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Langley family May 2009 update letter
May 2009 Greeting in Jesus’ name! The community is finally getting settled into the minstry center, and looking forward to our minstry programs starting up the first week of May. The demolition process is moving forward, although we have yet to hear the first hammer blow fall; at this point our petition is still being…
May 2012
Dropping by to let you in on some special news! In honor of my one year mark of serving with Word Made Flesh, I am going paperless! Because I love the “personal touch” of getting things in the mail, this has been really tough for me! But I want to be a wise steward with…
April 2012
Spring has come! Breathe it in. This fresh, new season we are welcoming is quite exciting to me, being from the south and living in such a cold region as the Midwest. This month, I wanted to share an article with you all from our co-director, Phileena Heuertz. I hope that you will be inspired…
March 2012
Here we are my loved ones! It is already March, and on the 21st of this month, I will mark my first year anniversary with Word Made Flesh (WMF) – Hard to believe, right? Over the last few weeks I have been thinking about my role here in the Omahaoffice, how much I treasure it…
February 2012
“Grace isn’t given to us so that we remain isolated, but we experience grace so that we can share it, in all of its various forms, with others, in this spirit.” – Bo White, WMF Director of Community Care I feel the need to share a story with you. Let me tell you about a…
May 2012 Prayer Letter
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 Hello! As I write, the air is dense and the ground is wet after a morning thundershower. The distinct post-rain scent has awakened in me a sense of renewal. The grass is a beautiful shade of…
May 2012
Dear Friends and Family, Today is Sunday, April 15, and on this day we join together with other Christians in the East to celebrate Easter. Gathered outside of a small church in our neighborhood just a few hours ago at midnight, we held lit candles and joined in the repeated singing of the hymn known…
Langley family May update letter
Dear loved ones, Greetings from Lima, Peru! We pray that you all are well, enjoying the presence of our God in your lives. We pray also for those of you who are struggling, or facing a demanding trial of any kind, that God would give you strength for the journey, faith to support your…
May 2012
May 2012 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The…
Langley family April update letter
April 2012 Langley family update Dear loved ones, We have been going through a bit of an emotional roller coaster during this season of our lives. On Valentine’s Day (pictured above) Monica and the girls organized a special dinner for us. We were treated to a…