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We apologize that it's been two months since we wrote the last update. Our goal is to write an update for you every month but if with life getting as busy as it did for the last two months we at least try to get an update out every two months. March seems to have flown by. It was hard to keep up with all that happened and we didn't write much on the calendar to look back on. But since this is a two month update the highlights of March will do. We had the Bethel team come and minister at Succat Hallel. It was a very fruitful time. The second night we would say was one of the biggest nights. They had a healing service and many people were touched by God's love. Also many people with sickness or injuries were made well by the time they left that evening. However one of the healings that stood out to us and most likely to everyone who was there to witness it, there was an Arab young man there with his mother, both of them believers. Three months before prior to that meeting he was in a car accident. It's not clear whether it was his knee or his foot but he was unable to walk on it for the last three months. The head of Succat Hallel felt to approach him and the young man agreed to be prayed for. God's power and love touch his body and by the end of the night he was running around Succat Hallel. He and his mother were in tears. Many more healings happened during the week with the Bethel team. Other things that seemed to stand out, which is something they've seen happen at Bethel quite a lot is legs of people supernaturally growing out. People with one leg shorter than the other had their legs realigned by the hand of God. It is in some ways amusing to see the faces of people when that happens, the child like awe and wonder.
I (Samantha) did another month of ulpan in March. There was some good review and then learning of new things. In March we also celebrated Purim, the Feast of Esther, I think of it as a cross between halloween (with the costumes) and May day (with the giving of baskets of goodies). Purim fell on a Sunday this year so we dressed up and went to our watch at Succat Hallel. Then we wandered around the streets down town and saw lots of funny costumes. I (Stefan) have to say that at one point in time the feast of Ester was one in which children, young people and adults used to dress up as characters from the story of Purim. However in the past years it had become very similar to a national halloween party with witches, goblins and other weird costumes. Therefore it was imperative that we as believers were on the street that night, in order to be salt and light in the darkness. On the side, a small fun fact especially for all you Americans... we discovered we can buy American style doughnuts on Ben Yehuda st. that night :-).
Then of course, a few days later we found out we are pregnant. That indeed was a day for both of us to remember.
And with all these things that happened we believe that the main thing for March was watching God just provide for us. Money was tight and then the cat had to go to the vet once again for the rest of her shots. Three or four times during that month people just stuck money in our hands. I (Stefan) feel that even more than just being provided for, what touches my heart is to know that we are where God wants and needs us and because we are in His perfect will, His favor showers down on us. Hallelujah, keep it coming Lord!
April; this month I (Samantha ) think just crept up and sprang upon us without warning. With April came Passover. Typically with this time comes spring cleaning in ones house to remove all the "hametz" (leaven). I had been looking forward to doing that this year since we are in a new place but the timing just wasn't right. I did not feel well enough to clean, with being pregnant and all. Then came passover evening. We went to a friend's house for the Seder meal, which is the the meal that Yeshua ate with His disciples before being betrayed and dying on the cross. The friends we joined have a small home group for young families with children that we have now started to attend every other week. The seder was good. It was kept tastefully short for the sake of the all the children there. Then we had six more days of the feast of unleavened bread. I don't know how many of you have eaten much matza at a time but it is not at all like eating bread. Since my stomach was already uncomfortable we decided that it was in my best interest to have bread in the house and I ate bread :-). Thankfully we are no longer under the law and we have a Savior who gives us grace.
We had a staff/volunteer dinner at Succat Hallel in which we normally say good bye to volunteers who've served for their three months of internship and welcome the new volunteers and interns that come from over seas. Those have always been a blessing. We also joined a Houses of Prayer dinner also held at Succat Hallel. This dinner involves people serving at the four different houses of prayer in Jerusalem. IE; Tom Hess's House of Prayer on the Mount of Olives, the Korean House of Prayer, the Pavilion Prayer Tower, and Succat Hallel. We enjoyed a meal together after which we spent time in worship and prayer, in specific addressing the recent turmoil in the Middle East. Two stories really stood out to us in this matter. On the same night a couple was saved they returned home to find their house lit up supernaturally. No lights, no candles. The Lord kept their house lit in this manner for a few weeks straight and neighbors came in to see this light and the couple would share how it was God lighting their house. Another significant story was that of a girl and the Jesus would visit her in the middle of the night and take her into visions and encounter in which He would teach her the Bible and in specific all the scriptures that had to do with God's heart for Israel. This was also something that lasted for a few weeks. God's moving mightily among the Arab neighboring countries and souls are being saved. Even the ones we're unable to reach, He still can. The pastoral leaders in the middle east said the prayer request they have is that the Lord would prepare them and continue to shake them, because the shakings have caused "religion" to crumple and true relationships with God to arise.
Please keep us in prayer in these areas; First off, that the pregnancy will continue with perfect health and no complications. We still need a breakthrough with health insurance for me (Samantha). Needless to say things are not that fast here. I (Stefan) have been working on some new music. While getting songs in the hands of people in the body here, to be used in worship meetings, I have songs that I would like to eventually see on CD. I ask for prayer for wisdom in how to go about with this. We need focus for Thursday nights, as we start to take the youth out on the streets, we need God's plan of how to outreach to the lost youth on the streets.
If you committed to support us monthly please do your best to be faithful in sending the money, we have a non tax deductible account with PayPal using this address. Checks can be mailed to Hearts in Mexico at 2385 Martinique Lane, Oxnard, CA 93035
We apologize that it's been two months since we wrote the last update. Our goal is to write an update for you every month but if with life getting as busy as it did for the last two months we at least try to get an update out every two months. March seems to have flown by. It was hard to keep up with all that happened and we didn't write much on the calendar to look back on. But since this is a two month update the highlights of March will do. We had the Bethel team come and minister at Succat Hallel. It was a very fruitful time. The second night we would say was one of the biggest nights. They had a healing service and many people were touched by God's love. Also many people with sickness or injuries were made well by the time they left that evening. However one of the healings that stood out to us and most likely to everyone who was there to witness it, there was an Arab young man there with his mother, both of them believers. Three months before prior to that meeting he was in a car accident. It's not clear whether it was his knee or his foot but he was unable to walk on it for the last three months. The head of Succat Hallel felt to approach him and the young man agreed to be prayed for. God's power and love touch his body and by the end of the night he was running around Succat Hallel. He and his mother were in tears. Many more healings happened during the week with the Bethel team. Other things that seemed to stand out, which is something they've seen happen at Bethel quite a lot is legs of people supernaturally growing out. People with one leg shorter than the other had their legs realigned by the hand of God. It is in some ways amusing to see the faces of people when that happens, the child like awe and wonder.
I (Samantha) did another month of ulpan in March. There was some good review and then learning of new things. In March we also celebrated Purim, the Feast of Esther, I think of it as a cross between halloween (with the costumes) and May day (with the giving of baskets of goodies). Purim fell on a Sunday this year so we dressed up and went to our watch at Succat Hallel. Then we wandered around the streets down town and saw lots of funny costumes. I (Stefan) have to say that at one point in time the feast of Ester was one in which children, young people and adults used to dress up as characters from the story of Purim. However in the past years it had become very similar to a national halloween party with witches, goblins and other weird costumes. Therefore it was imperative that we as believers were on the street that night, in order to be salt and light in the darkness. On the side, a small fun fact especially for all you Americans... we discovered we can buy American style doughnuts on Ben Yehuda st. that night :-).
Then of course, a few days later we found out we are pregnant. That indeed was a day for both of us to remember.
And with all these things that happened we believe that the main thing for March was watching God just provide for us. Money was tight and then the cat had to go to the vet once again for the rest of her shots. Three or four times during that month people just stuck money in our hands. I (Stefan) feel that even more than just being provided for, what touches my heart is to know that we are where God wants and needs us and because we are in His perfect will, His favor showers down on us. Hallelujah, keep it coming Lord!
April; this month I (Samantha ) think just crept up and sprang upon us without warning. With April came Passover. Typically with this time comes spring cleaning in ones house to remove all the "hametz" (leaven). I had been looking forward to doing that this year since we are in a new place but the timing just wasn't right. I did not feel well enough to clean, with being pregnant and all. Then came passover evening. We went to a friend's house for the Seder meal, which is the the meal that Yeshua ate with His disciples before being betrayed and dying on the cross. The friends we joined have a small home group for young families with children that we have now started to attend every other week. The seder was good. It was kept tastefully short for the sake of the all the children there. Then we had six more days of the feast of unleavened bread. I don't know how many of you have eaten much matza at a time but it is not at all like eating bread. Since my stomach was already uncomfortable we decided that it was in my best interest to have bread in the house and I ate bread :-). Thankfully we are no longer under the law and we have a Savior who gives us grace.
We had a staff/volunteer dinner at Succat Hallel in which we normally say good bye to volunteers who've served for their three months of internship and welcome the new volunteers and interns that come from over seas. Those have always been a blessing. We also joined a Houses of Prayer dinner also held at Succat Hallel. This dinner involves people serving at the four different houses of prayer in Jerusalem. IE; Tom Hess's House of Prayer on the Mount of Olives, the Korean House of Prayer, the Pavilion Prayer Tower, and Succat Hallel. We enjoyed a meal together after which we spent time in worship and prayer, in specific addressing the recent turmoil in the Middle East. Two stories really stood out to us in this matter. On the same night a couple was saved they returned home to find their house lit up supernaturally. No lights, no candles. The Lord kept their house lit in this manner for a few weeks straight and neighbors came in to see this light and the couple would share how it was God lighting their house. Another significant story was that of a girl and the Jesus would visit her in the middle of the night and take her into visions and encounter in which He would teach her the Bible and in specific all the scriptures that had to do with God's heart for Israel. This was also something that lasted for a few weeks. God's moving mightily among the Arab neighboring countries and souls are being saved. Even the ones we're unable to reach, He still can. The pastoral leaders in the middle east said the prayer request they have is that the Lord would prepare them and continue to shake them, because the shakings have caused "religion" to crumple and true relationships with God to arise.
Please keep us in prayer in these areas; First off, that the pregnancy will continue with perfect health and no complications. We still need a breakthrough with health insurance for me (Samantha). Needless to say things are not that fast here. I (Stefan) have been working on some new music. While getting songs in the hands of people in the body here, to be used in worship meetings, I have songs that I would like to eventually see on CD. I ask for prayer for wisdom in how to go about with this. We need focus for Thursday nights, as we start to take the youth out on the streets, we need God's plan of how to outreach to the lost youth on the streets.
If you committed to support us monthly please do your best to be faithful in sending the money, we have a non tax deductible account with PayPal using this address. Checks can be mailed to Hearts in Mexico at 2385 Martinique Lane, Oxnard, CA 93035
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