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Now that we have the nice tag cloud down on the left of the screen, we can see which countries get mentioned more often here.  This mostly has to do with who blogs more often, and which countries have more bloggers, and so on.

But today we’re going to use that tag cloud to focus on the countries that aren’t there – the countries that are mentioned less here at Missionary Blog Watch.  Here’s the first sample…

Power plant in Sofia, Bulgaria
Power plant in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Togo:  "First of all, imagine that you take every single thing you own and you put it in a container.  Then that container goes on a ship that might sink…" read May Update
  • Tanzania:  "We’re out of water. We’ve been out of water for days…"  read Perfect Laid Plans
  • South Africa:  "Highland communions typically lasted over a period of five or more days. Informal fellowships and prayer meetings run by the elders might stretch this out to a week…."  How does this Scottish tradition relate to South Africa?  Read Easter Communion
  • Cambodia:  "I thought you would like to read my email conversation with my dad where he asks some good questions about the new place we are living…"
  • Costa Rica:  "I had really hoped that I would not feel right at one of the places, but that didn’t happen. Now I’m torn…"  read My Heart is Torn
  • Bulgaria:  "Since returning in March, I have been asked about training for teenager/youth over here.  Besides the Love Bulgaria event there seems to be a big hunger for information on the training and equipping of students for service to Christ…"  read Teenage Work – Once a Youth Pastor …
  • Columbia:  "It’s been a bad time for the students. A week ago it was announced they would loose their free mid-morning coffee…"  read No more Colombian coffee

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Wow, it’s been a while since I featured new blogs.  May, I think? Well, here are a few of the newest missionary blogs from around the world.  Please drop by and leave a comment to encourage them!  Tell them you saw them at Missionary Blog Watch:

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Missionaries of the Caribbean

26 April 2007

I’m actually surprised – I have only a few people in the Caribbean at the moment.  So I hope the others come out of hiding and send me a comment or an email!  Meanwhile, here’s the quick tour:

Michelle shares with us Rays of Sunshine from Jamaica
Chris and Cory just left Belize, but you can still [...]

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Missionaries on culture

7 June 2006

Of course, missionaries are always talking about culture.  How to adapt to the culture, what they find different in the culture, weaknesses and strengths in the culture.  Usually, it’s not bad – it’s just different, as we always used to tell mission teams that we trained.  But we always wrestle with it and try to [...]

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