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		<title>Introduction to Setomaa</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2011/03/this-weekend-our-family-drove-down-to-tartu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend our family drove down to Tartu to hang out with Märt and Grete Saar. In spite of a sleepless night while Maddie cut teeth, we had a very refreshing time together with the Saars. Märt is the leader of the Estonian mission organization KOMA which is closely related to Josiah Venture. Märt has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estonian Rural Church Mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most personally exciting ministry developments in 2010 was the Union&#8217;s decision to form of a Mission Council in the place of the previous Mission Secretary role. This shift to a Council approach reflects the facts that the Union&#8217;s sense of mission 1) is appropriately diverse, 2) requires a corporate response, and 3) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Service Discipleship Model</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2008/11/service-discipleship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an approach to discipling young people in Estonia that has grown out of our summer mininstry for the last 5 years. Any feedback is welcome! Introduction This method seeks to provide an integrative, cohort driven, mentored, service oriented discipleship resource for Estonian young people. The idea is to disciple 6-8 young people over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2007/09/fall-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2007/09/fall-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Estonia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can download this letter in PDF format here:2007 Summer Prayer Letter Folks, we are very pleased to tell you that the culmination of our four years of study and preparation is just around the corner. In this letter we would like to highlight a few of the ways that we can see our ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2007/03/spring-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Our intention for some time now has been to send you quarterly prayer letters and this no doubt would have made it much easier for us to communicate our experiences in depth. But we have been so incessantly busy this year that writing and publishing a prayer letter has been relegated to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell to Kunnar Raja</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2007/01/farewell-to-kunnar-raja/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2007/01/farewell-to-kunnar-raja/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, Lea&#8217;s mother called to tell us that Lea&#8217;s father Kunnar has passed away. Kunnar has been suffering the incapacitating effects of multiple strokes for more than four years gradually losing one ability after another. We are sad to see him go but are also relieved that he is finally at peace with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Max &amp; Triin Laurik</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/11/laurik-wedding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/11/laurik-wedding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most rewarding aspects of this last summer was our participation in the celebration of two new married couples, both of whom are very near and dear to Lea and I. The first of these was Max and Triin Laurik, married on the 5th of August. Max and Triin were both in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All&#8217;s Well in Avispea</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/10/alls-well-in-avispea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/10/alls-well-in-avispea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest news from Eerek and Pilvi Priesfreund. Earlier this summer their well went dry during our children&#8217;s camp. We discovered during the summer that a new well would have to be dug and a new pump installed. The process would involve a lengthy wait for the proper paperwork to go through and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A call to risk for Christian men</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/08/a-call-to-risk-for-christian-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/08/a-call-to-risk-for-christian-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of our summer, Lea and I were at the Alongside Ministries International Conference in France. While there, I had a great conversation with a fellow from California. We wrestled together through what it means for a man&#8217;s passions for struggle, sacrifice and risk to be excercised in the context of the Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2006</title>
		<link>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/06/spring-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edminsters.com/2006/06/spring-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Lea and I are wrapping up our business in Vancouver and preparing for our third and final summer project in Estonia. This summer’s tasks will be highly varied and so we are expecting it to be even more rich and rigorous than our previous summers have been. This is due largely to the [...]]]></description>
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