16 January 2010
John Koon
Thank you all for your prayers as our team moved from Galati, Romania yesterday to Chisinau, Moldova. We were so aware of God’s care for us as we passed quickly through customs, arrived just before a major snowstorm and were greeted by a hot meal made by our dear friend Adriana. Yesterday we rested and [...]
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As our January 15th departure to Moldova draws ever closer, here are some ways that you can be in prayer for our team:
1) Pray for Annie Keith, our servant team coordinator, who will be arriving in Romania on Tuesday the 12th from the States as our newest staff member. She will spend a few days [...]
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26 November 2009
John Koon
Magda Clopotel (WMF Romania staff) and I just returned to Galati from a four-day trip to Moldova in which we looked for host families for our staff moving to Moldova, met with a lawyer to discuss the process of obtaining living permits and presented our vision for WMF Moldova to a class of social work [...]
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29 September 2009
John Koon
As you may or may not know, Word Made Flesh is moving to Moldova. I realize that many people do not know the story of the birth of this new community, so I thought that it would be of interest to share it here.
I moved to Moldova exactly three years ago, in September [...]
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(See below for English translation.)
Acest text este scris de Adriana Ciobanu, o profesoară din Chişinău care deja Îl slujeşte pe Isus printre cei mai vulnerabili de acolo.
E sfîrşit de an şcolar..
În Moldova avem o tradiţie cînd clopoţelul sună pentru ultima dată pentru cei care absolvesc şcoala…
După ce am privit un reportaj despre [...]
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A poem by April Folkertsma Ispas, October 2007
It’s a quarter to 4 a.m.
And I can’t do anything with this dark,
sleep, read, pray.
I can see only as far as the bus headlights illuminate,
along a bumpy Moldovan road,
On my way to Chisinau for clarification
or further vision.
My fellow travelers sleep
and I am asleep-awake in the twilight
world of jetlag.
This [...]
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