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	<description>The adventures of D. Brent Arnold</description>
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		<title>New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy belated new year! Ashley and I have been working our butts off these past few weeks. With the new year comes the beginning of our first large-scale projects. Mine is a women&#8217;s economic empowerment and food security based project in conjunction with the local women&#8217;s association. Our village has four large community gardens that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace Corps Mali Packing List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we were preparing for departure to Mali, I found packing lists from current volunteer very helpful. Here is my couples guide to packing for Peace Corps Mali. Keep in mind, you can find a lot of items on this list in-country; however, you won&#8217;t have a chance to go shopping until a month or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures en Brusse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashley and I have been en brusse for nearly two months, it feels great to be back in the capital city. We arrived this morning via the monthly Peace Corps shuttle. Traveling by Toyota Land Cruiser sure beats riding in the back of a converted mini-van with 20 to 30 Malians. Our time at site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation in Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We returned from our Spanish vacation almost a week ago. Spain was great. We spent most of the two weeks in Madrid. We attended holiday services at Synagogue Beth Yaacov. It was nice. The rest of the time in Madrid was spent couch surfing, shopping and seeing the sites. Sadly, while visiting a park, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Wine in Mali</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had a number of questions about how we make our wine at site. First I would like to say thank you to John Waters, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, who inspired us to make our own wine, and the Discovering Country Wine Making book available at Amazon.com. We begin by choosing our ingredients. During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off to Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The time has finally come for our first vacation back to civilization. Early Monday morning (or late Sunday night, depends on how you look at it), we depart for Madrid. We&#8217;ll be spending two weeks in Spain. Most of the time will be in Madrid, but we will also spend a night in Toledo. We&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Cravings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August kicked off the beginning of the hungry season in Mali. It is aptly named the hungry season because, well, people are hungry. Right now everyone is in the process of planting their crops; corn, millet, etc. Despite being a season of food production, there is little available to eat. Planting crops costs money, one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbrentarnold.com/2011/food-cravings/</link>
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		<title>August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe that it is already the end of summer. While my friends and colleagues back in America are getting ready for classes to begin, I am heading back to school too. Ashley and I began our daily classes with our new language tutor when we returned to site. The Bambara classes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbrentarnold.com/2011/august/</link>
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		<title>Rough Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peace Corps is said to be the toughest job you&#8217;ll ever love. We do love the job, but this past week has been rough. Last Saturday, a Peace Corps land cruiser brought us from Kita to Bamako. The night prior, Ashley had started running a high temperature and was experiencing pain in her lower back. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dbrentarnold.com/2011/rough-week/</link>
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		<title>An American in Mali</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t had much time with access to my computer and internet these past couple months. What have we been doing? Well let me answer with a list of photo albums. All photos can be viewed on Picasa at https://picasaweb.google.com/dbrentarnold.com/ This week we are back at the Peace Corps training compound for further training. The [...]]]></description>
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