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	<title>Life of Elle &#187; Sweet Hope</title>
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		<title>I was hugged by a giant Russian woman</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/06/23/i-was-hugged-by-a-giant-russian-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The area around the nursery I work in has a fairly large Russian population.  They mostly keep to themselves and somehow convince the Walgreens in the area to put up an &#8220;Apteka&#8221; sign.  Every so often we get a stray shopper in the store and every so seldom I get up the courage to at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An informal invitation</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/03/29/an-informal-invitation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was contacted by a woman who lives in Moscow offering assistance with any translation services Sweet Hope might need.  Now I get quite a few requests from people asking for money and the like, but I&#8217;ve rarely been offered assistance.  At first I was skeptical, but upon further investigation I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generous thanks from far away</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/03/18/generous-thanks-from-far-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know I received the packet of papers that told us what Galina and the director of Mirnoe Children&#8217;s Home purchased.  Oh wait, I didn&#8217;t tell you that part.  That&#8217;s right, I put it in the monthly Sweet Hope newsletter and posted something on Facebook.  You should totally subscribe (here*).  Included in that were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warm Heads, Warm Feet</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/03/11/warm-heads-warm-feet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the March newsletter for Sweet Hope I titled the article something different.  I thought Warm Heads, Warm Feet was a little better.
There have been so many people across the country who have expressed interest in helping with the chocolate making, but cannot because really, who wants to fly to Washington state to make candy? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming non-profit</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/03/09/becoming-non-profit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has always been my goal to make Sweet Hope a totally legit organization.  And now some of you are going, &#8220;whoa, I bought stuff from her and she wasn&#8217;t legit?&#8221;  I assure you, 100% of the proceeds from Sweet Hope goes directly to our cause.  I benefit nothing from this endeavor.  My payment is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inbox surprises</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/02/03/inbox-surprises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/02/03/inbox-surprises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I was mostly awake from 3:00 a.m. on.  Needless to say, I woke up crabby.  I went about my morning and then I got to the email portion of my day.  This was waiting for me in my inbox.
Dear Lisa and Derek, hello. Today I have sent to your address a package: 2 grateful  letters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help me do more good</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/01/18/help-me-do-more-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2010/01/18/help-me-do-more-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elle's World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a once in a lifetime (ok, more doesn&#8217;t come around very often) opportunity this summer.  The youth director and I are taking 3 teenage girls to China for 16 days.  It is a mission trip with chinaconnect.  We are partnering with two other Lutheran churches for one large youth event.  I&#8217;m not sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Wrap-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/28/christmas-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you look at that.  Nary a Christmas letter to be found around here.  I&#8217;m rather disappointed in myself about it.  Um, not really.
The whole trusty family arrived in Washington on the 22nd and we have been on the go ever since.  We haul the dog with us (she&#8217;s finally getting adjusted to riding in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well wasn&#8217;t that fun?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/17/well-wasnt-that-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/17/well-wasnt-that-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Busy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 5:00 last night the postman knocked on my door and said, &#8220;are there really 70 there?&#8221;  Yes.  It would have been more, but I have a few deliveries and some people did deliveries for me.  78 orders in all.  396 individual boxes of candy.  2299 truffles and 2510 caramels.  I would give you the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It could be worse</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/10/it-could-be-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeofelle.com/2009/12/10/it-could-be-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first two weeks of December are the single most busy weeks in my life.  This year was especially busy because of the shear number of chocolates and caramels I had to make (1882 truffles and 2088 caramels to be exact).  So far I&#8217;ve done 1941 truffles and 1804 caramels.  I still have 216 truffles [...]]]></description>
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