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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales

Submission is a word that provokes significant discomfort for me. When I first saw that this was one of our lifestyle celebrations, ...

Beggars Society: January 11, 2009: Jeff Johnson

January 11, 2009

Jeff Johnson: January 11, 2009 Beggars Society Meeting, Omaha, NE

January 2010 Prayer Letter

January 1, 2009

January 2010 Dear Friends, I know I have already mentioned this in past letters, but this month there will be a team leaving from Romania to begin a new Word Made Flesh field in Moldova. We are all really excited about the part we get to play in helping to start this new field. Moldova…

April Folkertsma – Jan. 1, 2009

January 1, 2009

Dear Friends and Family: It’s a gray cold day in Galaţi…not a leaf is left on any tree, at least from where I can see out my kitchen window. No leaves, gray leaden sky, crumbling apartment buildings… Sort of depressing. Sorry, I’m ready for some warmth and sunshine. Last week in our community Bible study…

update from David and Lenutsa

January 1, 2009

Dear Friends,   As I write we are in the midst of a busy December, as I imagine you are as well. Over the past few Sundays, the children have been visiting the different evangelical churches in Galati and ministering through song, poem and Scripture. They have been a blessing to the churches. Our prayer…

January 2009 Prayer Letter

January 1, 2009

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1 Dear Friends and Family, Holiday greetings from a bright, sunny Sierra Leone. The mood here in Freetown is festive and raucous as Christmas house parties give way to block parties. The louder…

January 2009

January 1, 2009

Dear Friends and Family,   R. is one of the three young children I work with at the Valley House.  Together we read books, do art, practice math problems, write stories and listen to music.  A 9-year-old third grader, he is all smiles each day when he climbs the stairs to the upstairs where we…

Lost Wallet, New Glasses

January 1, 2009

The other day, a completely normal thing happened. I lost my wallet. I was hurrying up from La Paz at night, carrying two grocery bags and my backpack, the one with the dysfunctional zipper, slung over my shoulder.  As I hopped out to change buses, it started raining like a lost monsoon.  I ran for…

January Prayer Letter

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!  I want to share about Lifestyle Celebrations.  If you have checked out the WMF website or read The Cry you might be familiar with this term, if not, this will be a very rough and brief introduction to the matter, but maybe it will inspire you to research more for yourself!  Word…

Advent Podcast 2008 – Week 4 – Chris Heuertz – Room at the Inn

December 19, 2008

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Beggars Society: December 14: Intimacy and Pilgrimage, Phileena Heuertz

December 14, 2008

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