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		<title>I Am Working&#8230; Honest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I said I was going to tell you all about what I&#8217;m up to here. And I didn&#8217;t&#8230; Sorry! So here it is, finally! One of the projects I am involved in here is the Oasis academy. I think I&#8217;ve talked a bit about it before on my blog. But to save you hunting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/06/03/i-am-working-honest/</link>
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		<title>All About Me!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of you people who I haven&#8217;t been in contact with for ages, and for all of you who just wanted me to mention you on my blog, here it is! All my latest news&#8230; Firstly, I want to praise God for his exceptional planning, timing, and the amazing way he just knows what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/06/01/all-about-me/</link>
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		<title>For All You Nagging People!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! After a shockingly long and unexplainable absense, here I am, finally back in the sunny world of my blog! And not that I want to encourage any of you&#8230; [You know who you are, Mum, Dad, Beth, Naomi, and everyone else who's told me to write ] but thanks for all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/06/01/for-all-you-nagging-people-2/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t You just Love Irony?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny isn&#8217;t it. Here I am in a house with internet connection the whole time and yet it takes me well over a week to get around to posting on here. But in South Africa, where I had limited and very dodgy internet, I did a much better job of keeping you up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/04/29/dont-you-just-love-irony/</link>
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		<title>Adventure Number Two!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Salford! Yes I&#8217;m writing this from my new house in Salford. I moved in yesterday. We live in a counsil estate, but it&#8217;s pretty green around us. I went to church this morning and met most of the members. They all seem so lovely and welcoming. I&#8217;m so excited about getting to know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/04/19/adventure-number-two-3/</link>
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Place Like Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok So I&#8217;ve been pretty quiet over the last 2 weeks. Well the main news, as most of you will already know, is that I&#8217;m back, safe but cold from South Africa. I&#8217;ve spent the time with family, Michael and catching up with friends. It&#8217;s so fantastic to see everyone again. And I even managed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/29/theres-no-place-like-home/</link>
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		<title>Last Post in South Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. I can&#8217;t believe five months is over. So now I have to pack all my clothes, presents and memories back in my suitcases ready for the long flight home tomorrow night. But, in true style, we are filling our time with ten thousand and one things&#8230; On Monday we went to the hospice for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/13/last-post-in-south-africa/</link>
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		<title>How Very English!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would update you on my weekend&#8230; Saturday was a momentous day for me. It was the day when I ceased being the same age as any of my fellow team members and became, acording to them, officially an adult. Yes it was my 22nd Birthday! And a strangely upside down experience it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/09/how-very-english/</link>
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		<title>Colin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you will know that one of my good friends, Colin, has been very ill recently. He has been in hospital since December with pneumonia and has been on a ventilator with a tube in his neck since then. As a team we have been praying so much for him over the last eight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/06/colin/</link>
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		<title>Hospice Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday mornings I get up at an unearthly hour to go and spend a few hours at the HIV hospice in the centre of Johannesburg. Over the last five months we have done various activities with the patients there, from dominos and Jenga to biscuit decorating, making Christmas crackers, mug painting and creating works [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/06/hospice-update/</link>
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		<title>Joyful In Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we organised a big prayer day in our office. Each room was for something different. We had a silent prayer room, creative area with paints, music, communion, verses and news stories on the walls. The main time was between 12 and 1.30 yesterday lunchtime. All the Oasis staff, community health workers and various other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/03/06/joyful-in-hope/</link>
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		<title>Capetown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! I&#8217;m sitting back in our office on Friday morning, while it&#8217;s grey, cool and cloudy outside trying to find words to express just how amazing Capetown is&#8230; We stayed in a small town just outside of Capetown called Fishhoek! It is a beautiful little seaside town. Our house was so beautiful. We were on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/27/capetown/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Number Two!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, I regret to inform you that Nicola will be absent from any computer over the next few days as she is going on holiday tomorrow and won&#8217;t be back until Thursday. Kind Regards. Yep, it&#8217;s true! We&#8217;re off to Capetown tomorrow until Thursday! Sunshine, Sea, Sand, , Table Mountain, penguines and 2 oceans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/20/holiday-number-two/</link>
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		<title>Can YOU Join With God In Performing A Miracle?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so blessed and lucky to have the most supportive friends and family in the world! And at the moment, Oasis SA needs your help&#8230; At the start of the week we had a big team meeting to discuss funding. We applied for money from various companies and the government but because of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/20/can-you-join-with-god-in-performing-a-miracle/</link>
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		<title>A Lot of Love!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting in our office thinking about Valentine&#8217;s day tomorrow. So I have decided to share with you all the things I love about being here in South Africa!&#8230; 1. I love waking up at 5 AM and the sun already shining! 2. I love propper South African braais! [Barbecues but way better!] 3. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/13/a-lot-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Welcom to the House of Fun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realised I haven&#8217;t talked much about all the children recently who visit us most afternoons after school. And, as the title suggests, it is indeed Madness! There are so many local children who generally play in the streets after school. Some have small bikes, skipping ropes or balls, but mostly they just play together [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/09/welcom-to-the-house-of-fun/</link>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s Back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. The sun is Back!! And how warmly we do welcome it back as well!! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Monday again. And so much to update you on&#8230; First a bit of home news. My sister is now, as of Sunday, in Shrelanka for 2 weeks teaching english! So hopefully she&#8217;s enjoying the sun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/09/summers-back/</link>
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		<title>Snow Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi and welcome to a fairly warm day here in South Africa. In contrast to you guys back in England with all your snow. It&#8217;s funny how you always want what you don&#8217;t have. I love the sunshine here, the fact that you can get up at 6 Aam and already the sun is high. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/02/03/snow-day/</link>
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		<title>A Special New Member</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday morning, we had a brand new adition to the Oasis SA team. The couple who head up Oasis ZA, Arnie and Chantel, had a baby girl. Her name is Moya which means spirit or breath. She was 3.1 kilos and is just the most beautiful girly baby in the world. Mum and baby [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/30/a-special-new-member/</link>
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		<title>January! Come Back!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Sorry it&#8217;s been so long since I last updated you. Everything and nothing has been happening in Nicolaland really&#8230; I&#8217;ve been up to all my usual antics, hospice, soup kitchen, pre schools etc, not much new to report there. Vicki, hey! Welcome to the land of my blog!! Anna, congratulations on achieving the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/30/january-come-back/</link>
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		<title>The Gift of the Girliness!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, dear Reader, I feel I have no choice but to write the following entry on my blog. Some of you know me for always wearing trainers: Others will know that I live in jeans, very rarely bother with make up and don&#8217;t care if my jewellery matches my shoes, bag, top or hair style&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-gift-of-the-girliness/</link>
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		<title>A Promise Fulfilled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I went out with the community health workers in October, we visited a lady in a wheelchair who was paralysed in her right side. She couldn&#8217;t leave her house because there was a step down. We got on so well and she was really disappointed that I wouldn&#8217;t be around for her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/16/a-promise-fulfilled/</link>
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		<title>Some Truly Inspirational People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening I had the privellige to spend a couple of hours in the company of some of the most inspiring people I have ever met. I had the chance to go and visit a community centre in an area called Westbury. Here, a group of men work tirelessly to improve their community. They all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/14/some-trully-inspirational-people/</link>
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		<title>Fantastic New People!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been so busy since I last wrote! Can&#8217;t believe we only got back off holiday last Tuesday! Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning was the induction course for the new group of students joining Oasis on what was known as Skills for Life but is now Bridge the Gap just to confuse them. They are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/12/fantastic-new-people/</link>
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		<title>A True Miracle From God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An amazing thing happened on Christmas Eve which I wanted to share with you all. I decided it was worthy of having it&#8217;s own special post, which is why it isn&#8217;t in my big update. A few days before Christmas we were all praying as a team about getting post. Here, post arrives in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/07/a-true-miracle-from-god/</link>
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		<title>A Culture Lesson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought you might be interested to learn a little about the Swazi culture and Swaziland itself. It is a very peaceful little country just to the east of South Africa. It has a population of about 1.2 million people in the whole country. London has around 6 million people just to put it in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/07/a-colute-lesson/</link>
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		<title>Nicola&#8217;s Huge Update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! Welcome to 2009, hope it&#8217;s going well for you so far! So I haven&#8217;t posted for so long, we had no internet and then Ive been away on holiday since 27th December! So this entry is a massive update for you all! The week leading up to Christmas was pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2009/01/07/nicolas-huge-update/</link>
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		<title>A Special Visitor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! I can&#8217;t believe it is less than a week til Christmas. While I think most of you will be shopping, wrapping presents, organising families and generally trying to hide from the cold, here we are still ambling about in sandals! I haven&#8217;t bought a single present yet, and we still have no idea what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/19/a-special-visitor/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Club and St. Nicholas!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Guys! I&#8217;m so sorry I haven&#8217;t posted for over a week, it&#8217;s been crazy round here! This week we have been running a holiday club from 12-3 PM each day. We have had between 15 and 40 children aged between 4 and about 12. We have been diong lots of activities, mostly involving glitter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/13/holiday-club-and-st-nicholas/</link>
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		<title>First Post of December!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a lot to tell you about in this entry. The retreat was so fantastic and so relaxing. We stayed in log cabins in he mountains in the middle of nowhere. On Friday morning we climbed a waterfall which was fun! We all got really badly sunburnt though! Monday morning should have been the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/12/03/first-post-of-december/</link>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to welcome you to this beautiful sunny morning here in SA by saying have an awesome Thanksgiving, guys! Eat lots of turkey, sweet potato and pumpkin pie for me, ok?! I had such an awesome day yesterday. My spirituality session in the morning with the skills for life students was fantastic. We looked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<title>Our Run in with the Government!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so glad today is over! We had to venture into the centre of Johannesburg to visit the home office. We had to extend our tourist visas. So last night we planned to leave at 5.30 this morning, but, maybe due to God feeling we deserved a lie in, the car broke! So by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/25/our-run-in-with-the-govournment/</link>
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		<title>Wow! It&#8217;s been a week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been a week since I last updated you lovely people. The first and most important thing to tell you is that he sun is back! Yes, I feel again like I&#8217;m in Africa! On saturday we went for a picnic in the Botanical Gardens. It was beautiful. There&#8217;s a big waterfall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/19/wow-its-been-a-week/</link>
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		<title>On My Soap Box&#8230; About HIV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been here in South Africa for over 5 weeks now, and, although I have been shocked at some things, it&#8217;s only been in the last 2 days that I have been really shocked. HIV is a big problem here, with around 1 in every 4 people having the virus. HIV attacks the body&#8217;s white [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/13/on-my-soap-box-about-hiv/</link>
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		<title>Kids Just Don&#8217;t Get Homework!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure a big cheer would go up in any school in England at the next sentence I will write. Kids here just don&#8217;t get any homework! We run a homework club on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and for the last 2 weeks, there have been no kids, or no homework! The term finishes on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/12/kids-just-dont-get-homework/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Very Englandish!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you will be pleased to know that this weekend has been very cold and rainy! Yesterday I even had to resort to wearing a jumper! Yes, a propper long sleeved jumper, in Africa? What&#8217;s going on!! Sorry I haven&#8217;t posted for a few days. Thursday was the soup kitchen, whic, as usual, was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/10/feeling-very-englandish/</link>
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		<title>Latest From South Africaland!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey and welcome to bonfire night! have a sparkler for me! Wow the last couple of days, have, as ever, been crazily busy! Yesterday was Hattie&#8217;s birthday and we had an awesome day with a party in the evening! Pre school was amazing and the kids were so lovely. I decided it would be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/05/latest-from-south-africaland/</link>
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		<title>Good Aftenoon, November!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s November already. It is strange to think it is, indeed November here. Currently it&#8217;s about 32 degrees with beautiful sunshine! I normally associate November with cold wintery rain, cold winterywind, cold wintery sun and generally cold wintery winter! Oh yeah, you guys would know all about that, right?! Well it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/11/03/good-aftenoon-november/</link>
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		<title>I Am Falling In Love!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of you who know me well know that I am indeed, already in love! It&#8217;s ok, Michael both knows about, and approves of, the latest reciever[s] of my affections! They are the local children! They are just so lovely and sweet. The pre school children are adorable! But the older ones are so genuine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/30/i-am-falling-in-love/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Discovering More About Me!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know people say that this sort of adventure means you find yourself, and discover things you never knew you had inside you? Wel it&#8217;s true! Last Saturday morning, we had some free time. Picture the scene. Sun is shining, music playing. Chris, Hattie and Bethan are outside and Beth is writing an E mail. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/30/im-discovering-more-about-me/</link>
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		<title>Especially For St. Michael&#8217;s School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi! I thought you might all like to know about the children here. There are at least 3 primary schools in this area that we know about, each with lots more students than in England. School starts at 7 AM and finishes by 1.30. After school, all the children stay around playing games and don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/30/especially-for-st-michaels-achool/</link>
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		<title>2 in 1 Day?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! Well guess what? I find myself sat at a working computer for the second time today! How exciing! Jut thought I&#8217;d try and fill you in a bit on what&#8217;s happening here in the sun! [Lol, sorry no more sunshine jokes, promise!] Anyway you&#8217;ll be pleased to know that dressing up as a catapillar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/29/2-in-1-day/</link>
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		<title>Good Morning!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick hi from sunny South Africa! We had an awesome weekend. Steve Chalke is such an amazing and inspirational speaker! I urge you o travel across the country to hear him speak! We went to a church in Dipsloot, which is a township outside Cosmo City. The church is a tent in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/29/good-morning/</link>
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		<title>National South African Tuna Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Short bursts of insanity keep us sane! [Spike Milligan] Today there is a very important question which I want to put to you all&#8230; Does anyone know where Bethan&#8217;s opened, or unopened tin of tuna is? Unfortunately she seems to have mislayed it somewhere between the fridge and her sandwich! Anyway, I cant&#8217; believe it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/23/national-south-african-tuna-day/</link>
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		<title>Life in Nicolaland!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been very busy the last couple of days. Friday morning we spent in the clinic, helping with patients, pregnancy and immunisations! Eek!! Saturday and Sunday were really chilled. We had coffee and the hugest slice of cake ever on Saturday then went to church yesterday and went for an explore. This morning I got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/20/life-in-nicolaland/</link>
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		<title>Another Quick Update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys! Ok I failed in my mission to post this on Wednesday, it’s Thursday now… So a quick update… The lion park was amazing on Tuesday. We stroked baby lion cubs and fed a giraffe which was awesome! Started our projects yesterday so busy meeting lots of new and amazing people. Feeling a bit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/16/another-quick-update/</link>
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		<title>First South Africa Post!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! I can’t believe it’s over a week since I arrived here. Sorry I haven’t been able to write sooner but I haven’t had access to the internet until now – a bit of a shock for me! So yes, I’m actually here, in South Africa, enjoying 32 degree heat, fantastic accents and generally lovely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/16/first-south-africa-post/</link>
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		<title>Welcome the Prayer Corner!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s finally here! The little sanctuary for prayers and calmness&#8230; Maybe! I hope you have time to take a look and add to the prayer corner! It is also worth mentioning that this morning, I had a very momentous moment! I finally have confirmation that I am not yet officially a grown up! Yay!! Yes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/03/welcome-the-prayer-corner/</link>
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		<title>Time Is Ticking!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have officially started packing! Woohoo!! But this brings with it a sinking, sickening feeling which I can’t seem to get rid of. I was awake for hours last night just not able to fall asleep. Then when I did, I had really frantic dreams about forgetting things and running crazily around trying to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/10/02/time-is-ticking/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Officially Old!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have never really been in the situation where I feel a strong urge to put on my best cracked croaky voice, sigh, and bemoan the fate of students in today&#8217;s education system with the infamous words&#8230; &#8220;Well it wasn&#8217;t like that in my day!&#8221; However, yesterday morning I find myself in this position of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/09/30/im-officially-old/</link>
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		<title>Highest Point!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to tell you about my amazing weekend. On Thursday I travelled up to Worcester because I had a presentation to do on Friday morning. I took Michael with me to keep me company, and keep me entertained &#8211; a role he instantly fulfilled when he succeeded in breaking our room key! [It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/09/28/highest-point/</link>
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		<title>So Much  To Do!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok so I leave on 6th October, which is in 12 days time. And it&#8217;s just occurring to me exactly how much I have to do before I go! I generally consider myself to be a fairly organised person. Although I do usually leave things a little to the last minute. [Hmmm... Really shouldn't do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/09/24/so-much-to-do/</link>
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		<title>My First Post!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey! Thanks for visiting my site. As this is my first ever post on my blog, I&#8217;d like to start by saying a huge thank you to my amazing and tallented friend, Darren, who has spent much of his summer break from uni creating this site for me. Thanks, Daz! I&#8217;m Nicola and in 12 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/09/24/my-first-post/</link>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello There! Welcome along to Nicola On A Mission! I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll join with me in encouraging and praying for Nicola as she embarks on this new chapter in her life. This is Nicola&#8217;s space, not mine. So don&#8217;t expect to hear from me except when contributing to one of Nicola&#8217;s discussions. As well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nicolaonamission.co.uk/2008/09/14/welcome/</link>
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