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The home behind the old wooden fence…

The home behind the old wooden fence…   We turned onto a broken-down dirt road Passing a large warehouse filled with the ...

A Time for Everything

December 10, 2012

[section bg=”#eee” title=”” padding=”30px 40px 30px 40px” parallax_text=”0″ parallax=”0″ margin=”30px”] Posted by WMF International Office  |  August 19, 2020 (Addendum to original 2012 post) [divider] Word Made Flesh is committed to ongoing listening, learning, and taking action to continue organizational progress of facilitating healthy and safe settings (structures and systems) for all staff and for…

Winter Letter from the Editor

December 10, 2012

The only thing constant in life is change. Which means that we are eternally bound in incredible rhythms and cycles of growth, challenge, change and the deeper, robust coming again to see the face of God afresh in all that we do. This issue not only marks the brisk change in temperature that marks the…

December 2012

December 2, 2012

Dear Friends and Family, It’s mid-November and we’re enjoying a lovely fall full of green vegetables, bright orange pumpkins and more honey than we could ever ask for. We’ve enjoyed going for walks through the city, checking out an organic farmer’s market that has recently opened and visiting a beautiful park that the city has…

December 2012 Prayer Letter

December 1, 2012

December 2012 Dear Friends, Much has happened since I last sent a letter through regular mail.  First of all, my email letters continue to receive a good response.  There are always a good number of people that write back with short comments or to let me in on a little bit of what’s happening in…

Noah Tullay's Prayer Letter

November 15, 2012

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted…

Faith is a bird that sings while the dawn is still dark.

November 15, 2012

December, 12   “Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still dark.” (Rabindranath Tagore)   Dear Friends and Family, Greetings of peace, joy and hope to you this advent season. Thank you so much for your love, prayers and generous support which enables us to seek justice and practice…

Introducing Ansuman Bangura

November 15, 2012

November 15, 2012 Don’t you know that those who work in the temple get there food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.…

Photos

November 8, 2012

This month I want to share some photos from art class and from my trip to the States.  Enjoy!  see message here.  

Current Happenings

November 5, 2012

We are now into the full swing of our after-school program here with the kids, and we’d like to share some more about us: We are now 12 workers from Moldova, Romania, the United States and Ukraine. We work with around 60 children weekly. We provide game time outside and inside in our two game…

November 2012

November 1, 2012

“They are Jesus. Everyone is Jesus in a distressing disguise.” Mother Teresa Dear friends and family, I (John) have found myself several times this month feeling disappointed by the lack of evident growth or transformation in the children who come to our program. The 6th grade boy whom I tutor twice a week still can’t…