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E’s Update: Live at Liturgy

E’s Update: Live at Liturgy

Join us this Sunday (Jan 16) at liturgy as we'll get a chance to hear from our beloved friend E, who's back in Austin for a little while. He'll share about his time in Central Asia, the joys and challenges that he's faced and what's next in his journey when he heads...

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E’s Update: Great News

E’s Update: Great News

Hey dear friends, Greetings from the USA. You are all well I hope. I have to apologize for recently not being as good about keeping everyone in the loop as I maybe had been in the past. With all the crisis work and travel I just sort of zonked out. So here's what's...

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E’s Update: Temporary Return

E’s Update: Temporary Return

Hi dear friends, You are all doing well I hope. The reason I'm writing is because I'm about to leave the country for a time, indeed far before I imagined I would. The choice wasn't mine per se, more of a team-wide consensus that, given the many local security...

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E’s Update: Eid-e-Qorbaan

E’s Update: Eid-e-Qorbaan

Hey guys, So! Things are still crazy busy! But I did find time to make an Eid visit a few days ago. For those of you unfamiliar with the word, Eid-e-Qorbaan (Dari) or Eid-el-Adha (Arabic) is the holiday commemorating the time when Ibrahim's imminent slaying of his son...

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