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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
Big News!
Hello friends from around the world, I’m not sure if you heard, read or If you receive Word Made Flesh Thailand’s monthly newsletters (Subscribe Here) -either way we have BIG news (and a bit of explaining to do) Here is what we wrote last week. “Word Made Flesh Thailand (Creative Life Foundation) IS MOVING! Of course…
Is It Worth It?
From the wisdom of Scripture to the teaching of modern psychology, one principle that is promoted for human development and that helps us to relate to one another is this: receiving and then giving to others, being helped and then helping others, receiving love and then loving others in turn. For us, this is what…
The Cry – 5 Reasons To Subscribe
The Cry is a quarterly magazine published by Word Made Flesh that celebrates our core values, highlights the global community, and promotes personal stories and inspiration. After a period of dormancy, The Cry is being re-launched! You can subscribe here Here are five reasons to subscribe: Community The Cry captures the wide reach of the ministry…
Intentional Community
Intentional community is an initiative that started a long time ago as a dream. We longed for a way to accompany the families we have been walking with on the streets and improve their quality of life. As they have moved out of the center of the city and settled into the outskirts, they are…
To Dream
Doina* was one of the first children we met when we began partnering with a state-run boarding school for vulnerable children in Moldova in 2010. She immediately stood out to us as a bright, spunky child who was full of energy and ready to learn. As we got to know Doina through our after-school program,…
Meet Doris
A woman with kind eyes and a round face greeted me by name on my second day with Word Made Flesh Bolivia. I later learned that this woman was Doris Monasterios Quispe, the Coordinator of Administration. She stands at just barely 5 feet, but her confidence and warmth make her larger than life. Doris has lived in El…
The Father’s Divine Love
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,” said the thief on the cross (Luke 23:42). The confession of the thief is a fulfilment of the words previously uttered by Jesus: “For the Son of Man came that he might save the lost” (Luke 19:10). The words of the Son of God speak of His mission…
The Esther Project
The Esther Project (Projeto Ester) opened its doors on November 18, 2009. As a community center, we develop women of God through teaching and discipleship, and help to provide education, work, legal assistance, aid with documentation issues, and access to health care.We are called, as Esther was, to risk ourselves and to sacrifice for these women in danger. We…
The Wall of Prayer and Promise
We asked the kids at WMF Moldova what they hope for in the new space. They wrote or drew a picture of their hope on the wall in what we hope to be the dining room. S drew a fork and knife and a Christmas tree.He wants to eat lunch together again and celebrate Christmas…
We Just Made a Brave Decision
As a team, we recently made the bravest decision of our entire six years together: we followed our intuition rather than our logic and said “yes” to buying a property. We have talked about buying a Community Center for several years, but the costs involved kept us dragging our feet. Suddenly on the Eve of…