Chag Sameach

Well, the holidays are upon us.  Actually they are almost over.  Tonight was the first night of Sukkot,or Feast of Tabernacles.  It is when God commanded his children to dwell in booths to remember the time when God was with them and leading them in the desert for 40 years.  So we had a specail dinner and then went out for a sukkah stroller (to look at all the different sukkah our neighbors built).  It was fun, and by the end Shireli was pointing and saying "Sukkah!"  and we learned next year we need our own.

Here are just a few of what they look like around our area.  More to come tomorrow.  And for the talented in the last picture there are 4 sukkahs.

Freedom and Joy again!

This past week, I (Stefan) had a God encounter that was very significant to me.  Since I'm the one mostly involved at Succat Hallel and Samantha is unable to fully participate in any watches with me at this moment and season of our lives, I've been having some difficulty.  I was fully engaged in the watches, and was even able to feel the move of the Spirit on my times during the sets, but something was not fully there.  Then, last Tuesday night, God showed me how I've avoided fully enjoying my time in His presence.  I'd come to think that somehow, it was unfair if I enjoyed my watches and Samantha didn't have the same experience while watching that kids, or the opposite of my experience.  I had this feeling like, it was rude and insensitive of me to come home all bubbly when her day had not gone that well.  The Lord was so good to expose that lie.  Then as the lie was broken off, I was able to fully embrace the part of enjoying the watches I participate in.  I realized that me enjoying myself fully, would release a breakthrough over the challenges at home as well.  The next morning, I found myself significantly more energetic when I woke up, and the watch that I participated in that afternoon was completely different.  It was alive in every way, and I knew I had fun, because as they say, "time flies when you're having fun" :-)  God took me to a new place in the revelation of the ecstatic pleasure of His presence.  I can truly say, oh, the joy of His presence.  There's nothing else like it.  Oh, the Joy of knowing Him and being known by Him.

Purim

So, it is Purim here in Jerusalem. A time when we are commanded to have fun and celebrate.  So the four of us went to the First Jerusalem Train Station (we heard there was suppose to be a carnival, but it wasn't ready yet).  We all shared a smoothie and played in the kids area with blocks and bubbles.  We had a great time.

But the part I will remember is when we were sitting drinking our smoothie.  This little boy walked by with his mom and just stopped and starred at Shireli with a huge smile.  His mom said he loves Elmo.  It just made my day to think that Shireli being dressed in her costume made this little boy so happy.

It's the little things like this we need to notice.  The rest of the day didn't go the best, having to leave was like pulling teeth.  But we have to remember joys. 

Shireli playing with blocks.

I'm cookie monster, no wait, I'm Aaron.

The three of us at a party, Cookie monster, Elmo, and 80's Pop Star

Cookie monster and Elmo riding the Jerusalem bus

For those who don't know Purim is the Festival of Esther.  A time when the Jews were suppose to be exterminated but God stepped in through the life of a young lady named Esther (Haddasah).  She and her family and friends prayed and fasted and she went before her King uninvited and she found favor in his sight.

Now a days we remember it by reading the story and adding sound effects, we "boo" for Haman, "Aww" for Esther, and "Yay" for Mordechi.  We dress up in costumes.  We give Purim baskets with treats and noise makers.  There are fire works.  It is a time to celebrate life and God's saving grace while our enemies remember it also and increase the rockets fired into Israel.  But God is still faithful like he was back then.

A Grand Christmas

Stefan's CD A Grand Christmas was released just the other day.  It is a beautiful instrumental CD of classic Christmas songs perform on a grand piano.

For more information please visit  stefanmihaescu.bandcamp.com

Long Time No See

Thank you for your patience regarding our update.  We have had an eventful couple of months since you last head from us.  Let’s start with the Elav conference.

ELAV Opening Ceremony

As you are well aware we had the Elav conference in August.  We can legitimately say that God kissed this three day gathering, no question about it.  Being now fully involved with Succat Hallel makes us also fully involved with Elav.  As you know we were located in Haifa, home of the falling fire.  The land mark on which the Prophet Elijah prayed and the fire came, in which event, the false Gods were exposed and the people were once again drawn to the Lord.  With that in mind we had some understanding of what God wanted for this year.  It was a time filled with surprises from Heaven.  Apart from just playing with bands, I (Stefan) also had the opportunity to share about the breaking off of the victim spirit off of Isaac and Ishmael.  I shared after an Arab brother from Bethlehem had the opportunity to share.  At the end of that session, a sister from Iran who had been with us at Succat Hallel joined us on stage and a wave of joy broke out as God began to bind Arabs and Jews together.  This was emphasized every year, but this year God seemed to highlight this point a lot more than before.  The entire conference came to a crescendo on the last evening after a time of Arab and Hebrew worship, when some leaders from Haifa stood up to cry out for their city.  That even as in the days of Elijah, the fire that brought the people back to God would fall again and bring a generation to Him.  We stayed an extra night in Haifa, realizing how much strain it would put on us if we were to travel with two kids back to Jerusalem the evening the conference ended.  That gave us more time to be able to wind down and a little before traveling back home.  The Tuesday we got home something happened that took us all by surprise.

Stefan sharing

Late in the evening we received an emergency email for prayer.  A beloved brother named Steve, who served in Jericho, fell ill that evening earlier and was rushed to the hospital with a ruptured aorta.  Before we could take the moment to actually intercede, another email came across informing us of his passing into eternity.  Not an hour after the time of death, we got a call from our friend Jon and the event that started with a dying friend turned into something much bigger.  They were arranging a team to go to the hospital and resurrect Steve.  It was simple; in the last three days at the conference did we not ask for the Spirit of Elijah to fall on us? Is healing not the children’s bread? Did He not command us among the instructions He gave us when He left earth to raise the dead? Do we absolutely have to know what will happen at the end in order to obey Him? Needles to say, I (Stefan) joined the group that night and, surprise, surprise, the doors were opened for us non family members to go all the way down to the morgue where Steve’s body was laid.  We knew instantly that God was opening the doors for us because unless you are family of the deceased you do not get to go down there.  Not only that, the orderly, on learning what we came for got excited and said we absolutely should press in for this!  By the way, the orderly is not a believer.  So we went in to the small cold room, they brought Steve’s body out and, yes, we laid our bare hands on him and commanded him to come back.   The astonishing thing is that there was nothing creepy about this.  We were for once doing what was ordered before Jesus left the earth.  Whether we would see him rise or not did not matter.  We were there because He said this is what we were to do after He left.  Nothing happened that evening, but it was not over.  We came back the next morning bringing his clothes with us, so he would have what to wear when he woke up.  Again, all doors were open to us.  This grace with the hospital lasted for a week.  At the end Steve stayed where he was and we praise the Lord for His final decision on whether He would send him back or not.  What was left with us at the end of this was a passion to see this happen in our life time.  We did not see Steve come back, but this doesn’t mean we’re quitting.  The Lord had made it very clear to us the direction we are moving in.  With every opportunity we have if this should occur again in any place or time, whether we are close to the scenario or not, we know without a shadow of a doubt that calling Lazarus forth is our first priority.  So we are pressing by laying hands on the sick to see them healed and laying hands on the dead to see them raised.

Praying for Steve and for the hearts of the
father's to return to their sons and the
hearts of the son's to return to their fathers.

Then came the Feast of Tabernacles, know in Hebrew as Succot.  I (Stefan) was involved with a team of musicians for a conference that took place in the Hinnom Valley to release a sound of worship.  The valley is located right below Succat Hallel.  It was a blessing to release a sound of worship and life in the valley where so many babies were burnt to the false god Molech over 2000 years ago, to declare in the valley that where innocent blood was shed in the name of false gods, His blood speaks life.  Succat Hallel had cried out over this valley for years, and it is so interesting that this year, right before we move to our new location, Succat Hallel staff would be involved in the yearly Succot worship time in the valley. 

And now to the big move; we are now in the middle of the moving spree, dismantling the old room and moving things over to the new place.  We have no doubt God is moving us to a new place for a new assignment.  The new location has a similar view of the city walls, only this time we have a clear view of the Temple Mount.  It is ever so clear that God is saying to us that as Succat Hallel has witnessed a garbage dump of a valley turn into a flourishing valley that is green and healthy as a result of worship and prayer being released in that geographical region, that now He is calling us to be witnesses with our eyes towards the Temple Mount, to witness the things He is about to do in that geographical location towards His return as we labor together with Him in prayer, fasting and a deep place of worship.

Shireli worshiping

Finally came the Day of Intercession against Abortion.  We had heard about it and wanted to go.  We found out I (Stefan) was wanted on the worship team.  Originally we were going to go just to be there with our family but once Jon was asked to put together a worship team for the day it was obvious that I would be involved with helping with that.  Despite the fact that we did not get much time to practice, our team flowed well and worship was sweet.  It as well ended up being in Haifa.  It was amazing to see leaders from all over Israel join together to repent for the sin of abortion that started with child sacrifice to the god Molech in the Hinnom Valley.  We repented and then prayed for specific areas, men to have integrity, doctors and nurses to stop performing abortions, women to choose life, ect.  Probably the most amazing thing that day was that God revealed to us the plans of the enemy and handed us our assignment.  That morning an article came out in the news paper with the announcement that the government would pay for any woman at any term of pregnancy to have an abortion if she so desired it, since the costs for an abortion are so high that not all of them can afford it.  So God had made it very clear to us what we were coming up against, and the enemy He wanted defeated through our prayers joined in with heaven.  It was a good day and God even provided help for us with the kids. That was a good unexpected surprise.

So as you see it has been a productive two and a half months.  We are still in the process of planning our trip to the USA in spring 2014.  Please pray that we hear God clearly on the dates to travel and the time to purchase the tickets so we can get the best price.  We are looking at flying in to MN sometime in April and coming back home sometime June.  We want and need to visit CA and are planning on going to TX.  God seems to be very clear with us about touching new areas in Texas.  If you are interested in having us visit and share with your church or congregation, small group or home group, or friends please let us know.  And please keep the trip covered in prayer.

 

Love and blessing from Jerusalem, Israel,

Stefan, Samantha, Shirel, and Aaron

P.S.  Please also keep in prayer the exchange rate.  For every $1000 we change we get about $200 less than we did a year ago.

January February

     Well, it has been quiet the start to 2013. However God has been good and here is what happened in the last two months. To start off we would like to let you know that we are having a baby boy! Aaron Eleazar will most likely be born around the 23rd of March, unless he decides to come earlier like Shirel did. January started off with a Hebrew Arabic Worship Concert at Shemen Sasson. I (Stefan) was involved with the worship team for that night. It was especially nice to have my parents show up for that evening. Followed shortly there after by a snow day. It had been rainy and cold all week and then late Wednesday night it started to snow. By Thursday morning we would say there was anywhere from 3-6 inches of fluffy white snow on the ground. It so warmed my (Samantha's) heart. I had just written the week before that I wanted to see snow this year. We ate breakfast as a family and then got dressed and went out and played in the snow. It took Shirel a while to get used to it but she enjoyed it. By the afternoon it was all slushy and by Friday you could barely tell it had snowed.

     Then followed by the elections. Congratulations Benjamin Netaniyahu, for another term! I (Stefan) was able as an Israeli to go vote for this man, whom many prayed for and believe it is right that he is in office as Prime Minister. Why the big hoopla about that? Netanyahu is the first PMs that we have ever heard of that started a bible study at his home and is extremely open to the world of the Lord being released to him through prophetic people in the body of Christ. We found out during the Monday morning watch at Succat Hallel that he was going to go to a late Christmas party where he would meet some people that Rick and Patti know, who would have the opportunity to prophecy over him and speak into his life. The Word says that the heart of the king is in the Lord's hand, and it is so right that Netanyahu is so open to the input of believers who walk in the power of God in such a way.

     I (Stefan) started leading worship at Succat Hallel Monday evenings for the teaching watch from 7-9pm. That is both good and different since I’m used to usually just having a few people in the room or sometimes none, where as Monday nights are usually full, and it's good when more than just a few come together to worship and agree together in prayer.

     February came with something that we've been dealing with much more now since we moved into our new apartment. The finance or the lack thereof. A squeeze that started mid January and got us even sometimes wondering if we could continue in full time ministry. With my (Samantha) birthday coming up and our congregational retreat, not to mention the daily life needs, we were tied down to limited spending. We had received an electric bill with an amount that came with a blow. During winter time it is common for electricity to skyrocket, and we knew we needed a miracle for this 300 dollar bill. We had to trust that God would provide for the food on our table for the coming days and weeks. The crunch is still not over, but things happened that remind us that Daddy didn't stick us in this field of the Kingdom to fail and die. He had more than enough to take care of us. I (Stefan) had to remind myself of this endlessly, we both did. I was walking downtown one Sunday and I ran into an Israeli brother from our congregation who slipped me a bill. This friend has been faithful to support us with his five dollars a week. It's so unbelievable how much a difference five dollars can make. That evening we were not going to be able to buy what we needed for dinner, and then came this friend. In one way, we are glad that God provides for the smallest needs, and in another way we are so happy to see that, here is one Israeli that had received the revelation of giving in the Kingdom of God and financial partnership, of investing on a normal basis into the House of Prayer and into the lives of those whose job it is to stand on the walls of the city watching day and night for the coming of the King. Then came a blessing in this area that left us with our jaws dropped in awe and wonder. Even though this update is about January and February and this miracle happened this month, we would still like to let you know about it because it was too huge a surprise to keep until the next update. However, we will keep you at the edge of yourseats until we get to that.

     Now let’s take a short break from finance and provision and move on to a fun piece of news; We would imagine that those of you with facebook have ran across some pictures we have posted of cakes that look, how should we say... Different :-) For whatever reason, we've started making cakes. Some for friends and others for events. I (Samantha) love baking and I (Stefan) love decorating, sculpting and the whole artistic side of designing. The latest piece we had done was a cake to celebrate Succat Hallel's 13th birthday. I (Stefan) will admit that I got a little sneaky and made Samantha a birthday cake for her belated birthday party which she loved. We are also now in consultation with a couple of our friends who are getting married, who have seen our work and would like us to make their wedding cake. (However, they are going with another friend who can do it for free, we could only do it for cost.) Needles to say, as Paul had his tent making business this could become something that we do on a regular basis. We've observed people's reactions and to see the smiles and joy that these pieces of art bring to them, it's just priceless. Will this take off as a business? We don't entirely know, but we do know that there is an element of creativity that God is releasing in this hour and season, in baking and food as well as in music, art, dance, poetry, song writing. And speaking of that, the CD that we mentioned about earlier that was recorded live is now been completed, with all song tracks in place. All that is left is getting the CD cover made and that is on its way. And we are planning to have the music tracks set online for people to download. We will let you know as soon as we have it up and running.

     We would also like to let you know, for those who have not been aware of this, you can visit www.succathallel.com and that way keep in tune with what is happening in our sphere. They also have an app for iphones, ipads, and the like, you can also get it for andriods it's a like little bit harder to find but if you want we can get you the steps to find it.

     Now for the surprise that we mentioned before. There was an offering taken last Monday for us at Succat Hallel that left us dumbfounded and with our hearts refilled with a new dose of faith. The offering added up to over 1,000 dollars which really helped with the crunch and we are able to breathe now. It was such a blessing, also because the money that I (Samantha) received as birthday gifts from family had to go to paying bills and utilities and now I was able to have my birthday gifts and enjoy them. And of course, our fridge is once again full, no empty bare shelves and God is proving once again to us that He has not forgotten to take care of His kids.

     In conclusion here are some ways you can pray for us;

       *Finance- We know this one comes up in every newsletter but it is a challenge as we have already mentioned and a place where we're believing for God to break through. We had asked earlier and feel we need to revisit the question. Would you pray and see how God would have you stand with us, whether prayerfully or financially. At this moment we are aware that only a few on our mailing list support us financially and we want to honor and thank you for being faithful in that every month. We would however ask that you would consider sowing financially into us with a one time offering or with monthly support as we minister here full time. Two weeks ago when we had the financial miracle happen, I (Stefan) observed how a room full of people each put in a small amount which added to over 4,000 N.I.S, around 1,100 U.S.D. The same way, if the 80 people on our mailing list (who don't give) gave 5 or 10 dollars a month, we would be easily looking at $400-$800 a month that would help cover expenses here. So please pray about it and let us know how the Lord would have you stand with us. (Part of the reason the crunch came is that when we moved the dollar shekel exchange was higher [$1 = 4shekels and now $1 = 3.6shekels] and our property tax increased 20% in 2013.)

       *Cake Business- We've been feeling as we mentioned earlier that we need to start a small family side business with the cake making. This is something we both love doing and it puts joy and smiles on peoples faces every time we bring our cakes in. Pray that we know how to move along with this and that God would place His kiss and blessing on this.

       *Aaron Eleazar- As we approach the big day and the upcoming birth, pray that all goes well. Aaron will be the first child in my (Stefan) immediate family that undergoes circumcision and a Jewish boy born into the line of Israel according to the law given by God to Abraham. See, the way things are done here is that friends and family come together and witness and the child gets his name on the 8th day of his life. Here in Jerusalem we have been blessed with a Moel who will do this for Messianic believers. It is rare to find a Jewish Orthodox man who is willing to look beyond what we believe and still do this for us. Pray that God provides us with the money we need to pay the Moel who will perform the circumcision.

Blessing and Love from Jerusalem,

Stefan, Samantha, Shirel, and (soon to make his appearance) Aaron

November and December Update

It's hard to believe that once again another month has past and new one is over. So it is time once again to share how life has been for the 3.5 of us. However, we will be going back a few months as we want to share some things that did not make it into last months letter.

October: Near the beginning of October we had a friend from the States come and stay with us for a month. She was a blessing in many ways. For example; while I (Stefan) had to be at work with Succat Hallel or taking care of things down town, she would be home with Samantha and Shirel, meaning that Samantha would have someone there most of the time I was gone. This was what you'd call a God moment. This friend who had been for the last few years in and out of hospitals, many times on her death bed and then supernaturally restored. God literally restored her broken organs in full view of the doctors who ran out of options, and all this with medical files to prove that she was dying one moment and well the next. Needless to say, would you ever give up an opportunity to have someone around that has seen God's supernatural favor in such a way as this? We wouldn't and we thank God for every moment we had to spend with her while she was here. Mid October we had a mandatory conference at Succat Hallel about Birthing Houses of Prayer. People involved in house of Prayer ministry from all over the middle east and some from the Mediterranean area gathered at Succat Hallel for a four day conference. The way Rick and Patti lead this conference is by sharing how God birthed Succat Hallel. It was good to hear the story and for all the staff members to be there and hear Rick and Patti's heart for Succat Hallel. During the conference days we also went in for our yearly interview at the Ministry of the Interior, and my (Samantha) visa was renewed. Then came a moment we've waited for a long time. Our dear friends, Momma Brenda and Pappa Aaron showed up. They've been precious spiritual parents to us and we were so glad God opened the financial door for things to fall into place for them to come and visit. We've not seen them for a very long time and it was a beautiful reunion. We were able to have a Shabbat meal together with them, Barbara who we already mentioned was staying with us and our dear friend Jillienne. That evening the Holy Spirit broke in and the communion with each other and Him was absolutely wonderful! At the end of the month Barbara took us and this same group from Jerusalem and friends from Bethlehem to the Dead Sea to celebrate one of the Arab ladies birthday. This was the first time I (Stefan) had the chance to meet this family from Bethlehem since they are not allowed to cross into Israel and I am not allowed to cross into Bethlehem which is Palestinian territory. It was a fun day. And this brings us to November.

November: November was full of surprises and blessings. We had a week to ourselves without any one else in our apartment, just our family. During that week we had something amazing happen, which encouraged us to know we are exactly where God wants us and showed us again that He is always faithful. No challenge of ours has ever been a worthy opponent for Him. We got a property tax for the end of the year from the municipality that added up to approximately 2700 shekels that had a twenty day dead line on it which we knew we couldn't pay. I (Stefan) was not a very happy camper that morning and this bill was put in my hand right before my noon worship watch. I had to force myself to step into a greater reality then our bill, which was that He said He would take care of us. During that watch someone approached me with an envelope containing 2000 shekels. He's teaching us to never doubt Him. He's so good. Then after the empty week Samantha's parents showed up for Shirel's birthday which was to take place on the 19th. They arrived at a very unusual time. The day they flew in was when the Gaza conflict erupted. And as you would know from news broadcasts, that was the week that Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem had missiles flying in for the first time since the 1st gulf war. That Friday our congregational meeting was interrupted as air raid sirens went off outside. We were used to hearing those before since drill sirens had gone off in the past in preparation for a real attack. That evening everyone in the meeting hall knew this was not a drill. Sure enough the radio updates confirmed that missiles had landed in the suburbs of Jerusalem. That week was a crash course for all of us to learn what it really means to walk in God's perfect love, loving those firing the missiles, loving our enemies and praying for those in extreme suffering. The reality is that when something like this conflict week happens, the residents of Gaza and the territories are hit worse than Israel, with many casualties, which was also the case this time. It is no secret that the Hamas is oppressing its people and in such times using them as human shields. If anything during conflicts like these it is so important that we cover our Arab brothers and sisters in prayer. Then came the 19th and Shirel turned 1. A happy first birthday it was, no question. And yes, the year did fly by. One day we brought her fresh from the hospital and the next day, she's 1. At the end of Samantha's parents stay we started again getting used to not having people around, just the three of us going on to the four of us.

December: This has with no doubt been a time of mixed feelings, bitter sweet you might say. Not being with family during this season is not the easiest. But we did with what we had and things have been a blessing. My (Stefan) parents flew and we were able to spend Christmas day with them. In Israel Christmas is not usually seen as a positive holiday, being a celebration of the birth of the Messiah during the wrong season, pagan roots and all that. Here people tend to be pickier about these things, but we go with this simple thing; He came! That should be the reason of celebration not just during the holiday season but all year around. And so we did, with my parents in town it was a sweet and delightful experience. What was also delightful was to have my dad here as I led worship and our congregation this past week. That truly was a first and I'm looking forward to more times like that in the future.

Things to pray for:

CDs and recording projects-

I (Stefan) already mentioned earlier that I'm working on a CD with some of my songs on it. There are a few things happening with that. We've had close to a month of Wednesday afternoon worship watches at Succat Hallel that took place before, during and after the Gaza conflict in which we went in, turned on the recording button on the sound system and some amazing things were birthed during those watches. I am currently working right now on finishing a CD project from those weeks. The amazing thing is the recordings of each week overlap. It's like God gave us a puzzle piece every week and now I've been piecing it together. I've found that as the sounds from every week overlap, it's been like putting together instruments for an orchestra. We recorded every week separately having no idea that things would overlap so perfectly. It's been a time of sitting in front of the computer and editing and piecing things together, adding in instruments where needed and all this as the Holy Spirit revealed where things needed to go and what sounds needed to be heard. We sense that this project needs to be released as soon as possible so I'm asking for prayer and grace with time to be able to finish this project. Then there is my own CD which I will need to get back to after I'm done. So I'd appreciate your prayers for this.

Finance-

First off, we want to thank everyone partnering with us financially. We appreciate and love you all. As we stand on the walls of our city watching for His return we are honored to have you standing with us. Things have been tight during the last couple of months due to moving into a larger apartment and of course every time God did intervene and we saw a breakthrough. In this season we are learning the reality of leaning on Him for provision.

In a week or so we will get an email out to you about partnering with us through the coming year. Please start praying as to how the Lord would want you to get involved.

Health-

We would say that neither of us escaped the winter cold this last month. Everything from coughing to stuffy noses. My (Stefan) dad flew in with a bad cold as well, so yes, pray for health. This had been a season cursed by peoples words as the season of the cold, flu and sickness. We want to change the game. It's time to walk in the health that He has for us.

 

Blessings to all and to all a Happy new Year

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.

Gilad's Home Coming

Friends, this is a big day. One we've been praying and waiting for a very long time. A day of proof to the world of the effectiveness of those who pray. Less than 24hrs ago Gilad Shalit was reunited with his family. Five years after being in captivity in the hands of the hamas Gilad came home.
Why is this such a big deal? Simple; we here in Israel remember a man by the name of Ron Arad. Another soldier that once kidnapped never came back. This day will be forever known as the day that we remember that there is such a thing as a God of miracles.
Gilad has been gone since the 25th of June 2006 with the outbreak of the second Lebanese war; 2006-2011. Folks, that is 5 years. Today we complete 1940 days in which Gilad sat wondering if he's ever coming home. We need to realize the scope of this period. There were things that didn't exist at the time, like i-phones or i-pads, things we take for granted.
Now as for those who knocked on the doors of heaven and prayed until their knees were raw and their knuckles bloody, I commend you and say what I believe God is saying, 'Well done good and faithful servants!'
And let's not stop now. This is just the beginning of things to come if we do not stop our persistence. I want to encourage all of us to be a nagging generation, just like the widow who would not stop asking until the justice she asked for was given to her. Lets do this until justice is given to the poor, until the unborn finally have a voice, until the trafficking industry is brought to it's knees and until He returns to rule and reign from Jerusalem.
Amen

Yom Kippur And the Lack Thereof

We were walking last night to a friend's house. On the way we ran into some kind of protest. As we got closer we realized it was for animal rights.
Ok, not too surprising. Here in the land you will find weirder things. The kicker was when we came back home, as we passed through the same area we saw an unusual sight. A group of ultra orthodox Jews and regualr looking people with a table set up with signing forms gathered around a truck. To their right and their left there were crates full of live chickens... but not alive for long.
It then connected for us, earlier the protesters were crying about the shedding of innocent chicken blood that was about to be shed. There were people waiting in line to sign up to have a chicken to be spun over their heads and the heads of their family, to remove thier sins, after which the same chicken would be put out of its motion sickness misery by the swift slitting of it's throat by a Rabbi.
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the new and improved tactic of atonement, in which God's chosen have solved, yet again, the problem of not having a temple any longer with the sacrificing of bulls and rams. Now you can have your new and improved, compressed down in size and less messy... chicken sacrifice!
If that's not enough, Israel has once again proven that yes, we are a democratic country, meaning; you can state your opinion loudly as long as no bones are broken and no blood is shed. So then earlier the Animal Rights protesters had their chance to loudly defend chickens.
This coming out of a country that, by quota kills more unborn babies per year than any other country in the world. With this in mind we can pray the following; that the chosen ones, on this day of atonement will receive a full revelation of their state as a people who are still running from their God and repent (meaning; make a complete u-turn) and come back to the more important things... like taking care of the orphan and the widow and calling for justice for the voiceless.
God help us all in this season of sobering and awakening to the true reality of where we are as a nation.
While saying that we also remember what God did for us through Yeshua and receive that for our selves and for those in the sphere of our influence. Our God took care of atonement once and for all and our God is no chicken either.

Wow, I don't know how to word it other then that. Last night our intercession was for abortion here in the land. 1 out of every 4 pregnancies in Israel ends in abortion. So we are simply calling for Gods justice to come and for revelation to come to this generation. But I have to tell you, there is something about being pregnant and getting to pray into the issue of abortion. It was just powerful last night. I thouroughly enjoyed it.

Then thism morning is when we pray for the United States. And it moved me to tears, crying out for God to have mercy on America, that He would open up ears to His truth about Israel. Then we prayed for our leaders that God would stir their hearts with His truth.

I tell you there is nothing like praying for what God puts on your heart. I encourage you, if there is a house of prayer around you to go and join in what God is doing. If there isn't find a friend or two and start praying for what God puts on your heart, because if it's on your heart it's on God's heart. And now is the time to pray.

August Update

Well, August was crazy to say the least. As we said in our last update, August started with the Elav Intensive (a week focused on the house of prayer). It was amazing but long with teachings, times of prayer, worship, and outreaches every night. Then came a week of prep for the Elav Conference. The Elav Conference was amazing. Again, lives were touched and changed. The Holy Spirit showed up every night if not earlier. Prayer and intercession went up for Israel and Tel Aviv, and a call was made for those who felt called to the house of prayer. The youth and young adults had to be kicked out of the building at the end of the night because they wanted to stay and continue in worship and prayer. I (Stefan) played on 3 different worship teams, and we were blessed to be able to minister to numerous youth.

It was fun to watch God use us when we felt like we had nothing to give. One of the afternoon sessions was on fulfilling our calling in God in the seven mountains of society where we feel called. For example, some felt called to influence the music industry as musicians used by the Lord, and so on. So we were praying into the areas that youth were feeling called and I (Samantha) didn’t feel like going up and praying. I was tired and at the time had bad back pains. But as I was sitting there, I saw this girl walking back and forth from one prayer minister to the next. Then they made a call for those who still needed prayer to raise their hands and she did, but still no one came up to pray for her. Then she walked to the other side of the room to find someone. Finally I thought, “what am I doing? I can pray for her!” So I walked over and had a lovely time of praying for her and her future. Immediately the Lord started releasing words of destiny over her. For me (Stefan) it was a blessing to see how she'd been wandering around for a while--not knowing where she fit into the plans God has for her, and then seeing her receive answers from the Lord about who He made her to be. To me that was priceless.

When Elav ended, we had hoped that things would calm down, although we had a feeling it wouldn’t. Indeed, we stayed very busy. We had multiple good-byes in 2 weeks for people who are like family and dinner meetings to get in while people were in the country. In addition to that, we were getting back into the swing of home-group and life.

We are excited to share that we have officially entered the season of full time ministry with Succat Hallel. Many people have asked us what that will mean for our ministry. Well, there is no specific answer from the ministry itself other then several hours per week in the prayer room between the 2 of us, either on a team or just joining in (in the audience so to speak). So, our plan is until baby comes is for each of us to do about 15 hours in the prayer room. We will also help out with some administrative things; we will be part of the start up of a media/sound team, and I (Stefan) will continue working on music during the day. With these tasks we will aim towards 15 hours a week. We will see how it all plays out with my (Samantha's) pregnancy now being in the third trimester.

We are excited for the future. We are still in the two youth and young adult watches. We have also joined watches where we are interceding for the USA, for revival among youth and young adults, and one focused on Song of Songs, as well as 2 others in which the topics change in accordance with the discerning on what God would want us to focus on. So it is fun and exciting and we will see what God does in the near future. Oh, and it is fun to watch as God continues to release the rest of the finances that we need. I think we are down to $200 left to come in monthly.

Also right now we are directing a lot of prayer towards the situation in the Middle East; the unilateral vote that's about to take place this month in the UN to create a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders (which were never borders but cease fire lines), the Durban 3 conference in which they plan to accuse Israel which is the only democracy in the Middle East as a racist and apartied state (and this while every Arab nation surrounding us is killing their own people in cold blood by the masses). So we ask that you join with us as we direct prayer towards these issues. One issue that even the Palestinian government is concerned for is that if the UN does vote for a unilateral Palestinian state with the 1967 borders, the people might feel that now it's theirs to take by force, which could escalate the violence in the land. So we are encouraging and challenging you today; lets not be passive with this. By passive we mean this; "God is in control, He'll do what He wants after all, so why should I be bothered taking this on?" Let's not miss out on what God wants to do through our prayers in this situation. Let's take our stand before the King as Esther did and understand that He wants our prayers at this time. We're not called to sit on the side and watch, we're called to reign and rule with the King of Kings. Let's enter into this place where our prayer make an effect in the earth today. Especially I (Stefan) want to encourage you to pray in this manner; there are tons of prayers in the Psalms especially, for example Psalms 2 where the enemies of the Lord are addressed with His judgement. That's good, but there's something else. Pray God's blessing on the Arab people around us! Pray destiny over them. Pray that our Christian brothers and sisters in the Arab world would walk strong as they see their countries blow up in violence, that at this time God would visit them in His power with signs and wonders, and dreams and visions of Yeshua.

To hear what Rick Ridings shared on this subject click on the following link. We recommend it, it was an excellent night. https://files.me.com/timesone/a2iei4.mp3

July Update

The month of July started with the basics of every month and one or two changes. Our Sunday meeting at Succat Hallel became a worship practice for our conference this coming week. Tuesday continued as our youth watch of Harp and Bowl. And Thursday nights we continued on the streets. As well as I (Stefan) had other practices 2 days a week for 2 other bands for the conference.

The first 2 Thursday nights of this month went very well. The first week we met a teenage couple from France and prophesied over them. The next week the people God brought to us were Arabs. Two of them hung around and were very open and listened. What I (Samantha) found interesting was when things broke open on the streets the first two weeks were to the Jew first and the third week God brought the Arabs (Gentiles).

We also had a staff retreat at the beginning of the month with Succat Hallel. We drove up to Acre to have a time of prayer on a boat at sea facing the Lebanese border. Rick (the founder of Succat Hallel) has been getting dreams and visions about praying protection over the waters concerning the surrounding nations and their behaviour towards Israel. So we went up to have a time of prayer over the water. I (Samantha) had been looking forward to this. I really felt it was right and good that we do this. But from the minute the boat started until we ate lunch on land I was sea sick. Pregnancy + boat ride... not good :-). We had our time of prayer on the boat and then a little more on land. Then we headed to Herzaliya for fun in the sea and then headed home. It was a good time to connect with people we don't see that often.

The following week was fun as we had the privilege of hosting and touring my (Stefan) sister and brother-in-law around Jerusalem. When we toured them around the Old City somehow we got lost on our way to the Holy Sepulchre. But when did eventually get there I (Samantha) had the privilege of explaining to some Muslim women what the site is and to let them know as a Christian that I don't believe the site has any special powers, but is a good historical site (to explain; the sepulchre is a site riddled by idolatry, a place that replaces the worship of God with the worship of relics. Unfortunately the old city is full of Christian places such as these where people bow to Mary and the saints instead of going straight to God through what the word clearly says Jesus came to give us the ability to do). After the Old City we went and celebrated both of our 2nd Anniversaries. Then in the middle of dinner we received a phone call from the Rick, the founder of Succat Hallel (more about that phone call a little later).

The rest of the week was filled with love. We had a wedding of one of my (Stefan) good friends. The morning of the Lord brought in the money for their gift. The next day we celebrated a friends engagement.

The last week of the month was the start of the ELAV Intensive. The first half of the week was prepping and Friday it stared. In the middle of the week I (Samantha) had my ultra sound to make sure all the baby's organs are developing properly, as well as we found out we are having a baby girl!

The Intensive started on Friday and went through Thursday Aug. 4th. (This is one reason this update is coming out now, we were extremely busy). The Intensive was great. It was an amazing time of learning and lots of worship. We went out on the streets 3 times and 2 people gave their lives to the Lord and another 2 are very close. Saturday and Sunday a group of Arabs from Nazareth joined us. It was a powerful week.

Now back to the phone call: so Rick, the founder of Succat Hallel called me (Stefan) to talk to me about something that had been a long time in prayer. He let me know that they've been praying and they felt that starting September 1st they needed to step out by faith and guarantee us with $1,000 a month to help move us into full time ministry with Succah Hallel. A few days later I met Rick and found out that since they prayed and heard the Lord and stepped out, the money for September had already come in. Wow! Glory be to God. This week I sat with my manager at King of Kings to talk to him about me quitting my job and moving into full time ministry with the House of Prayer. Amazingly he was delighted with what had come about in this process and told me that he had felt that this was right for us. He said he'd seen me working for King of Kings as janitor and knew that this door for full time ministry needed to open for us because that's where our hearts were drawing towards. So as of September 1st I will be done with my job and we will be full time with Succat Hallel. For more information about Succat Hallel visit www.jerusalempraise.com

The Lord had spoken to us about holding on as long as it took until He opened the door and now He did. So we walk into this new phase in our lives with our baby on the way with confidence in what He told us and also with an amazing gift from Abba. We get a bonus pay from my (Stefan) job for the years I worked at this job which will provide a financial pillow for this next season as we move into full time ministry.

Obviously we are aware that the $1,000 that we get through Succat Hallel and what is already coming in from you, our supporters, is a little bit short of our financial need per month, but we remain in a place of trusting Him that He will provide for us as He did until now. With that said, now to the practical. If you committed in November or December to support us monthly, now, we believe, is the time. We need around $300 more a month to meet all of our needs. We do understand what is going on in the world with the economy. The money form Succat Hallel in the past year would have had our rent covered but now because of the decline of the dollar we are in need of more. But still in all this we are witnessing God's faithfulness. The Elav Conference is tomorrow and we booked a room at an Inn, to be closer and more rested. We did not have the money, but we knew this is what God wanted. 1/3rd of the money came in and we kept praying for the other 2/3rds. The other night at dinner I was looking at a note that had been on our refrigerator for 2 months, and that night I saw behind the note a $100 bill. We open and close our refrigerator door every day and see it every day. We both never saw any money behind that note until this week. Now the price for the Inn is still not fully covered but we KNOW our God will provide for us. So I want to encourage you in your finances and in your giving if God has put it on your hearts to give. God is Faithful to provide.

June Update

The month of June, even though it had been as busy as our previous months this past season, did not have many things to it other than the usual schedule that goes on in our weeks which we normally inform you about, plus one more thing; I (Stefan) had and will continue to have band practice with a couple of groups that will be playing at the Elav conference in August.

Tuesday nights with the youth, which used to consist of worship in the beginning, a short message and then worship and intercession have now switched to a whole two hours of worship and intercession instead. This in relation with our street ministry and the Elav conference that is coming up. For anyone who is not aware of what the Elav conference is; it's a three day youth and young adult conference that will take place in Tel-Aviv from the 14th-16th of August. This was started out as the One Thing conference in 2007 and has now taken the Israeli name Elav, meaning 'Unto Him'. A conference designed to draw young people into a deeper passion for the Lord and a zeal for the house of prayer. So you know, God TV will be airing the conference LIVE. So stay tuned for that. We will make sure to send a short reminder right before for those interested to watch.

Thursday nights outreach has picked up a notch since we last mentioned it. We've been going out faithfully for a while but only recently we've seen something new happen. In the past two weeks God broke out in the supernatural on the street. We knew this was coming and the Lord had promised that if we were faithful in our part He would visit us. In the past two weeks we've seen a few people get prophetic words and one Jewish Orthodox young man get miraculously healed from stomach problems. The young man was informed that we would pray for him in the name of Yeshua and he agreed to be prayed for as long as this was not an inroad for conversion. He was astonished when he realized that he was healed, more so that Yeshua would do this for him. It was amusing to watch him trying to tell a friend that the Christians got him healed while his friend who was a little drunk was trying to tell him not to convert. Such is the atmosphere in the are where we minister. Drunks, people who are passed out on the floor because of too much alcohol, and among them the Lord walks in signs and wonders and a furious love that reaches into the darkest of places to deliver the oppressed, open prison doors and bring freedom and life to the lost.

So this is the month of June in a nutshell. Short and sweet and full of surprises from Heaven. Please keep as we mentioned, the Elav conference in your prayers. We've asked God if we could have testimonies from the streets before the conference and He was faithful to reveal His hand of love. Now join us as we pray and lift up these very crucial days from August 14-16. Some people are doing a 40 day fast for this conference. That's already started but if you feel led please join us in prayer and fasting for what God is about to release in Tel-Aviv in this season. We would also like to be able to stay at the near by hotel so that Samantha, who will be 5 1/2 months pregnant by then will have a cool place to sleep and nap if she needs to, so please join us in praying for the money for that to come in.