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After about 27 hours of air travel, we all arrived home safely this afternoon! Totally exhausted and each of us with a tale to tell about being in Africa for a month. Over the next few days I will be posting more videos and telling you stories of what else went on. My internet access was so limited, I wasn’t able to do much but upload my homespun videos. Africa has now touched the heart of my entire family and none of us will be the same. Being around hundreds of orphans who are infected with HIV leaves you asking a lot of questions. Frankly, I need some time to process everything in order to write about it.<\/p>\n

I will be heading to ICRS – Internation Christian Retailing Show<\/a> in Atlanta on the 7th for publicity events for Red Letters and a book signing with my publisher. Looking forward to seeing some good friends. Thanks again for your support of the book and all of you who ordered Samples of the first chapter.<\/p>\n

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