So here is how it works.
Read the first section (which is true) and then read the second section (which will be the "line-by-line" parabolic interpretation of the first section).
A special note for the "technological challenged"...the links in the second section will only add to your understanding and give full context to the intended humor and storyline, especially if you haven't been following the blog daily.
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Two young albatrosses being tracked by satellite have made it all the way to Chile, after an exhausting journey over thousands of kilometres.
A third bird is still battling its way across the Pacific Ocean to South America.
The three fledgling northern royal albatross were fitted with transmitters and traced on their maiden flights by PhD student Bindi Thomas.
She said her study had solved the mystery of where Otago's juvenile albatross went on their first flight.
Preliminary data showed they had not climbed more than 30m above sea level during their journey, although final results were still to be analysed.
The first albatross, Toroa, left Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula on September 23, arriving off the Chilean coast five weeks later after a brief layover in the Chatham Islands.
Yesterday Toroa was lolling about on the water in feeding grounds 75km off the shore.
Thomas said it was yet to be seen if the young birds, due back in Otago in five to seven years, would stay near Chile or head south to the Argentinian coast.
A second bird, with the less romantic name of 55027, left the South Island on October 4, arriving in Chile about November 7, and is also now enjoying a South American sojourn.
The two birds were resting just 40km apart, Thomas said.
They deserve a break -- their meandering flight plans meant they travelled about 13,000km to reach Chile, a distance of 9300km in a straight line.
Only two in every three albatross chicks make it backto New Zealand, falling victim to sharks, and fishing lines.
The third albatross, named 55029, has another 2000km to go before reaching Chile.
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David and Kristi Flinck, being tracked by supporters on the blog, have made it all the way to South Texas, after an exhausting journey over a couple thousands miles.
Other GMSA families are still traveling on deputation across the United States, but with the plans of making South Texas their destination for language training.
Supporters have commented that the blog has helped them visualize the trip and pray in a better way.
Preliminary data, on the blog, has shown that the Flincks have not traveled more than 500 a day during their 5 day trip, although the exact mileage was probably analyzed by David.
The Flincks left Brooklyn Park, MN on December 29th, arriving at RGBI five days later, after brief stops in Fremont, NE, Norman, OK, and San Antonio, TX.
Each day they stopped at the feeding grounds of McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Subway.
Some were wondering if the Flinck family would really stop in Texas, or just keep driving to Chile.
Other missionary families, with less romantic names of Lopez, Wilson, Patton, & Thurston, arrived only days after the Flincks to "enjoy" the rigors of language school.
All the families are now moved in and settled in their apartments, some just 40 yards apart.
They deserve a break after meandering all the way from places called Connecticut, Michigan, Kansas, Colorado, and Minnesota.
Some of the families will never make it back to their home state, since they will go straight to the mission field from RGBI. Hopefully, none of the families will fall victims to discouragement, disqualification, and depression, that could lead to calling it quits.
The Flincks are looking forward to meeting new families, starting next semester, that are planning on making their way to RGBI to study Spanish.
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