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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
June Prayer Letter
June 2011 As mentioned in my last prayer letter, I am going to South America! I have so much excitement about this trip and it is only going to get stronger as July 1st approaches! I will be traveling with Jeff Swart, a fellow co-worker, to visit the Word Made Flesh fields in Bolivia and…
june 2011
Dear Friends and Family, I write this to you after four and a half weeks in my new home with John. It has been quite a transition. We arrived in Chisinau on April 15 welcomed at the airport by our entire team, and upon arrival at our apartment, by wedding gifts from the team which…
June 2011 Prayer Letter
June 2011 Dear Friends, This last month has been a bit up and down. Ana and I have proceeded with our plans to receive Eleni and Florin, but they weren’t allowed to come stay with us as quickly as we had hoped. Actually, they have been allowed to come stay with us twice so far,…
June 2011 Prayer Letter
Hello! As another summer commences, I thank God for the beautiful weather and the opportunity to bask in the warmth of the sun and of young and old friendships. Grace and Peace to you, I pray this letter finds you well. As I wrote last month, I will be visiting the WMF Bolivia field in…
June Update
Dear Friends, Thank you for your prayers during this past month. Although Lenutsa and I are getting back into things in Galati, we’re finding that it takes more time than we anticipated in readjusting. Even when we aren’t doing too much, we come home at the end of the day completely exhausted. As we’ve read…
June Prayer Letter
June 2011 Dear Friends, It has now been over two months since I have been working full time here at Word Made Flesh (WMF). The staff I have been serving with here in Omaha and the international staff whom I am meeting are incredible people. Their hearts are so rich, so inviting, and so affectionate.…
June Prayer Letter
June 2011 Dear Friends and Family, As a token of gratitude for your partnership with Chris and me and WMF, I’d like to share with you a reflection on love and the least of these that I wrote this weekend. Read this when you have a few moments to be quiet and search your heart.…
Prayer Requests and Praises, Spring 2011
Many in our community are tired and needing a fresh touch from the Lord. Pray for renewal, vision, clarity, wisdom and joy.
May update 2011
Dear friends, Thank you for walking with me on this journey and for supporting me in your prayers. I can see how God works and answers in His perfect timing. In my last prayer letter I wrote about my desire to be a sign of the Kingdom of God in the midst of the community…
I will trust and sing.
“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? …But I trust in your unfailing love; My heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, For he has been good to me.” Psalm 13:1,5,6 The voice of the Psalmist moved me today as I listened to a song inspired by Psalm 13.…