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MEMBER BLOG TAG: missionary

Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:57PM
 
Slouching Toward Zion, Part IV
Tags: religion, Christian, Arab, Jew, Baptist, Missionary, Christ, scripture, Satan
 
When Thurston and Elaine returned to Chillicothe from their visit to the Middle East they were changed forever.  Elaine, who had never before traveled farther than Wichita Falls had a spiritual, intellectual and gynecological experience. 

Thurston, who had chosen the gastronomical rather than the cultural tour, had experienced delight, dismay and diarrhea.  He had discovered Arab cuisine.  She had discovered what her gender meant.

Elaine had been born a woman and in...
 
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