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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
September, 2006 prayer letter
Dear friends and family, Greetings from Lima, Peru! We are reunited with the WMF community in Lima after spending the month of July visiting the States, thankful for the ways in which we were loved on by so many of you while we visited. As our time was short this year, we sincerely wish that…
September prayer letter
Lima, August 12, 2006 The following letter is written by a Peruvian staff member Anna Monteviller, Programs Director for the WMF community in Lima, Peru. As the majority of the Peruvian staff receive their salaries through support given to WMF Peru, they desire to express their gratitude through these regular communications. We hope that this…
September 2006
Dear family and friends, First of all, thank you so so much for your overwhelming support. So many have you have spoken encouraging words to me, given generously of your own funds, and prayed for me. I hope all is well with you. Life has been strange in Toulon, Ill., where I am…
News from Camp
September 2006 Dear Friends, Another year of camps has come and gone. At the end of July we spent a week in the mountains with 26 kids. As I have said before, this was my first year to go with the kids to camp (in the past I've always gone with the street boys) and…
Lament to Imagine to Celebrate
“But we have no water,” she lamented. “We have no money. If we had money, we could have water. But it costs $300 to install water. So, we have no water.” “My daughters are working down in the city. They are working in shops. They earn money for food. But there's…
September Prayer Letter
Dear Friends, I wanted to give you an update this month on what has been happening in our community over the summer. But first, some of you may have received an announcement that we are holding and Open House in Omaha on the 30th of September. For logistical reasons, we've had to change…
Truth, Enthusiasm, and God's Love
Dear family and friends, I hope this note finds you unharried, thankful, and enthusiastic. Tears blur my computer screen, as my heart is flooded with images of your faces; memories of shared laughter, meals, and conversations; and fragments of encouraging correspondence. I love and miss you all very much. My last prayer letter was a…
2006-08-01
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 August 2006 Dear Loved Ones, It was such a joy to see so many of you this summer. …
Cosmic Questions
August 2006 Dear Friends, Summer vacation is in full swing here in Galati. Even though our camps will have come and gone by the time you receive this letter, I'm writing it the day before we leave. That means you'll have to wait until next month for the good report. Our daily program for the…
A Tiny Taste of Ressurection
A Tiny Taste of Resurrection I want to tell you, my friends and family, my prayer partners and all who I coerced into receiving my letters, a short story. It has touches of a fairy tale. And I've always loved a good fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Angela[1]. …