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>>What sort of mission were you on? I know you do a lot of volunteer stuff through your church. Good for you!
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>My wife leads (and I assist) with a "Creative Arts Ministry" of about 17 folks ranging in age from 8 to me (64). We use puppetry, dance, mime, ventriloquism, drill, signing etc to put on presentations that spread the Gospel.
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>We were asked to go to Panama to do some presentations in orphanages, hospitals and schools as well as conduct training sessions for church leaders in Panama to enable them to use the creative arts in their ministry.
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>We also took a nurse who gave classes in the basics of personal hygiene etc etc.

That last sentence doesn't seem to be so christian. In fact it sounds quite nefarious. What do you actually mean?
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UPDATE: Oh I see now! You took the nurse with you :-)