Irasema Cirrello
Rick and Linda Berry
Chris Atkins
Gary and Cindy Kuehl
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Purim
Purim, is one of the more joyous occasions for the Jewish people to have a time of celebration. It is a Holiday that started 3 days ago and is also know as the feast of esther. It is a time of celebration for the jewish people that God delivered them from the hand of Haman, the story being found in the book of esther. In the streets here, it would appear to look almost the same as our halloween. Everyone dresses up, and that have noise makers and clappers that one is to shake and rattle whenever the name of haman is spoken so to blot out his name forever with the sound of the noise makers and clappers. And whenever the name of mordechai is mentioned then you are supposed to cheer and exalt the name. It is a time for celebration and costumes and dancing and praise. It is also a time where the talmid says that everyone is to drink so much that they cannot decipher between blessed be the name of mordachei or cursed be the name of haman. It is a time of celebration but unfortunately you also see quite a bit of decedance also. It has turned to a very secular holiday and I would say very few actually remember for that which it should be remembered. But if it is one thing the jews hold fast to, it is tradition. As far as me personally, there is nothing new to report really. My brother is coming in next week, which I am very excited. I'm taking a couple of days off work which is much needed. We are going to Petra and to Masadah and some of the other places in the area. So it will be good to see a familiar face. Other then that, the time is going well. Still working on the factory floor, doing the many things that entails. Learning Hebrew which is exciting and hard all at the same time. It is a whole mind change, but I am enjoying it for sure. Learning how to do basic communications and learnign how to read. From there it is just memorization. Anyways, thank you all for the continual support and prayer.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Everything from the wind and the willows.
As far as everything else goes in Jerusalem. Things are going well, and mutually very hard and intense at the same time. I have started learning Hebrew at an Ulpan, called Milah. It is a very difficult language but at the same time it really gives me something to work on, and I find it very helpful and am learning a lot about the culture because of it. I study in class 7 hours a week, which means i have just as much homework if not more. Work has been consisting of a lot of hard labor. At the moment I am working in a food bank and am doing a lot of heavy lifting and packaging food for the jewish communities. I must admit that it gets very tolling physically, and is a very humbling position. I am also going to a 24/7 prayer house consistently and have found that to be such a place of peace. My attitude changes depending on the day. It is one of the hardest experiences I have every gone through, yet at the same time I have never felt closer to the Lord and our intimacy is growing daily. And while that also means more tearing away and stripping away, He is drawing me in, in ways that I have never experienced. I am looking forward to the shabbat tomorrow and the time of rest. I hope all is well with those of you that visit this site. And may God be your peace.
Riots in Jerusalem.
These are riots that were taking place at the Damascus Gate. The Muslim population, has been rioting because they believe the jews are digging intentionally near one of there mosques in order to destabalize the ground so the mosque will fall. These riots are usually staged by young adults aged 18-23 after the muslim call to prayer on friday's which is there holy day. The Muslim leaders fire them up during mosque and they in turn, riot in the streets starting fires, throwing massive stones at jewish cars, violence, fighting and anything else to disturb the peace.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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