We arrived at Ben Gurion airport in the early evening, picked up our rental car and drove straight to the hotel in Tel Aviv for a good nights rest after a long 14 hour flight.

Early the next morning we enjoyed a delicious Israeli breakfast before heading out for the first of three meetings scheduled for the day.

Right away we were asked to pray for a godly young woman who had been tormented with depressing thoughts since the birth of her new baby (you Mom’s will understand that). The request for prayer reminded me of how much I despise the enemy and his tactics, but actually, it was a good thing because it served to make me more resolute in prayer against his evil plans. The trip was already proving to be heartrending and a blessing at the same time.

God went before us as we met with several busy leaders; breaking bread together, building relationships and praying for needs all over Israel. We had warm fellowship with families, youth groups and single folks, all doing their part to shine the light of Yeshua and help grow the Messianic Jewish community in the country.

As always, there were diverse emergency situations needing immediate attention, but noticeably prevalent on this trip were a number of dear ones with serious dental problems. I witnessed for myself how badly in need of dental work many of them were, and how neglect in this area can cause serious health problems. Dentistry is very expensive in Israel, and so many times it’s the last thing to get attention.

 

There are children’s programs that the MJIF is so happy to help with.One such program furnishes school backpacks with supplies enclosed for thousands of children that otherwise would have nothing to take to school. . . and little is supplied for them in the classroom.

 

We met with Adam, a young worship and praise leader in Jerusalem. He and his wife call their home a “military outpost – and worship center.” Adam and his group of musical worshippers hold concerts all over Israel, playing music and ministering the Word of God to the youth in the Land. Another young family live in a dangerous settlement in the West Bank (it’s cheaper). They have no transportation, so he has to hitch-hike to Jerusalem every day to and from work.

We traveled to Haifa to visit an Ethiopian leader. The Ethiopian Jews are serious about God and sharing Yeshua with all that will listen. The MJIF helped two needy families there. We visited one Russian congregation that distributes clothing and goods to the poor in the community; and another that ministers to Holocaust survivors. . . just to bless them, the leader says.

We drove over to Tiberias and the beautiful Kenneret (Sea of Galilee) where we visited a growing congregation trying to renovate an old building to meet in. Please pray for this faithful group.

Another leader there told us about a small struggling ministry in Arad, located in the Negev Desert near the Dead Sea. We drove to Arad where we met with and assisted several needy families. The MJIF was able to help a precious lady who takes in foster children and young women needing help. She has had up to 15 children at a time, but currently there are four little ones, plus two young women staying with her. Can’t you just imagine how the Father must smile down on this servant of His?

Then on to Be’er Sheva with the heat of the desert pounding down on our little car, but we were feeling the springs of living water flowing in our spirits.

We visited the home of one leader in the community and listened as his wife told pitiful stories of the hardship suffered by a number of believers in the area. Each time I hear of, or saw distressing situations among the Messianic Jewish believers in Israel, I thanked God for the unselfish hearts of MJIF donors.

There are many poignant stories I could share with you, but that’s for a later time.

Look over the other pages of the web site and see what God is doing through you, the MJIF supporters.

In Messiah's joy,

Dotti

“If someone has worldly possessions’ and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how can he love God? Children, let us not love with words and talk, but with actions and in reality!”

1John 3:17-18 - Complete Jewish Bible.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

"May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, May peace be within you. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good."

 

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