Well we arrived on Tuesday at 5pm, VERY tired but you know they always tell you to stay up as late as possible so Matt and I decided to go exploring our new surroundings.
This is how amazing God is. In 2005 we came on the tour with MVCF and decided to stay after the group left. We stayed in a pastor's home who lived in the German Colony off of Emek Rafim (street name). We loved this area and got to know it very well!
On Tuesday as we started exploring we realized that we are living right around the corner from there AND our favorite kebob place is only two blocks away! We just think that is so cool that God had already had us here and put us in a place that we already knew.
After we explored our neighborhood we decided that we wanted to go to the Wall (kotel). We go to the mini mart near our apt. and ask the guy in broken Hebrew if he will change our dollars. No, but he gave us 5 shekels out of his pocket, we gave him a dollar :) Ok, so now we are up 10 shekels. We get on the bus and ask how much to go to the Wall and he starts driving but wants 12.40 shekels. I show him what we have, he pulls to the next stop, takes what I have, gives me change, kicks us off the bus, and calls me mushooga (crazy) haha! We laughed so hard. So then we got on the next bus and he took us to where we wanted to go and didn't charge us anything. We finally made it to the Wall. Moral of the story: Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Even when we don't know exactly how to get where we are going, God always does and He is always faithful to come through!
We are meeting many people and can't wait to write the stories about the people of Israel.
Please pray that we can be used to help them discover their Messiah.
Why we are here ~ part 1:
In 2000 (our 1 yr anniversay) we took our first mission trip to Russia...Part 2 to come
Prayer request:
Peace for Jerusalem
I (Robyn) have a job interview on Monday at 10am
Open doors
So happy for you two! I will be praying for you! :0)
ReplyDeleteThinking of you. We tried to skype you from the cabin today, but you weren't there. Thanks for the clock--I will use it and think of you often. Happy 4th of July!!!! Love, Maria
ReplyDeleteThanks for blogging. I will be looking forward to ea and every post and will definitely be keeping you and Matt in prayer. Want to hear more about your interview and Matt's job. What is he doing for the ICEJ? Of course if it's 'top secret' we'll understand... ;-)
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