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<title><![CDATA[Our last day in St. Nazaire]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How humbling it is to walk through a cemetery of over 8,000 people and to know that less than 80 of those were Christians. Today was certainly a humbling experience for my team. We learned about the human trafficking in Nante and around France. Suffering i...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2011/06-21/our-last-day-in-st-nazaire</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Our first few days...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Well, about 5 minutes after the first update, our bags came in! Well, mostly. Kelsey had to wait until this afternoon to get hers... but she has it now and we are all so happy to have showered and put on clean clothes.

Yesterday was an incredible experi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2011/06-19/our-first-few-days</link>
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<title><![CDATA[FINALLY!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After hours of waiting, flying, and sleeping under thin airport blankets, we have finally made it to St. Nazaire! As I look around me, I see 9 other American teens who are sleep deprived and haven&apos;t showered in 3 days working with the believers of the...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2011/06-17/finally</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking it a little easier...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today we visited a cemetery.  I&apos;m sitting here trying to describe to you all what we saw, what we felt, what we discovered.  But, I&apos;ve found there are no words to describe it.

We arrive there and Jerry Gibbs gives us a piece of paper and says,...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-25/taking-it-a-little-easier</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Work Day and Such]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Wednesday, we had a work day.  We went to a nearby village to pass our literature to the neighbors of the Ferguson&apos;s and the Riggs.  These two families are currently working to establish another church in a smaller village called Chateaubri...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-24/work-day-and-such</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Trip to Normandy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, we were on American soil. We went to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France with some of the teenagers from the Saint Nazaire church. This property actually belongs to the Americans and we are the ones who keep up the cemetery and this part of the beach.  
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-23/trip-to-normandy</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Work Day for Our Missionaries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monday, we spent the day working.  We split up into groups and did various kinds of work for some of the missionaries here in France.

Karlee, Bekka, and Kiley went to the Keener&apos;s house to help Di clean, while the boys were gone to school. The Keen...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-22/work-day-for-our-missionaries</link>
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<title><![CDATA[The Music Festival]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, our day started out with &quot;Father&apos;s Day&quot;.  The team was so sweet to remember before we left that we were going to be gone on Father&apos;s Day, so the girls bought Russell a &quot;Father&apos;s Day&quot; card.  He cried!  It was so...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-21/the-music-festival</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Children&apos;s Festival at Nantes Church]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We helped host a children&apos;s festival today at the Nantes church. There was an incredible turn-out.  There were around 250 children that attended as well as 10 Muslim families.  We had a blow up game, face painting, balloon animals, and many other game...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-20/childrens-festival-at-nantes-church</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Meeting part of the M-Team and Choir Practice in St. Nazaire]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today we heard from Pastor Greg.  He is a French pastor from the St. Sebastian church.  He gave us a small glimpse of French history and where Christians in France fit into that history.  Might I add that he has very good English as well.

We also heard ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-19/meeting-part-of-the-m-team-and-choir-practice-in-st-nazaire</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Our First Day in Nantes, France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, we took a tour of the city of Nantes.  It is France&apos;s fifth or sixth largest city, depending on who you talk to.  We ate at our first French restaurant called a &quot;Crepperie&quot;, where we ate crepes with anything from sausage and cheese to...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-18/our-first-day-in-nantes-france</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Meeting the Team]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We finally arrived in Nashville and the team is already getting along well. The services have been great and the training with James Evans and Benchmark has been...an experience. We have been learning a mime for France called &quot;Everything,&quot; and we...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2009/06-12/meeting-the-team</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Back Home...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Well, we made it home safe and sound last night at about 9:30 CST. We are so appreciative to everyone who made this trip possible. There are many, many people who supported us by finances and prayer. All of us saw new and amazing things through the culture...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/07-02/back-home</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Work Day...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greetings to everyone back home...

We enjoyed a beautiful day yesterday (Wednesday) as we worked on the building at the St. Sebastien Church just outside of Nantes. There are some wonderful things going on there as Dennis Teague explained in the morning...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/06-26/work-day</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Over the Weekend...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Well, it&apos;s been a busy weekend. Our team participated in a Music Festival on Saturday in a Medieval city. It was an amazing time. The city was packed with people and quite a crowd gathered as we sang and performed our mime. What was most amazing was t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/06-24/over-the-weekend</link>
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<title><![CDATA[The First Few Days...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greetings to everyone on the longest day of the year!

The last couple of days have been filled with tons of fun, information, and food! Add a little jet lag to that and it becomes an interesting time for all involved. 

We have been learning tons from...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/06-21/the-first-few-days</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Arrived Safe and Sound...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Greetings to all...

We have arrived in France after an 8 hour flight from Detroit. We were all tired, but after a little nap in the car, we felt great. Robert Bryan and Steve Riggs picked us up at 11:30 AM (French time = CST+7) in Paris and we drove for...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/06-18/arrived-safe-and-sound</link>
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<title><![CDATA[What a Week...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bonjour!!!
The members of E-TEAM France send you greetings after a long week of team building and cultural lessons.
Although we began as simply a group of people traveling to France, after six days we can truly call ourselves a team. The week consisted o...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2008/06-16/what-a-week</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Friday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I have been without a connection for a few days. We are still very busy. We have been preparing for a singing festival on Thursday evening in a town square for a few days. Things went very well at the festival for our students along with the choir from St ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-22/friday</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Monday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful day but long. We went to the beaches of Normandy and to American Cemetery. It was very sobering to see almost 10,000 graves sites marked with white crosses.We also visited a point where the Americans bombed and the craters are still ther...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-19/monday</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Saturday and Sunday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The last two days have been very busy with a carnival on Saturday that went very well. They had lots of Muslim women and their children that had never visited the church plus alot of neighborhood kids. We had lots of games and a blow-up bounce inside jump....]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-17/saturday-and-sunday</link>
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<title><![CDATA[France Friday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful time last night when some of the church families met at church and cooked for us. They made crepes with cheese and ham and then made crepes for dessert. They were wonderful and we had a good time of fellowship. We have the carnival today...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-16/france-friday</link>
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<title><![CDATA[France 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We have arrived and all is well. No problems at all.All of the kids were very tired but excited. There was a 5 hr drive from Paris to Nantes and most of the students slept. We had lunch and met at the church with some additional training that was helpful.T...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-14/france-2007</link>
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<title><![CDATA[France Thursday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We had a good day. We toured in Nantes and visited a castle and two different cathedrals. The students really enjoyed their stays last night with the church families and the French food.  we also took the tram into town and let them exchange some of their ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.fwbgo.com/enews/eteam_france/2007/06-14/france-thursday</link>
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