Moving!!

Our moving fundraising goal is met and has burst through the roof.  If you were thinking about giving and haven't let us know please consider still giving.  We have depleted our emergency fund and we would love to have some money to fall back on again.  Thank you so much for your prayers and support.

Moving

So if you haven't heard yet, we are moving about mid September to a bigger place.  We are excited, however it is going to be an added expense, so we are asking for your help.

The Budget
Half a months rent   2000nis
Movers                     2700nis
Furniture                  1000nis (table and chairs, sofa, [refrigerator, hopefully free or very cheap])
Cleaning/Painting      500nis
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                                 5200nis
                               $1550

We also want to keep you up to date on how the fund raising is going.  So keep checking back here to see.

Here is the video about what happened the last night of the ELAV Conference.  God was so good.

Update

Hello Everyone,

And thanks for sticking with us. It has been a very crazy few months and as I just told a friend I am praying God teaches me how to sit down and write our updates even when life is crazy.

Stefan sharing a dream he had.

Well, June, all we can remember was prepping for the Elav Conference.  Most of our watches were spent praying for the conference.  The week before the conference I (Stefan) was busy going from one band rehearsal to the next, one of them being the opening night band which was dismantled earlier and then by God's grace reconnected.  The other thing we can remember is finances, but more on that later.

The Elav Conference:  It was AMAZING!!! God showed up.  It was a much smaller crowd this year then in years past.  But we think that was good and right for what God wanted.  God seemed to focus us on Him, about loving God and not compromising for friends. If we want more of God then we need to find friends, whatever age, who want more of God. And then the last night broke out into repentance for Tel Aviv. Adults,

This is how Shirel would spend the evenings.

youth on the ground, prostrate crying out for their country, their city. It was very powerful. The astonishing thing was that people from Jerusalem were already getting on their buses (out of necessity, not because of want) and the remnant left in the hanger broke into a surging wave of wailing and crying out for Tel-Aviv in a way we have never seen before. We will place a video we filmed of it onto our blog and possibly on facebook for you to see, since that is something that was not caught on camera. They started tearing down the equipment by this time.

Then we had a little over a week before we flew out to Romania for a vacation per say to see Stefan's family and visit a friend who started a house of prayer.  But during that little time at home we had to say good bye to four very dear friends who are leaving Israel, with a desire to return but not sure when.  So we hosted, in a park, a good bye party for one friend who we just couldn't leaving without gathering around him and sending him off properly.  And then to top off the craziness, we have started making "cakes" now we don't just mean a nice vanilla cake with frosting, we mean a red velvet cake with butter cream frosting, and fondant on top with fondant sculptures portraying a story.  But it was worth it to see the look on our friend's face when he saw the cake and for him to know how much we appreciate him.

Then we packed up again and headed to Romania.  A vacation it may not have been since we never stopped when we got there, but it was a wonderful time with family and friends.  Everyone loved meeting Shirel, she had just started being very mobile in her crawling and starting to pull herself up and cruising along furniture.  We toured one day with our friend Claire who now runs a house of prayer in Brashov, Romania and was taking one of her teams on a small tour and we had the privilege to join in.  Then on Friday we had the honor of sharing what we do at our house of prayer, Succat Hallel, at her house of prayer.  We then lead everyone in the Shabbat blessings and had dinner.  We also went up to the Brashov sign (like the Hollywood sign) and anointed the ground and called forth God's destiny for Romania.  We went to church with Stefan's parents and had the privilege to hear Stefan's father speak.  It was a very blessed trip. We will be loading up a video on our blog that goes into a little more detail about Romania and it's importance and destiny in God.

What is coming up for us now is this.  We are continuing to discover what ministry looks like for our family as Shirel continues to grow and change.  We also are starting to look for a new apartment.  The one we are in has approximately 100 steps up to our door and that is just too much with Shirel, a stroller, groceries, or laptops.  We need God to show us the perfect apartment for this new season.

Which brings us to finances.  We don't want to sound like we're asking for money, we do however want to share some things with you of God's amazing provision, that when He says He will do something specific or just the general day to day He always does it.  This whole year we have not lacked anything we NEEDED and in fact we think we have been able to have many of our WANTS as well.  Now we have to say the last few months have been hard.  In June both of us had teeth problems, I (Stefan) had to have a root canal (which still needs a crown to replace the temporary filling) and I (Samantha) had a cavity appear and hurt like I have never felt before.  There went a good chunk of money.  Then we finally were able to settle our health insurance and we now have a good chunk of our monthly cash going to insurance. This week we also got a call from our insurance company saying we owe them 1331 shekels for the back months when we didn't pay.  To top it all off we need a different apartment and that means we may need first and last month rent, plus a security deposit.  We may need to hire movers to move at least for the big items if not all (unlike in the USA not everyone has a car and big vehicles are few and far between and you can't rent a U-Haul).  Now the thing we want you to hear from us is that we know God will provide.  Now we do want to ask, if you don't normally give to us financially, to pray about it and possibly send us a one time offering to help in this season of our lives.  PLEASE, do NOT send anything on impulse of this letter. If you know God is asking of you to send we will gladly receive. We are trusting that God will speak to all of you regarding this subject.  God has been amazing. 

Samantha at the Information Table.

On the last night of the Elav Conference a lady came up to me (Samantha) and asked if we had anymore water for sale (I had been in charge of the Info Table where we also sold the water and it was now torn down.) I told her no and asked her why and she said they had a 3hr drive home and said they were the youth from Bethlehem and how the youth didn't even have food at home much less money to buy water and such and how "they" had been giving the youth money to buy water and food. Now God just grabbed my heart. So I grabbed our wallet to see how much we had and I puled out a 100 shekel bill and found the lady and handed it to her saying, "I know this isn't much." And she just smiled, she went on to say how they had raised support to cover the lodging, the food, a few extras, and a bus, and that they had given the youth the last of it today. Then they called their bus driver and he said it was 100 shekels more then they thought. So here was my "little" 100 shekels and it was just what was needed to cover the bus. God can do a lot with our "little" bit from a happy heart.

We love you all and thank you so much for your prayers and finances.  May God bless you abundantly this summer.

On the mountain top, above Brashov, Romania.

Book Review

I (Samantha) just finished reading Your Sons O Zion by Theodorah Villion

It is a book about Messianic young adults, ending time in the army and just normal life.  What I want to share with you most is this book is based in real life, the events in Israel that occur are real, the surrounding characters and their stories are real.  So if you would like to have a look at what life looks like in Israel I would suggest you get this book.  It was fun to read and say to myself, "I know that person, I know that place, I didn't know that was their story."

(PS Stefan wrote and produced the music for this video.)

Hello Family and Friends,

2011 is over and we have now moved on into 2012. Here are the highlights of 2011 and a preview of what is to come in 2012.

2011

* In March we found out that we were going to have a little blessing that would arrive sometime in November. On November 19th Shirel Joy [sheer-el] joined our family. We absolutely love her. It is taking a bit of getting used to but we wouldn't trade her for the world. It was a nice blessing to have my (Samantha's) mom here for the first 6 weeks of having Shirel with us. Even though each baby is different, it helped to have someone here who had gone through it already. We are now on our own and managing as best we can. It is a new and good learning curve for both of us.

* At the beginning of the year we were doing a Thursday night Bible study with the youth of Succat Hallel, learning about being forerunners. Then, when the weather was nicer, we went out on the streets and worshipped on Thursday nights, praying for opportunities to strike up conversations with non-believers. After that, most of the youth that were with us on a normal basis went off to the army. Just to explain; every Israeli, regardless of gender, has to join the army after high school. So we must take into account that youth will come and go. In the last part of the year, we started a young adults Bible study with people from Succat Hallel. We are still enjoying it. We went through the book of Matthew and are now spending time praying and focusing on the House of Prayer and where it is related to us in the scriptures

.* In July we had the ELAV Succat Hallel Intensive, which was to train local youth and young adults in being a part of the House of Prayer and in Harp and Bowl worship. Even though we had heard some of the teachings the year before, we still received new understanding and revelation as to what God is asking of us in the House of Prayer context. We are now starting to get ready to prep for this summer's Intensive.

* Then came the ELAV Conference. It was absolutely amazing. Eddie James was the guest worship leader and Wes Hall was the guest speaker. Without planning, the theme that came out was about establishing the house of prayer, whether it meant joining an already existing one or simply becoming one , through living a life style of prayer.

* And then finally what we had be praying for arrived. In September we officially began our season of full time ministry with Succat Hallel. The support money came through and I (Stefan) was able to quit my job. We are now down at Succat Hallel putting in 15hrs in the prayer room per week and about another 15hrs in which I(Samantha) do administration and I(Stefan) work on developing new music. We are loving the watches that we are doing. I(Stefan) get to lead a few and I (Samantha) can't wait until Shirel is old enough to sleep through a watch so I can sing and dance again. As of now I run the overhead words and sound, which is still fun.

*To close the year, we went to an Arabic/Hebrew worship night with Jews and Arabs from around the country worshipping the One and Only God together. I(Stefan) had the privilege of playing on a worship team combined of Arab and Israeli worship teams. God moved and we all went home with victory in our hearts and bridges between our two peoples.

2012

* We will be visiting the U.S from 6 Feb - 2 March to see my(Samantha) family and speak to supporters. So with that in mind; please let us know if you would like to meet with us. We will be in Minnesota only this time around.

* We will be having another intensive this summer. Pray that all moves smoothly as we approach it. We realize that there are more than a few months until then but with all of our schedules, believe it or not, time is still a challenge.

* We will be having the next ELAV Conference in August. Pray that things run smoothly with that as well. The costs for this yearly conference are normally astronomical. Those who watched it on GOD TV, will know what we mean. Pray that Israeli youth and young adults begin to burn for God as we approach August. We have seen the enemy keep kids at home in a spiritually dormant state, so pray that they awaken to what God is doing in this hour through this conference.

* Our finances are still at the bare minimum at the moment. We bless God for what we've seen from month to month, yet we live with the reality that He needs to make rent and utilities happen from month to month. And now with the little one here, we are pushed to trust Him even more. Please pray that we are aligned with the right people who feel the call to support us here. Our desire is to see enough come in so that what comes in for us at Succat Hallel will go to more Israelis who feel the call to be in the House of Prayer full time.

If you are going to continue or start supporting us finacially this coming year, please drop us a note and let us know and let us know how much, if you have not already. We are very grateful for your support and prayers. God bless you this year.

October/November Update

Dear Family and Friends. We apologize for the delay in our newsletter.It's been a busy two months. To explain we must start with some glad tidings.We are now parents to a beautiful little girl. Shirel Joy Mihaescu Satinger was born on the19th of November 2011 at 5:43 Saturday evening. She is a joy to all of us hereand she turns heads wherever we take her. We somewhat felt that she was mostlikely coming earlier than her due date which was the 21st of November, and soshe did, two days earlier after approximately 18 hours of labor. So now, going back to October; it was a good month. Wehad Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), then Succot (Feast of Tabernacles) andduring Succot a retreat in the Galilee with our congregation. As far as SuccatHallel goes we kept with our normal schedule for the month. We continued withSunday night, all day Monday, Tuesday evening and Thursday morning. We missedone Thursday for the retreat and I (Samantha) missed a few days because of lackof transportation during the holidays. Being pregnant I was unable to walk thedistance. Then towards the end of the month we had to drop Sundays for ourbirthing class. God's been moving during the watches. We've been enjoying our Thursday morningswhen we pray for the U.S. In that watch we pray for revival in the Americansociety and then lift up our government. God shows up every time. The Thursdaynights on the streets have been put on hold for the last month due to weatherand some change of plans according to what we felt led by the Holy Spirit to doat the moment. As we approached November, the young people that joined us on thestreets have not been able to show up due to their schedules leaving us with afew guys including myself (Stefan) as the only Hebrew speaker. So between that,the pouring rain and being met by day to day things that get in the way, it’sbeen a challenge getting out. However, Thursday nights have still been veryfruitful. After waiting on the Lord we began having a discipleship biblestudy with the Succat Hallel young adults. It's been very good. We've been going throughthe book of Matthew, four chapters a week. We start the evening by gettingtogether and praying for each other. Following that we grab some snacks and sittogether and dive into the word. Each week a different facilitator would takethe evening. We would create a safe place for people to express their opinionsand revelations on what the Lord was showing them out of what we read. Now asmuch as the main group is a young adult one, we do vary with most of the peoplebeing in their 20s, a few 30s, and Jon Mark's son who is 11, who decided hewould join us in this since he's been so hungry for God and His presence. On the 10th of November Samantha's mom arrived in the expectancy ofour baby girl due to be born any time in the two weeks after that. Then onFriday the 18th of November at around midnight came our long expected moment.Shirel was coming! We rushed to the hospital that night at around 3am Saturdaymorning and she was with us by quarter to six in the evening, right at the endof Shabbat. The labor was not an easy one, but we had support from Jon Mark'swife Sandra, who assisted us by being there with us through the whole time. Wewere blessed with her being there. We benefited from her experience as a motherof six and also from her prayers. As we waited we prayed and worshiped in thedelivery room undisturbed by those around. I (Stefan) remember at that timebeing stirred to declare that our little girl would not come any later than theending of the Sabbath. Then after a long labor Shirel was finally here with usat 5:43pm. I (Stefan) was overjoyed, having waited so long for this moment andhaving been day dreaming of this for a while. Now the moment was finally hereand we were finally able to hold this bundle of joy in our arms.We haven't been sleeping much since she came home and things are bound tochange with our Succat Hallel schedule, but we see a future of joy and of afullness of God's presence in our lives as a newly enlarged family. On thatnote, keep our night times in prayer. It's been okay but we definitely need ourrest. May we know the fullness of God's goodness in our lives especiallythrough this new season.