A Certain Woman in Eastern Europe

On Tuesday we will be traveling around the Northwest of Israel to Mt Carmel, Megiddo and Nazareth Village. One of our buses will travel up North to Tel Dan and Banias. We hope to pray on these sites as well as to look around them and learn about the history. How amazing it will be to see the very place Elijah confronted the false prophets of Baal and fire from heaven consumed the sacrifice! And Nazareth Village - it has been restored to what it would have looked like in Jesus' time. Please pray for my sensitivity to the Spirit and of course, safety for all! Thank yoy and blessings,

A number of years ago as I was reading throught the Psalms, I felt the Lord whisper - "Your eyes will see Jerusalem"! Over the years I have hung on to that Word and wondered, "When Lord, When?? And now, today is the day!! I will be heading out early because I am flying ElAl Airlines and it is important to get there 2 plus hours before for all the screening. I should arrive Tel Aviv at 2.05 Monday afternoon. There I will be met by representatives of Be'ad Chaim, an Israeli Pro-Life group, wait for a few more people and then drive to a guest house on the shores of the Sea of Galilee not far from Tiberius. The attendees of this 7 day Pro-Life Conference will meet at 6pm for dinner and at 8pm for our first session. I will be rooming with a dear friend from Iowa. You may remember my "Summer of Love" and being "kidnapped" to Iowa after "TheCall Nashville" on 7/7/7 - I met Luanna then and what a summer that was! Check the side bar and click to

The first day of every trip we spend together with the "Hope and Life team. We pray together, share a meal together and go over our schedule. We always start with a schedule but "it is printed in pencil" . This team of 2 couples (for now) organize our schedules by contacting all our partners, arranging all our visits, ministry times, appointments, taxis, housing and meals. They are on call almost 24/7. In addition to this they have just started the 2nd semester of an outreach they began called "True Life English". Even with us there they managed to teach all their classes from beginners to advanced, children and adult. They have about 20 students - most "pre-believers" who are really enjoying the bible stories, lessons and prayer times. Each of these team members are ministers of the Gospel in their own right and are impacting the Trans-Carpathian region for Jesus. Meet Anya and Richard. They have been married for 3 years. Anya is Ukrainian and

Mary Jill with Pastors Marlow and Vince. What wonderful fellowship we had together! Our roots of friendship go back many years to our days in Alaska. Vince and Marlow know each other for more than 30 years. This was Vince's first trip to Ukraine and God touched him and used him is some amazing ways. Marlow ministered throughout the region on "A church without walls". He sprinkled his teachings liberally with stories of hunting and fishing in Alaska. He draws some amazing truths out of his favorite sport - fishing! Vince taught on "Leading from the Second Chair" and his over 20 years of experience really shone through. I ministered from John 13 when Jesus washed the disciples feet and then said you do likewise and about the need of "clean feet". Vince said it was like mom sitting at the kitchen table having a serious discussion with you. All of our messages were well received as almost 50 of our ministry partners gathered together on one day. Joining

After a wonderful trip to Ukaine, a sunny sightseeing day in Budapest on Thursday and seeing the team off this morning, I finally headed home to do laundry and repack. After an hour in the traffic driving through rainy Budapest, I stopped at an outlying metro station which has a Burger King. I noticed a film crew outside when I walked in but they were just hanging out. I got something to eat and sat by the front window. At first I amused myself by watching two grown women who looked like employees out front adjusting their BK crowns! So fun to watch especially as I had recently ministered to about 40 "Gypsy princesses" encouraging them to keep their crowns from slipping and their royal gowns from getting muddy and talked about the need for washing the "dirt" of life off our feet so we could minister to "Our Royal King". Then I noticed here at this gray, rainy station the camera crew had moved into action to film a man and a woman dancing in the rain. He ha

Ukraine, Israel and Romania February 15 -26: Ukraine: Uzghorod, Mukachevo, Holmok, Khust Some highlights: Thursday,February 18: Ministry and fellowship day for all of our partners and local church leaders Friday, 19th: Ministry and prayer for "God's Pearl" outreach to Jewish survivors Saturday: Leadership Meeting Sunday,21st: Mukachevo - Church of Living God morning and Gypsy church evening Monday 22nd: New "Hope and Life" ministry "True Life English" - help with classes Wednesday 24th: Travel to Khust and minister evening service Thursday 25th: Travel to Budapest March 1-15: First trip to Israel 1-4th: Prayer tour with stops in North, south and west - from Galilee 5th-7th International ProLife Conference 7-10 Visiting friends in Netanya 10-15 Jerusalem March 26-29: Arad, Romania 27th - Ladies meeting for churched and unchurched ladies Humanitarian relief for gypsy "squatters in dump" With me are two Hungarian friends from Debrecen who will

Monday, I will be heading into the Ukraine again. This time with a team consisting of Pastors Marlow Dunham, New York, Vince Brassard, Colorado and a couple from NY who hope to retire soon to Ukraine - Jim and Laurie Slize. We usually travel by train but this time we will be picked up and driven in. The ride should be at least 5 hours long and could be 7 depending on road conditions, weather and the border crossing. We sure would appreciate your prayers. We will be ministering in Uzghorod, Mukachevo, Holmok and Khust, Ukraine - all in the Trans Carpathian area of Ukraine. The Ukraine has recently held an election and the "new" President is Russian leaning and reportedly not in favour of free/independent churches. It will be interesting to hear what our partners there are sensing. I was really impressed when I visited in December in the growth and strength of all the ministries. The outreach to street children now has multiple locations and a new residential home. The ori

It is a Tri-band phone so I will be able to use it across Europe and in the USA! Yipee!