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	<title>The XM ChallengeClyde and Kelsie Come to Canada &#8211; The XM Challenge</title>
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		<title>Clyde and Kelsie Come to Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years ago Clyde and Kelsie came on a short-term outreach to visit us. A friendship started. Seven years later they moved to Brazil. Clyde and Kelsie are especially passionate for the very poor, the forgotten, and the hard-to-reach. Their four children&#8217;s names, from left to right: Maddie, Mackenna, Hanna (front) and Nate. They are [&#8230;]]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Fifteen years ago Clyde and Kelsie came on a short-term outreach to visit us. A friendship started. Seven years later they moved to Brazil. Clyde and Kelsie are especially passionate for the very poor, the forgotten, and the hard-to-reach.</div>
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<div>Their four children&#8217;s names, from left to right: Maddie, Mackenna, Hanna (front) and Nate.</div>
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<div>They are in Oregon on furlough until June. They have made so many Canadian friends during their past eight years in Brazil that they decided to come visit us in our native land. It is so fun meeting people in different contexts.</div>
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<div>Here are some photos that include Ross and Karin&#8217;s family too.</div>
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