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	<title>Ric and Sharon Bruce &#187; Language</title>
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	<description>On a journey with you to Thailand</description>
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		<title>Sunday Photo Essay 4</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/03/05/sunday-photo-essay-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/03/05/sunday-photo-essay-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Mai province]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mork-fa waterfall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon and her friends jumped into Mork-Fa Falls just the way they came: blue jeans, makeup, necklaces, cell phones and all. Yes, poor Kay forgot to leave her cell phone on the bank before taking the plunge. Here&#8217;s a picture of her face before she realized her awful mistake:]]></description>
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		<title>General Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/17/general-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/17/general-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life around this time of year is nuts. Whether it&#8217;s caroling all night, preparing special songs, or passing out tracts our friends hardly sleep this time of year. It&#8217;s true that we work hard but sometimes it seems like we &#8220;play&#8221; even harder with our friends. Unlike back home, people don&#8217;t get work or school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Requests</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/25/prayer-requests-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/25/prayer-requests-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A good friend sent us this prayer request list. Here&#8217;s how he&#8217;s lifting us up these days: That God would find favor on Ric and Sharon granting them good health and full healing for Sharon&#8217;s leg from her motorcycle accident. For them to create a good study routine for the next few weeks before Christmas. [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[boarding school]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
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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>Field Conference and Workshop</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/18/field-conference-and-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/18/field-conference-and-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week is one of refreshment, encouragement and strategic planning with other members of our organization serving in this region. We&#8217;re thankful for this time, these friends and the clarity the first few days have given us so far. This marks the first week since our arrival that we&#8217;ve taken done virtually no language and culture study. Instead our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humorous Mess-Ups</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/08/humorous-mess-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/07/08/humorous-mess-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[khao]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight months of learning Thai has been a humbling experience. Not only is the tone of your voice crucial for proper pronunciation the length of your vowels will also change the meaning of words. So you if you say &#8220;khao&#8221; with a high and falling tone it&#8217;s a different word than &#8220;khao with a scooping tone. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love from Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/02/28/love-from-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/02/28/love-from-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our February newsletter is embedded in a post on our website and is available like always at http://issuu.com/ricbruce. This update marks progress toward our goals in our first years in Thailand, fills you in on what we do each day, provides you with our prayer requests and gives you a glimpse of our new home. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silk and Pottery Factories</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/12/29/silk-and-pottery-factories/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/12/29/silk-and-pottery-factories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we visited a pottery factory, a silk factory and an antiques store. Just like the other days this week you will see the pictures we like best below. You can check out all the pictures at our web albums. Thanks and enjoy the pictures! If you want to see more check them all out.]]></description>
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		<title>How We&#8217;re Learning</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/10/25/how-were-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/10/25/how-were-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exposure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[language helper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stage 1]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re now officially in &#8220;stage one&#8221; culture and language acquisition here in Thailand. Up to this point we&#8217;ve been in a &#8220;warm-up&#8221; phase which basically entails getting our ear attuned to the new sounds and our minds and hearts used to our new way of life. This new stage looks quite a bit different. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Lemonade</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/10/22/making-lemonade/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/10/22/making-lemonade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cripple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the old saying goes if life hands you lemons make lemonade. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re trying to do with this situation we&#8217;re finding ourselves in. Sure, I can&#8217;t walk far but there are still a lot of places a person can plop down on a bench and do some serious observing, listening and learning. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New (used) Computer!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/07/03/a-new-used-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/07/03/a-new-used-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how God works. Our May update included a list of special gifts that would be a blessing as we move to Thailand this fall. One important item was a work computer to house our many recordings, pictures, and video we&#8217;ll be taking during language learning. A great friend and supporter answered the call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Description of Our Ministry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/05/08/a-description-of-our-ministry/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/05/08/a-description-of-our-ministry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 13:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharon put together a short description of our ministry. It will help you understand what is going on in Thailand, how we will fit into that work and how you can be a part of what we&#8217;re doing. Instead of &#8220;filling out the partnership card&#8221; consider contacting us to learn more about our ministry.]]></description>
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		<title>Tricky Thai</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/04/07/tricky-thai/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/04/07/tricky-thai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The national language of Thailand, Thai is spoken by about 60 million people in Thailand. Learning Thai is going to be Ric and my full time job for the first two years of our time in Thailand. There are many things in Thai that will make it very tricky for us English speakers to learn! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video from Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/02/14/video-from-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/02/14/video-from-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short video I put together showing the creativity of the people we met in Thailand. It starts with a radio station we visited and proceeds to a store, a basket weaver, and finally a weaving loom. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Off to Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/01/20/off-to-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2010/01/20/off-to-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=2071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our next post you won&#8217;t see us looking like this: Hopefully the next picture we post will be taken halfway across the world and we&#8217;ll be wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts enjoying 90 degree weather. Our blitz tour of Southeast Asia begins now and will end next Friday and of course we&#8217;ll be carefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk, Virginia</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/11/08/norfolk-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/11/08/norfolk-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been in Virginia with my brother Sam and his wife Kari since Thursday. This morning we presented our ministry at South Norfolk Congregational Community Church, the church they attend here. Tuesday is Sam&#8217;s 23rd birthday, so we&#8217;re very excited to be here for that as well. While here we&#8217;re doing what we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Settling In for the Long Haul</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/10/22/settling-in-for-the-long-haul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Sharon sits behind me she alternately scratches her head, bounces her knees, and bangs some phonetic writing out on the keyboard. Today is her first full day of work after four full days of packing, cleaning, traveling, visiting, and unpacking. Outside the orange leaves on the trees are almost gone and rain is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sample of Cherokee</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/10/13/a-sample-of-cherokee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a sample of the Chrerokee language written phonetically courtesy of Sharon. See if you can pronounce the words!]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Tacos</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/10/12/indian-tacos/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/10/12/indian-tacos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon made some delicious indian tacos on Saturday with her language helper (Bobbie) and some of her friends who are also in the linguistics course. The time Sharon has spent with the Cherokee friends she has met here in Tahlequah has been priceless, but we are ready to move on and be completely done studying. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powwow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2009/09/08/powwow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon attended a Powwow on Saturday and had a great time watching the dances and seeing the costumes. She was able to try Indian Tacos and even some of the dance moves. Cherokee culture is rich and intricate, so Sharon went to the powwow to learn some important culture that will help her with her [...]]]></description>
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