Rick Gregory, Writer

Translating Messages From Heads To Hearts

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What is the What?

This is the story of Achak (Valentino) Deng. But it is also the story of countless other Lost Boys from Sudan. It is a compelling, tragic, victorious story of survival. To try and imagine some of the events and circumstances and experiences these boys have endured is beyond the typical American’s comprehension. Walking for hundreds

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Size does matter

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve watched my mom, someone I thought was pretty healthy, become transformed into a broken physical shell. It started with her being short of breath and asking the doc to do a stress test. When the test results came back “abnormal,” he scheduled an angioplasty with the intention of

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Sunday (3/9/08) in Ouaga

Sunday was a great day. We spent the morning at Eliel Church, where Josh spoke on Psalm 73. Clearly, God has given him the gift of teaching and his word to the church was well-received. After lunch we went to an open-air market where the vendors were incredibly aggressive. This market faced a concrete waterway

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Ouagadougou

This is the first day I’ve had internet access since Thursday evening . . . FRIDAY IN OUAGA (3/7/08) Today has been a wonderful day. The night cold (70+ degrees) was really comfortable at 4:45 am when I rolled off (not out-of because I was on-top-of) my bed. Nothing better than a cup of instant

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