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.
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.
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