Natasha’s ex-partner will not associate with the child, and she had to fight in court for him to acknowledge his relation to her daughter. She does not want to return to Belarus because she has no chance of receiving healthcare there, and may very well die of her sickness. She has no one to go back home to.

There is a possibility that she will be put in an experimental program in a hospital in Tel Aviv. Together with others in Israel, Israel Benevolence Fund is assisting Natasha and others like her.

Those trafficked for the sex industry are physically and psychologically abused, often become dependent on highly addictive substances, are transferred from one [abuser] to another, locked into brothels, raped, denied contraceptives and otherwise sexually exploited. In all respects these women are no longer considered human beings, but are treated as economic goods, as objects.

No one should exist under conditions of slavery and sexual exploitation, yet this is the only reality for thousands of people in Israel today. It is an atrocity that must be addressed NOW.   Together with your support we can tangibly reduce human trafficking in Israel and provide a voice for those without a voice.”

Thank you for partnering with us and others in Israel, working together to bless Israel and her people.

[This report is from some friends in Israel.]

“Over the past years, we had the wonderful and humbling experience of helping the needy through our numerous humanitarian projects. We’ve seen the hearts and lives of people touched as they joyfully and thankfully receive the help we’re able to offer them because of you.

Feeding the hungry is only one part of our calling as believers and followers of Yeshua. The other part is also clothing the poor.

So with great excitement we launched a new project and are now opening a new one of its kind clothing distribution center in Ashdod, that will provide help for single mothers, handicapped people, elderly and poor and needy families, not just from our city but also from the surrounding area.

We trust that this is something that can make a significant difference in our city, simply by demonstrating G-d’s love in action through reaching out a helping hand with practical aid.”

A recent gathering  to celebrate Hanukkah and  bless Israeli Holocaust  survivors

According to figures presented by the National Insurance Institute and other Israeli agencies, out of the 250,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel in 2007, 20,000 receive reparations from Germany and another 40,000 are paid stipends by the state. The overwhelming majority, however, receive no support whatsoever. Under Israeli law, those survivors who arrived in Israel after 1953 are ineligible for government benefits.

To bless 5,000 Holocaust survivors in a very practical way, we purchased 2,500 high-quality fleece jackets and hats.   2,500 jackets have been distributed in Akko, Haifa, Jerusalem, Ashdod and Tel-Aviv.

Many people came to hug and thank us: “You did something fantastic for us; the people were so touched… May God bless you!”

“Thank God somebody cares for us – I had no warm jacket for this winter,” said Leah from Jerusalem. She survived the ghettos in Nazi occupied Ukraine and can’t make ends meet on her own.

Michael another ghetto survivor:  “You warmed our hearts, it’s not just the jackets, it is your attitude and love that we feel. Thank you from all of my heart!”

David  did not have his own winter coat but was wearing a woman’s coat given to him last year. He and his wife Asia just celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. Asia cried at the gift of a coat for David.

Luba  is very poor.  Her husband has Alzheimer’s and is in a facility– all her money goes to care for him. She lives in an apartment that is furnished- nothing is hers except her clothes and photo album from her family in the war. She was very grateful for the coat as she did not have one for winter.

Another survivor  asked us to thank the sponsors for the warm fleece jacket, while another ghetto survivor was happy to receive such a beautiful gift for Chanukah and said: “Let the generous giver’s hand be prosperous, be blessed!”

“This Chanukah gift given by you is a proof of the caring heart and loving attitude towards us, the Holocaust survivors. Thank you for this.”

Thank you so much for donating to this special project, as we show these courageous survivors that they have not been forgotten. We are working together with others to be  your representatives of love and compassion here in the land.

“Not unto us, O L-RD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake.”(Psalm 115)

Israel over the last few months has had wonderful rain– the best rain there has been in 50 years!

“These are pictures in the [Israeli] desert.  ’The desert shall bloom, the Scripture says, “and it will bring forth flowers and it will bring forth fruit.’”  And so [on my recent trip to Israel in Nov. 2009] we found these flowers along the way in the desert.”   Rabbi Ron

More water is still needed.  We’ve been asked to pray for steady rains that will soak into the ground and fill up the reservoirs.

There is a need for physical rain, and there is also a need for spiritual rain.  Please pray for a wonderfully wet winter in Israel, with steady rains that the ground and cities can absorb.

Deuteronomy 11:14

¹⁴That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

Hosea 6:2-4

²After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.

³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Yaakov (James) 5:7

⁷Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

In Isaiah 51, The L-rd has promised, “The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.”

Yavne, Israel

“S”  is a 19-year old Israeli girl, who comes from a religious Jewish family in Yavneh.
When she was 12 years old she accidentally stumbled upon a Christian program on TV and while she didn’t understand any of what she saw, she felt touched by God.

“S” then ordered a new testament in English, and tried reading it with a dictionary. It was very difficult for her to understand, so she stopped, but the seed of God’s word was still sown into her heart.

She was drafted into the army and there she met our dear brother “C”, who himself got saved after hearing the gospel for the first time from one of our evangelists at a New-Age festival. He quickly became very passionate about reaching his generation with the gospel of Yeshua.

He began sharing the gospel with her and quoting the Tanach (Jewish Bible). She felt as though it began making sense to her for the first time. But the more it did, the more afraid she was to receive it, because that would mean that her family, as well as the rest of the nation is deceived.

So afraid of making a mistake, she prayed one night before going to bed and asked God to show her whether Yeshua is truly the messiah of Israel and whether the nation was deceived into rejecting Him.

That night “S”  had a dream. She dreamed that her brother, who is not a believer, went to heaven and when he came back described what he saw. In the dream, he described angels that he saw, the glory and the power of God that fills the heavens. He described the streets of gold and the pearly gates. He told her that he saw God sitting in glory and His voice was like thunder and lightning.

Then she asked, “Did you see Yeshua? He said, “Of course! He is seated at the right hand of God. He is the Son of God and the Messiah of Israel!”

When she woke up, she knew beyond any doubt that everything was the truth and God had just answered her question. “S”  went on to give her heart to Yeshua.

She is a devoted believer in Yeshua who testifies to all the soldiers she serves in the army with, to her relatives and friends. She is also continually witnessing to her family through the scriptures, revealing to them Yeshua the Messiah.

“S”  is now a part of our congregation, and has already even brought her sister to one of the services.

And we are witnessing how the Lord has opened the city gates of Yavneh through an 18-year old believer. It’s amazing to see how God is using our youth to reach such difficult places. Hallelujah! The word of God is returning to cities where it was rejected by some 2000 years ago. “

* Names have been changed.

The global financial crisis has affected many countries and many layers of society. Israel didn’t escape its consequences, and unfortunately we see every day that the ones who are suffering most are the poor.

Poverty is rising in Israel and we as believers are called to help. Every year as the new school year is approaching; many families in need are facing many difficulties. Expenses suddenly grow as the children prepare to return to school and need many school supplies.  One of the largest expenses is usually a school backpack. Its average cost is about $50. That is an amount many needy families we help simply do not have to spend on one school backpack.

We were so thrilled when our friends from the Jerusalem-based ministry “Jerusalem Institute of Justice” (JIJ) generously donated 800 student school backpacks, and we were able to distribute them to many needy families with children in Ashdod.

It was so moving to see how such acts of kindness open people’s hearts and fill them with thankfulness. One example is a single mother raising her four children herself.


When she heard that it was in fact Christians who generously give, help and support Israel through projects like these, she was thanking us with tears in her eyes, that there are Christians out there who haven’t forgotten Israel and are such a blessing to people like her.


Here is another powerful example of what Humanitarian Outreach can do. While handing out backpacks, we had a chance to meet [government official and his assistant], along with another municipality official who’s in charge of kids work. They are quite young and I felt we connected really well with them, and so we spent two hours in a coffee shop sharing about our faith, witnessing to them and speaking about the future of our city. We had a really wonderful time.

This is one of the many examples of how Humanitarian Outreach through believers can open doors and build bridges with the local authorities. As we spent time with [government officials] , I received a word that God is joining us even in bonds of friendship. That they will grow in their career fields and also in influence and we will grow in the work of the Kingdom, but right now we are laying a foundation for future cooperation and work in freely spreading the gospel without hindrances, as the Lord is granting us favor with key people.

I truly sense that this is history in the making, events are taking place that have never taken place. It is a new and a glorious season in the body of Messiah in Israel!

You can also be a part of it, through partnering with us in helping the poor and the needy in Israel.

Sign-up was limited to the first 25 ladies. Several ladies brought their own sewing machines. Others brought an iron and ironing board and assisted with ironing the block pieces.

S* says, “I came home from a leader’s meeting and the Holy Spirit spoke to me “Dimona” (a city 20 minutes southeast from Beer Sheva). Later that day, I went to the grocery store and the Holy Spirit spoke to me again with urgency, “DIMONA!” So I told my wife what I heard, jumped in the car, and traveled to Dimona that evening.

Dimona Israel

When I got to the shopping center in Dimona, the Holy Spirit led me to the sports store and gave a word of knowledge about a neck problem. There were four people in the store and I asked who had a neck problem. One of the men said he had a work accident a couple months ago. An object had fallen onto his neck, and he has been in pain since. I prayed for his neck and Yeshua healed it! Everyone in the store was watching this, and they were amazed to see it. ! I handed him a New Covenant. (The New Covenants I hand out have my name and phone number written in them.)

The Holy Spirit then led me to the grocery store as I bought a couple snacks. In the grocery store check-out line the Holy Spirit spoke to me about a shoulder and knee problem. I asked the Israeli man in front of me about these problems, and he responded with such shock that it was funny! So after he calmed down, I told him that I could pray for him concerning these things at his car. Before he finished checking out the Holy Spirit spoke to me that his wife has chronic headache problems. I asked her about this, and both of them started shouting, “Where did you fall from?” I went to the car and prayed for them and Yeshua healed them right there of all their problems! They took a New Covenant. The next day they called me up, and and he put his brother on the phone. The Holy Spirit also gave me prophetic words for the brother, which were right on. This week they invited us to their house to eat and discuss these things. He already started reading the New Testament and asked me to explain it to him.

Dimona residents

After this the Holy Spirit spoke to me to go to the local pub. I went and only the workers were there since it was early. They asked me why I had come to Dimona to this pub. I told them “God sent me” and gave them a few healing testimonies. One worker asked if I could pray for his back, and after prayer it was healed! The owner of the restaurant then asked me to pray for his neck which had a pulled muscle. He also was healed. Then the bartender girl asked me to pray for her, and she too was healed, and also the Holy Spirit gave me many prophetic words for her and she started crying. After this they all gladly received New Covenants. The bar tender gave me her phone number and told me she wanted to know more! There was also a Bedouin watching this whole scenario, and he also asked for a New Testament and gave me his phone number. (What a Bedouin Muslim is doing in a pub is beyond me; they’re not supposed to drink any alcohol!)

Praise God for His divine appointments and amazing miracles!

PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE, as sometimes there are people who are amazingly healed, but later become uninterested. We need real breakthrough in following up these encounters with continuing fellowship and discipleship relationships.

Specifically pray for a new congregation plant among Israeli Jews in Dimona (which doesn’t yet have a congregation).

* Names have been changed.

“After a word of knowledge was received and given in local Beer Sheva restaurant, Israeli young women is healed and now reading New Covenant.

At a party in Ashdod, S_______prayed for a woman at the party with ankle problem in front of all Israeli not-yet-believers. Within 30 minutes, she was healed in Yeshua’s name! She invited us to pray for other health issues as well. Praise God for the miracles seen by Israelis and glory to the name of Yeshua!

A new Druze believer from home group in Beer Sheva prayed for a not-yet-believing mother in North of Israel, and she was healed in Yeshua’s name!

Many words of knowledge were received and given at an Ethiopian congregation in Tel Aviv. After S_______ was invited to preach, many people healed.

Two words of knowledge were received at Ben Gurion University– one for Bedouins, another for modern religious Jews. Both groups were shocked over the sudden accurate precise revelation. They refused prayer (this time) because it was in the name of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus); however, they left shocked as they admitted they never saw revelation that precise before. It gave them a reason to think about Yeshua a little more!

All in all, we have now seen over 64 healed in the last year, mostly not-yet-believers. This does not include the many people healed in the Ethiopian congregation as we do not have verifiable evidence yet because it was just a couple days ago.”