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WOMEN’S MISSIONARY FEDERATION OF AFLC
WINTER/SPRING 2021
Confident Humility B Y L A V O N N E W E S T ,
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EDITORS:
WMF President Lavonne West
288 Brunner Rd Columbia Falls MT 59912
406-892-2667 [email protected]
1st Vice President Anne Presteng
6838147th Ave NE Grafton ND 58237
701-352-0911 annepresteng @gmail.com
Executive Secretary
Dawn Johnson 2991 30th Ave
Wilson WI 54027 715-772-4454
N E W S L E T T E R
WMF Day 2021
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Association Free Lutheran Schools, Plymouth MN
Guard what has been entrusted to you! 1 Timothy 6:20-21 NASB
Looking for a program idea? Need information on the Missionaries? Starting a new Bible study and need material? Check the WMF Resource Manual. Check your copy or see it at aflc.org/women/resources/
Life’s hardships often feel like someone has turned up the heat. The cashew has a caustic oil between the nut’s inner and outer shells. Be-fore we enjoy them; they’ve been through the fire to burn off the outer shell. Then the nut is boiled or roasted again to remove the inner shell. In II Corinthians 4:7-9 NASB Paul writes, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;” Cancelled. The Home Mission Retreat was cancelled. As many of you know this is the third “trip” that I have un- packed. It is a lesson in confi-dent humility. Trusting in the One who opens doors and closes them. He must increase and I must decrease. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. The theme was “Feels Like Home” well it feels like we are all staying home this time. And I am praying for God’s will to be done and kingdom come. I must have important tasks here at home to fulfill. Starting with prayer for each of you dear women across the AFLC. Thank you to those who have been praying for our friends hit hard by this virus. Especially those in the “host” church for the mission confer-ence Calvary in Mesa, AZ. I trust you will be encouraged as you read this issue of our Helping Hand. Guard what has been entrusted to you… you will see how some of our missionaries and friends in Parish Ed. and FLBS are seizing these moments during COVID to do just that!
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