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		<title>What I Discovered About Money During My Trip to Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[February 26, 2022 Dear Grandchildren, Traveling to Third World countries has taught me many things about myself and about the world.&#160; Can you imagine going to Nigeria and explaining how&#160;inconvenient my life is at times? How&#160;I don&#8217;t have cell service, how&#160;my lawn is too dry because the sprinkler&#160;system isn’t working appropriately, or when the automatic [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[February 26, 2022 Dear Grandchildren, Traveling to Third World countries has taught me many things about myself and about the world.&#160; Can you imagine going to Nigeria and explaining how&#160;inconvenient my life is at times? How&#160;I don&#8217;t have cell service, how&#160;my lawn is too dry because the sprinkler&#160;system isn’t working appropriately, or when the automatic [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What Is the Greatest Story Ever Told?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[August 26, 2021 Dear Grandchildren: Last month, I did a funeral for a classmate of your grandmother’s and there, I used the theme of telling her story. And it got me thinking that we all are living our story. Life is a story. Life doesn’t come to us like a math problem; it comes to us the [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[August 26, 2021 Dear Grandchildren: Last month, I did a funeral for a classmate of your grandmother’s and there, I used the theme of telling her story. And it got me thinking that we all are living our story. Life is a story. Life doesn’t come to us like a math problem; it comes to us the [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What Does the Word &#8220;Christian&#8221; Mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[June 26, 2021, Dear Grandchildren: During the Love and Respect encounter with twenty couples, the class&#160;has got me thinking about the&#160;word “Christian.”&#160;What does this word “Christian” really mean? The fact is though it’s a word we use all the time, there’s no real agreement on what “Christian” really means. That’s why there are “Christians” on [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[June 26, 2021, Dear Grandchildren: During the Love and Respect encounter with twenty couples, the class&#160;has got me thinking about the&#160;word “Christian.”&#160;What does this word “Christian” really mean? The fact is though it’s a word we use all the time, there’s no real agreement on what “Christian” really means. That’s why there are “Christians” on [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When Grandma Freeman&#8217;s Life Transformed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[September 2020: Dear Grandchildren: I want to share with you, Grandchildren, a very important event that changed our family forty-nine years ago on October 2nd, 1971. We lived&#160;in Grayling, Michigan and our family comprised of: Laurie,&#160;age 7, Timothy, age 5, Tommy, age 3, and Paul, age 3 months. I think back and realize how busy [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[September 2020: Dear Grandchildren: I want to share with you, Grandchildren, a very important event that changed our family forty-nine years ago on October 2nd, 1971. We lived&#160;in Grayling, Michigan and our family comprised of: Laurie,&#160;age 7, Timothy, age 5, Tommy, age 3, and Paul, age 3 months. I think back and realize how busy [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>We Are the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 16:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: There has been a lot of discussion about the problems for Christians because they can’t go to church these past several weeks. For Grandma and I, it’s been over three months since we last physically went&#160;to church. The problem isn’t&#160;we have to be in a building, but God calls us to gather as [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: There has been a lot of discussion about the problems for Christians because they can’t go to church these past several weeks. For Grandma and I, it’s been over three months since we last physically went&#160;to church. The problem isn’t&#160;we have to be in a building, but God calls us to gather as [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Importance of Maintaining Your Connection with God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[September 26, 2016 Dear Grandchildren, Wow! What a wonderful summer it has been. The new babies, the weddings, and the announcement of future weddings. It’s been a celebration summer for our family. This week someone made a statement and I would like to pass it along to you. His statement was: In America, it seems [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[September 26, 2016 Dear Grandchildren, Wow! What a wonderful summer it has been. The new babies, the weddings, and the announcement of future weddings. It’s been a celebration summer for our family. This week someone made a statement and I would like to pass it along to you. His statement was: In America, it seems [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Are You Planting Blessings Or Cursings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: Wow! Our family is growing! Grandma and I are going to be great-grandparents! Congratulations to Moses and Alexis, Nick and Rachel, and Steven and Karly. This month, I want to talk about seeds. Here in Florida, our yard does not look anything like our Michigan grass. You would think with not having to put [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: Wow! Our family is growing! Grandma and I are going to be great-grandparents! Congratulations to Moses and Alexis, Nick and Rachel, and Steven and Karly. This month, I want to talk about seeds. Here in Florida, our yard does not look anything like our Michigan grass. You would think with not having to put [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Do You Know You&#8217;re God&#8217;s Handiwork?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: Wow! 2015 is almost history. How are you doing? Has this year been a good year for you? Are you looking at 2016 with hope and confidence? I’m sure Kyle and Jaclyn are looking forward to 2016! And I’m sure Zac and Katie enjoyed 2015. Congratulations to both couples. Grandma and I took [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: Wow! 2015 is almost history. How are you doing? Has this year been a good year for you? Are you looking at 2016 with hope and confidence? I’m sure Kyle and Jaclyn are looking forward to 2016! And I’m sure Zac and Katie enjoyed 2015. Congratulations to both couples. Grandma and I took [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>How You Can Become the Person You Are Meant To Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[NOTE: This month&#8217;s letter is longer than usual. I recommend reading it over a few days instead of in one sitting. I cover the nine fruits of the spirit, so I suggest you read the first three fruits one day, then three more on the next, and the last three on the third day. This might help you absorb [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[NOTE: This month&#8217;s letter is longer than usual. I recommend reading it over a few days instead of in one sitting. I cover the nine fruits of the spirit, so I suggest you read the first three fruits one day, then three more on the next, and the last three on the third day. This might help you absorb [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What I Learned When I Let Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 19:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Good morning: Uncle Larry and I were golfing together in Florida last month. And he challenged a decision I was making during the round. Tom and Paul asked me to play from the white tees, but I said no. I said that I&#8217;d rather play from the blue tees. Of course, it was my ego [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Good morning: Uncle Larry and I were golfing together in Florida last month. And he challenged a decision I was making during the round. Tom and Paul asked me to play from the white tees, but I said no. I said that I&#8217;d rather play from the blue tees. Of course, it was my ego [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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