Word Made Flesh is a contemplative community. One of the ways that we contemplate what God is doing in the world and in our lives is through the reflection articles that we write. We invite you to read, learn, and celebrate with us.
The home behind the old wooden fence…
October 1, 2008 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends and Family, I wanted to use this opportunity to tell you a little bit more about where I am at in my journey with Word Made Flesh. The next year will go by quickly, and it is hard to think through everything that needs to take place. I need and covet your…
September Prayer Letter
Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. (Is. 49:15-16) Dear Friends, Family and Community, I…
October 2008
Language study is almost a right of passage for missionaries world wide. Some take a period of time to study in a country before departing for their field. Some attempt to study "en vivo" living and learning from the people surrounding them without any formal education. And other enter school and study in a…
The Cry Vol 14 No 3
El Camino de Santiago By Phileena Heuertz “We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage and a passage on this earth for the way of heaven.” (Pope Paul VI) On a brisk early morning in May, my husband, Chris, and I awoke to the…
April Folkertsma – Sep. 1, 2008
Dear Friends and Family: Summer is wrapping up here in Galati and as I write, it is hot hot hot! But as fellow staff member David said: I keep saying to myself, be thankful you aren’t cold! Ahhh, so true… And so, summer is wrapping up and with it our summer program which culminates in…
Vol. 14, No. 3 Suffering (Fall 2008)
Vol. 14, No. 3 Suffering (Fall 2008)
2008-09-01
Have you ever heard of the Slow Food Movement? The organization defines themselves this way: “Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how…
September 2008
Dear Friends and Family, This summer one of our main focuses at the Valley House has been on reading. Each day, all of the children have an hour of reading time in which they treat themselves to the book of their choice from our library. We have seen many of our children grow from complaining…
September 2008 Prayer Letter
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hopeand a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me,and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with…
September Prayer Letter
September 1, 2008 Amigos! Familia! Greetings from Lima, Peru! I write to you today full with things to be thankful for and also with ways in which you can join us in prayer. There's never really a dull moment around here with the ministry center under construction, our young friends going through puberty, and constantly…