Shalom and Blessings;
Ellen and I safely arrived back in Israel, praise the Lord! For the most part, I was told, that the Islamic Jihad group and Hamas have stopped firing their rockets at us. I did however; just hear a loud boom in the distance towards Gaza which definitely indicates that something is going on. Plus there is heated conflict in the north with Syria which has stirred up the anger of Russia. Only God knows where that will lead; hopefully to the return of Messiah Yeshua!
Our final Shabbat in Nairobi was glorious. It started out a bit rocky, however. The management of the school where we hold our services scheduled a wedding on the grounds directly next to the tent we use, without giving us any prior notice. They even gave them the use of the tent!
We start our services between 10:00-11:00 a.m. and the caterers wanted to set up in our space before 1:00 p.m. We probably could have shortened our service and made it in time, but we had already scheduled a special dedication to the Lord of 3 of our children. This was to be followed by a special oneg (refreshments). We were told to use the small classroom where we used to hold our services and which we have outgrown, so we were not too happy about that. Seeing however, we had already set up in the tent, we decided at Ellen's suggestion, to have a shortened service, followed by the dedication of the children and then move to the classroom, for my sermon and closing of the service. It was a beautiful day so we set up our tables outside the classroom for the oneg. Despite the challenge of having to split the service everything went brilliantly. However, the experience did drive home the necessity for us to look for a place of our own. We are counting on God, who owns all the gold and silver in the mountains, to supply the necessary finances for that and to find us the perfect space (please pray). I have attached a picture of the dedicated children.
Do you remember a number of week's back, I told you about 3 Liberians we met on a walk to our area supermarket in Nairobi? Tuesday, on our final excursion out to the market, we were stopped by one of the 3 walking towards us. Ellen and I would have passed him right by, not recognizing him, but he recognized us. We were so happy to greet each other and blessed that the Lord arranged this meeting. We stopped and talked for a time, exchanged contact information and prayed together. He is a Christian and we invited him to attend Melech Yisrael. Our elder Akiva has already contacted him and will be picking him up for services. Please pray for Moses, Kevin and Rolland; they need a place to worship and fellowship, a place where the truth is taught, God willing they will appreciate Messianic worship and choose to settle in with us.
We had an interesting encounter at the airport in Ethiopia. Ellen met a group of 60 Christians who were on our flight to Israel; they were coming to evangelize! Needless to say Ellen prayed for them and she gave a few our contact information. Hopefully we will hear from them before they leave. Please pray for the group from Iris Global, a missionary NGO.
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All our love,
Yours in Messiah Yeshua, Our God, our Lord, our soon coming King
Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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