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The Spoken Project Update: October 2011

22-year-old Kate studies landscape architecture, loves good design and drinks strong coffee. If you met Kate, you would have no idea she’s struggled with an eating disoder since she was 15 years old.

The first episode of The Spoken Project.

Project 1: Kate speaks about having an eating disorder

Pete says the day he almost died was the "best day of his life". At 58-years-old, Pete is retired, loves surfing, has a wife, kids, dogs and a cat. But he's also been an alcoholic, had numerous partners and experienced two near-death experiences. Even more remarkably, though, Pete loves God. This is his story.

Project 2: Pete speaks about learning to live while dying

This is a love story that begins in the hallways of a university college. But it doesn't have a Hollywood ending.  A few weeks out from their wedding, Em's fiance called it off. This is Em's story of grief, of losing a best friend, but also of finding hope in a dark place.

Project 3: Em speaks about the grief of a broken engagement

Daniel is a graphic designer, a passionate Christian and heavily involved in social justice. He also happens to have autism. This is his story.

Project 4: Daniel talks about living with autism

The Spoken Project is about people just like you, but not quite like you.

They are working 9-5, kicking a ball, writing a poem, taking a shower, making dinner. They are the grief-stricken widow, the young Aboriginal man, the Chinese commerce student, the mother of three. They are extraordinary ordinaries.

The Spoken Project tells the stories of people grappling with life, in all its joy and sorrow.

Ultimately, it's about God and what he is doing when you're not looking.

And when we're not looking, you're going to tell us what he's doing.

If you know someone whose story should be told, email thespokenproject.gyles@gmail.com

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