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		<title>Sooth those Back-to-School Shopping Woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Retail Federation says that this year the average American family will spend $606.40 on clothes, shoes, supplies, and electronics as kids go back to school. The majority of that spending will be on clothes, with just under $100 spent on traditional school supplies. We’d like to offer some alternatives: “Shop your closet,” then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/08/sooth-those-back-to-school-shopping-woes/</link>
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		<title>August Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our August-September newsletter is out. Download the newsletter below to read more from these articles, and more&#8230; from One+One+One+ There are 145 million orphans today. Still, the best way to count orphans is one at a time. The Bible tells us that God knows our name – He knows your name and He knows the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/08/august-newsletter/</link>
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		<title>New Phone Number</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to anyone who has been trying to call us. Our old phone number, 757-272-0979 isn&#8217;t working. We have a new phone number: 804-684-1790. Basically,  our phone carrier switched their business model around and decided not to do phone service any more. We started the process to move the number, but services ended before the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/07/calling/</link>
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		<title>Dinner at Tuscany&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuscany&#8217;s is a wonderful coffee house on the corner of Route 17 and Denbigh Boulevard in Yorktown, VA. Locals will know its location as &#8220;across the street from Pop&#8217;s.&#8221; Join us there THIS SATURDAY, at 6pm for an evening of good food, great coffee &#38; tea, and wonderful friends. Hear about changed lives and God&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/07/dinner-at-tuscanys/</link>
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		<title>After the Bombs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday in Kampala, Uganda, 76 people lost their lives when explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final. The explosions were within just a few miles from the school. &#8220;You remember the coffee house your team liked so much?&#8221; asked Sara when I called, &#8220;The rugby field is just beside that.&#8221; All of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/07/after-the-bombs/</link>
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		<title>Leaders Born from Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried to help someone and they just didn’t get it? Less than two years ago, we found that even though children were receiving food and aid from TOUCH, many of them were hardened against the gospel of Jesus Christ. Of course, Sara and the staff at TOUCH love and care for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/06/leaders-born-from-prayer/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Reckless Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In , Beth Guckenberg shares her life story of her passion to care for orphans in Mexico and around the world. She recalls story after story of how God answered prayers after she recklessly abandon herself to do His calling on her life even without knowing how it would turn out. Beth and her husband [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/06/review-reckless-faith/</link>
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		<title>World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 5, we will join with others on this World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk. We come together to pray that children all around the world would know the love of Jesus in their everyday lives, and be able to claim for themselves God&#8217;s incredible offer of abundant life. We also pray [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/05/dopc2010/</link>
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		<title>World Water Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One in eight people in the world does not have access to safe water, and 2.5 billion people worldwide live without a toilet. In the neighborhood where we work in Kampala, 83% of the families lack sanitation, and 28% lack access to safe water. The system below is one of the improved water access points [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/03/water/</link>
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		<title>The Often Untold Story of Children in Disasters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the world responds to the earthquake in Haiti, our thoughts are focused on the immediate needs of food, water, medical care, and rescue efforts. But there is another disaster looming for Haiti&#8217;s children. As if worry over food and shelter wasn&#8217;t enough. As if the trauma of all they have seen and experienced in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.friendsoftouch.org/2010/01/haiti/</link>
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