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HONORACADEMY2009APRIL

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SRAEL MISSION TRIP

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MINISTRY PLACEMENT

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Israel mission TripApril 2009

Christ has risen! He is alive!

Peace andlove be with you and may God bless you.I want to start out by thanking you forkeeping me in your prayers and for all thesupport that you have shown. God has beenreally faithful and He has been teaching mea lot of things while being at school in TX.First of I want to tell you about the IsraelTrip that I was blessed and had the privilegeto be apart. We started out serving thePalestinian community in Bethlehem. Thereare quite a lot of Christians Palestinians inBethlehem and the pastor there Pastor NaimKhoury has an amazing heart for God andputting primer/paint on him, just because he was Christian. The burns were severe and no onewas held accountable for what happened, but God healed him in such a way that there wereno scars left on his body, all the burns that he had the old skin fell off and his skin wasregenerated without any scars on his body. That was a miracle and those who did this to himsaw that and were amazed. It was real eye opener to see all the struggles they have to gothrough in order to just be able to worship God. Their church was bombed 7 times but theykept going strong and believe that God has a plan with the Palestinian people. Pastor Khouryis a supporter of the Israelis and he got into a lot of criticism for that. The Palestinians loveJesus but some find it hard to get along with their neighbors, the Israelis, there is that Spirit

of Esau, the hatred toward Jacob, even today there are many Christian Palestinians that don‟t

for the Palestinian people. We helped out thecommunity there and we provided groceriesand certificates to the families in need and tothe widows and orphans. They were reallyhappy to see people from the States that carefor them, their faith grew stronger to see thatthey have people love them from across theworld and we prayed for them andencouraged them. Some told us some storiesabout the different things that they had tosuffer for their faith. One man told us that heworked at a construction site with Muslimsand they all knew that he was Christian andthey hated him. They lit him on fire by

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8

At Teenmania every undergraduate is placed in a ministry, helping out with whatever is needed to beeffective in the ministry.Teenmania is a parent to Acquire the Fire, a youth event that happens every weekend all over UnitedStates. The students are given the opportunity to develop life skills that include finance, mobilization,leadership, communication and many different areas. This helps the student to build a good work ethic,serve the Lord with his hands and work in everything as you would work for the Lord.I was placed in a graphic design environment, so I help the ministry in all the promotional flyers, cards,posters and anything that belongs to communicating the message of God through art. God has beenteaching me how to be a good steward of everything that is entrusted to me and how to collaborate withdifferent people in the ministry, developing leadership skills, communication skills, and building greatrelations on a professional level and spiritual. God has placed different people in my heart that help megrow and help me learn life principles.I know that everything that God started in my He will take to an end (Phil 1:6) but till then I will serve Himwith my life in my daily living.

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love the Jews, they look at them as the ones who stole their land,that left them without a country and they blame the Jews for it, soyou can understand why Pastor Khoury is being attacked forsupporting them. I believe God has great plans there with thepeople in Bethlehem; we met some amazing young adults thatlove the Lord, and we started developing relations with them. Wekeep in touch with them and we pray for them and if you couldkeep them in your prayers also, their names are Elias and Paul.Once we left Bethlehem we went to Nazareth in Galilee and westayed there for 3 days. A project that we did, we helped out an

organization “Bridge of Peace for Jerusalem”. We put together

care packages for needy Jewish families also we restored awomen center by cleaning up, painting, gardening and justmaking the place look better. They were really grateful and appreciated seeing that people love them andserve them through actions, not just words. In Galilee mostly there are Jewish people not so much of Palestinians and while up in Galilee we attended a Passover Meal (Seder) at a Messianic family Richardand Caroline Hyde, and it was a great experience to understand how Jews celebrate the Passover. Theirremembrance of how God delivered them from Egypt. The family was telling us how important is for aJewish family to be presented with the Gospel in a messianic environment, they would be more open toreceiving Jesus if they understand th

e background. Often times I never understood why Jews don‟t accept

Jesus as the Messiah, but they are so close to the truth yet so far, the Jews pray and worship to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and us as Christians we worship the same God but they d

on‟t accept Jesus as the

Son of God, there is a veil on their eyes.After Galilee we spent the remaining days in Jerusalem and we attended a Messianic church in the heart of Jerusalem. There are a lot of hungry souls for the truth and Jews from all over the world are coming back tolive in Israel. I met a Romanian brother and sister, Robert Frenkel that use to live in Baia Mare, RO but 2years ago he moved and became a Israeli citizen. It was so good to see a Romanian half way across theworld in Jerusalem

but just to hear his story it made me realize that God‟s Word is being fulfilled when Heis gathering His people from all the corners of the world. In my heart there is a passion for Israel and God‟s

chosen people, I believe that God has them in His plan and it is coming to an end soon.In conclusion my heart opened, my mind started to understand and see why there is so much controversyover in Israel, but God is in control of all things and He orchestrated all things for Him and prophecies willbe fulfille

d in this land, and great miracles are yet to happen but we are called to „pray for the peace of Jerusalem‟ Psalm 122:6.

By the grace of God, I hope I can visit and start to help and pray for the people of Israel, and would like tothank you for keeping me in your prayers and for the support and encouragement that you have been forme. This experience has made me understand different things a lot better and it connected the Word of God

even closer to my heart to know that I‟ve seen the places that are menti

oned in his Word.

Old City of David

Old Jerusalem - Temple

Wailing Wall

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