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WOMEN’S MISSIONARY FEDERATION OF AFLC WINTER/SPRING 2021 Confident Humility B Y L AVONNE W EST , INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 'HYRWLRQDO 2 :RUOG 0LVVLRQV 2-3 3DULVK (GXFDWLRQ 4 )/%&)/6 5 ,QIRUPDWLRQ 6-8 HELPING HAND 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 [email protected] 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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WOMEN’S MISSIONARY FEDERATION OF AFLC

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WMF President Lavonne West

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1st Vice President Anne Presteng

6838147th Ave NE Grafton ND 58237

701-352-0911 annepresteng @gmail.com

Executive Secretary

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Wilson WI 54027 715-772-4454

[email protected]

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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Christian Education $15,334.21 $16,838.63 $24,000.00

WMF General Fund $51,336.44 $47,229.00 $65,200.00

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