ll be posting pictures of some of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Seat</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/06/26/have-a-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/06/26/have-a-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;ve been following a story in the Bangkok Post about a unique cultural phenomenon here in Thailand called &#8220;pubpeab.&#8221; It&#8217;s basically Thailand&#8217;s version of &#8220;planking&#8220;. Lying flat on your face in public just doesn&#8217;t fit well culturally so people take pictures of themselves in religious &#8220;pubpeab&#8221; poses in places all over the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working at the Gym</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/06/14/working-at-the-gym/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can going to the gym count as work? When we first arrived and I realized knee rehab would be a part of my everyday life for a while I immediately compartmentalized my life. In good western fashion I figured I could still get in enough hours of studying Thai even with spending a few hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting the Books</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/06/08/hitting-the-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the past two weeks we&#8217;ve knocked some big jobs off our &#8220;to do&#8221; lists by using every available minute to study the Thai language and culture. During the month of June we promised each other we&#8217;d do no traveling and that we&#8217;d focus exclusively on improving our language skills. A few examples of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Day Village Visit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/05/21/two-day-village-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 16:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we hopped on a $30 flight out of Chiang Mai to a small city lying in the other half of Northern Thailand. Thirty bucks! Sure beats almost dying on buses. The thirty minute plane ride is a six hour bus ride on winding mountain roads. Our purpose for the trip was simple: to [...]]]></description>
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