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 19, 2006
Dear Prayer Warriors, I am writing to urgently ask you to join us in prayer. Our community, and specifically our family, are under spiritual attack. We acknowledge a fierce battle taking place over the life of Hans, who we wrote about recently. Hans was a transvestite involved in homosexuality, prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse. We…
Bad to Good
Bad to Good We’ve had a ton of stuff stolen lately, including Faye’s cell phone out of her room while she was sleeping a couple of weeks ago, and my wallet in an overcrowded taxi just a few of hours ago. Feelings of fear, anger, despair, and vulnerability seek to submerge us like a churning…
November Prayer Letter
Dear Friends and Co-laborers, Lenut(s)a and I have just returned from a week in England and two weeks in Omaha. It was nice to see family and friends again – though we didn't get to see everyone that we wanted to. We were glad to be able to participate in the WMF board…
Beggars Society: October 8, 2006: The Kingdom Erupting – David Chronic
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Beggars Society: October 8, 2006: The Kingdom Erupting – Father Katongole
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God has heard the cry
I have indeed seen the misery of my people… I have heard them crying out… I am concerned about their suffering… So now, go. I am sending you…Exodus 3:7,10 Every Wednesday morning our USA staff celebrate Community Breakfast at Baker's house. We eat French toast and drink carefully rationed Starbucks. We talk about our…
Electric Watermelon
October 2006 After six wonderful weeks in the States with family and friends, I'm back to life in Romania and having a time of it. Tonight I blew a fuse when I plugged my surge protector into the wall for my new computer. Guess it wasn't supposed to be used on…
Happy New Year
October 2006 Dear Friends, This is the second month in a row with bad news. One week ago, as I'm writing this, Moise chose to leave the boys' home. He had stayed in the home far longer than any other boy, almost eighteen months, and left much healthier than the other boys, as well. Still,…
October, 2006 Prayer Letter
The following letter is written by Jose Luisa Palacios, Peruvian Field Staff for the WMF community in Lima, Peru. As the majority of the Peruvian staff receives their salaries through support given to the WMF Peru ministry account, they desire to express their gratitude through these regular communications. We hope that this can become a…
2006-10-01
October 2006 Dear Loved Ones, We pray that you all are doing well. Since we arrived at the beginning of August, winter has come and gone. We enjoyed two or three weeks of wonderfully cool weather in the 60s! Each of us has a couple of sweaters and they were well used…