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		<title>Encounters with Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; So I&#8217;ve recently embarked upon the Birmingham City Mission, &#8216;Urban Challenge&#8217; training year (http://www.christianyearout.net).  It wasn&#8217;t my intended course of action for the next year but circumstance forced me to make a quick decision, my first choice having fallen through, and by accident or providence here I am. I&#8217;ve been on the programme for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=274&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;out of the goodness of your heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Kenya I met some remarkable people displaying amazing faith in difficult situations.  During that time and since I have received many requests for financial support and seen much opportunity to give even when none has been sought.  I thought it is the least I can do to mention these faithful and God fearing servants [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=223&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now, next and after that&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bentelford.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/212/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Salutations, It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted on here but my hit counter shows this blog is still attracting sometimes up to three views a day! It is for these dedicated few that I&#8217;ve decided to begin updating on a reasonably regular basis again. I hope that I can keep friends and supporters [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=212&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa snaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click the above link &#8216;gallery&#8217; at the top of the page for some snapshots of my time in Kenya and Tanzania.  Just a few of the 1200 photos I took. Enjoy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=205&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Just a quick one to say I&#8217;m home safely.  Had a good flight, even got upgraded which was amazing.  Thanks for your prayers, the whole trip from YWAM base to my bedroom was hassle free and safe.  Not enjoying the cold though, I&#8217;m freezing and it&#8217;s horrible but no doubt I&#8217;ll acclimatise. Hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=117&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 20 of 20</title>
		<link>http://bentelford.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/week-20-of-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s the final week.  I rejoined the team for the last night of outreach on saturday and it was good to act in the final skit and be there when the last sermon was preached.  We arrived back to the YWAM base yesterday (sunday).  It is strange to be back, outreach has gone so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=113&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sicky Ben</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So some news for everyone.  I left outreach on monday 8th due to being ill.  Despite the medication I was still feeling very sick and after discussion with the leaders decided it was best to go back to the base for a few days and hopefully be able to rejoin the team on this coming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=111&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://bentelford.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Youth with a Mission DTS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi readers, so what&#8217;s been going on?  Last week&#8217;s outreach in a village very close to Mt Kenya was ok.  Busy with door to door, open air crusades and &#8216;revival&#8217; meetings.  Didn&#8217;t enjoy it that much though, it was a strange week and the whole team was glad to move on by the end of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=109&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goats make good congregations</title>
		<link>http://bentelford.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/goats-make-good-congregations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Just a quick one. It&#8217;s coming to the end of week 3 of 6 of outreach. The first 2 were good, probably the best weeks of the DTS so far. Very remote ministry in an orphanage and to Turkana tribes people. It was redunkulous. Highlights include sitting on a cow skin under a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=107&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the season</title>
		<link>http://bentelford.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/tis-the-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Telford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Firstly a belated merry Christmas and happy new year, from what I gather there&#8217;s  been a lot of snow in the UK, I can&#8217;t say that the weather here is anything near festive. There are now some photos on my facebook profile, just a few to give you snapshot of this place and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bentelford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9244860&amp;post=103&amp;subd=bentelford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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