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Jesus Wept by Rachel Dyachenko
march 2011
Dear Friends and Family, I write this letter to some of you as old and dear friends, but most of you, whom I have not yet met, are old and dear friends of John. Thank you for welcoming me into your lives as John’s wife. The purpose of me writing to you this month is…
february 2011
Dear Friends and Family, WE’RE MARRIED! Keep your eyes open next month for an introductory letter from Rachel. With love, John and Rachel Koon
The Cry Vol 17 No 1 . 1
Body of Christ By Angelene Samuel It was a few days since Sarah mailed me, inviting me to share on the Body of Christ at the upcoming South Asia Regional Retreat at Chennai. And for first timers like me, to even think about sharing something before well weathered spiritual heroes was unthinkable. What added to…
The Cry Vol 17 No 1 . 2
Glimpse of Intimacy By Rachel Ingrum It is two o’clock in the afternoon and I am sitting down for what feels like the first time. My morning of running kids around to various summer activities was immediately followed by lunch, which included a start-stop-shift operation (a common process for doing things around my house) due to…
The Cry Vol 17 No 1 . 3
One Who Is Loved By Jeff Swart In May of last year, I started working in the Omaha office of Word Made Flesh in the Administration Department. My short time serving here has been nothing short of wonderful. As a recent college graduate moving to a new city, I had a considerable amount of adjusting…
The Cry Vol 17 No 1 . 4
That I may Dwell By Becky Thada I never thought I’d enjoy being squished between two people on a crowded bus. But since coming to Bolivia, I have found an odd joy in this frequent experience. Being that I’m always interested in the “why” of things, I stopped to think. I’m North American … North…
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Smile Upon Me By Hilary These are someone else’s words. This is someone else’s song. I am not sure if Remedy Drive was thinking intimacy when writing these lyrics or if the reader will think intimacy when reading them. Neither of those things really matter though, because when I sing this song it is my…
The Cry Vol 17 No 1 . 8
Beauty for Ashes I woke on Ash Wednesday not to the peaceful silence of the morning, but to the piercing drone of a fire alarm. Disoriented, I frantically ran around the house attempting to figure out exactly what was happening while my roommate dialed 911. The smoke I had inhaled during my sleep caught up…
April Update
Dear Friends, First of all, I want to let you know that I created a blog at http://fragmentsandreflections.wordpress.com/. I hope to contribute to that at least on a weekly basis. So, check it out for more frequent reflections, updates and prayer requests. Lenutsa and I are back home in Galati and re-integrating back into life…
April Prayer Letter
Dearest Friends and Family, Greetings from Omaha! As I write, Chris is in Kolkata, visiting the WMF community and their inspiring small business initiative for victims of sex trafficking, Sari Bari www.saribari.org . Winter lingers on here and we are very much looking forward to spring. Like the changing of the season, we’ve gone through…