Today LOL Israel team celebrated Shabbat, attending service at Calvary Chapel Tel Aviv. We were able to enjoy the fruits of our labor by sitting in the very overflow room we worked on for the past week. After a time of fellowship, we were blessed with some reflection time on one of the local beaches. The team then partnered with a visiting youth group from Calvary Chapel Oceanside, evangelizing to the crowd and passing out balloon animals as they preformed a skit.
Tomorrow part of our team will continue with service projects at CCTA. The remaining members will evangelize on the streets of Tel Aviv, spreading God’s love and the truth of His Word.
Nicola Sanborn
“But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind”–James 1:6
After three weeks of being on the mission field, I have had a persistent struggle with spiritual attacks, which have left me feeling so distant from the Lord. I began to believe the lies I was constantly bombarded with, doubting my place with the Father. I saw God as being in the center of the ocean and saw myself as washed upon the shore, far from Him, desperately trying to get back. Today we were blessed with reflection time on one of the beaches in Tel Aviv. The Lord impressed a revelation on my heart, that I no longer have to fight against the current but rather surrender my struggles so I might be pulled in gently on one of His waves. On that very shore of Tel Aviv, I rested in the Lord; I gave all that I wrestled with to Him, all my doubts and insecurities. God freely and graciously took them, and drew me back into His presence.
Liz Gentner
“…that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ…”–Colossians 2:2
Today as we sat at a beach in Tel Aviv watching a High School missions team from Oceanside put on skits, I started talking to a woman. I was so excited to be in a conversation but soon realized that she did not speak much English. I asked God to not let this moment pass by and prayed that he would somehow anoint my tongue. Right then I mentioned that I can speak some Spanish, not even thinking that would help. To my surprise, she lived in Peru for 4 years. There we had a thirty minute conversation about why we were there and what we were doing—in Spanish. God used an unexpected language to communicate the work that He was doing through us in Israel.
Ali Kaun (pregnant)
“And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.”–John 19:35
I had the opportunity to share my testimony today in front of a group of people during an outreach. An Iranian family was so touched by my story they approached me after to tell me I should probably pray at a synagogue because of all my troubles. I was tickled by their comment and I immediately made a heart connection with these people. The father asked for my husband to come over so they could pray a blessing over our marriage. I was so blessed that God proves himself by transcending enemy nations—Iran and the United States—and unites people through the heart instead.
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