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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
Easter Ravioli
Dear Friends, This year I dyed no eggs for Easter. I ate a chocolate egg or two. And ravioli. But as a different direction this year, I kept closer to the church tradition of Lent–and of breaking it heartily on Easter with more ham than anyone should ever eat. During Lent, I was more aware of…
Dear friends, As I prepared to write this month's letter, I was tempted to send you a list of statistics because that's much easier than trying to communicate personally about myself. A certain weakness of mine has become very clear to me recently, that I am reluctant to admit my need for help from…
April 2007
Dearest Friends, It has been such a long time since we’ve formerly communicated with you, I’m not even sure where to begin. As you may be aware, we Bolivia Bakers are temporarily living Stateside. In October of last year, our youngest son, Luke (4 months old at the time), began having apneic seizures. After exhausting…
April 2007 Dearest Friends, It has been such a long time since we've formerly communicated with you, I'm not even sure where to begin. As you may be aware, we Bolivia Bakers are temporarily living Stateside. In October of last year, our youngest son, Luke (4 months old at the time), began having apneic…
April 2007 Prayer Letter
Dear Family and Friends, We wanted to update you on a few things since Adriana wrote last. The first quarter of this year has been full and exciting. In January and February we had the wonderful privilege of visiting the WMF staff both in Lima, Peru and El Alto, Bolivia. It truly is a blessing…
April Prayer Letter
April 1, 2007 Dear Sweet Friends & Family, Whew! What a couple of months it has been since I last wrote you. Our community has experienced many of life's joys and pains in the short time that has passed. There never seems to be a dull moment around here, that's for sure. At times it…
Sorrow to Joy, Suffering to Peace
Wednesday night One of our girls went back to the streets. According to the statistics, this is common. According to the books, girls try to leave prostitution an average of six times before they stay out for good. But the books don't say anything about this feeling I would get when one of them went…
Overflowing Cups
“I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing.” John 15: 5 Dear Family and Friends, Greetings of hope, joy, and peace to you. “Wi tel God tenki!” (Common…
March 1st, 2007
Dear Friends and Family, Thank you so much for partnering with me as I serve with Word Made Flesh. I hope that in our relationship and through this partnership, we will discover more about God's heart for our world. About a year ago, our WMF office took a Gallup “Strengths Finder” Test together. This test…