I haven’t posted in a while so I thought this would be a good time to share…. Last week I met a 16 year old girl who is homeless. She actually moves from squat to squat, depending on where the police haven’t raided. After taking her out for ice cream and meeting her again a [...]
We’ve been on Pesach break for a couple weeks, so we decided to take advantage with a little trip over to Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo. We took an hour and a half train ride, which was a first for most of the kids, and arrived to a packed, busy, kid-infested zoo! It was a beautiful day [...]
Our second year of hosting Help Portrait was another successful outreach. We had 10 countries represented this year (up 3 from last year): Israel, The West Bank (Palestine), Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, The Congo, The Philippines, and The Ukraine. A HUGE thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, and to David, our amazing [...]
I am soooo excited to present Shine’s First Ministry Outreach Video, with the hope of many more to come….
So far so good. Two weeks of Monday Night Basketball, and both times have been a success. We split into two groups this past week, older and younger kids. Scott and Cole, an awesome father and son combo, took the older kids and taught them passing and lay-up drills while the rest of us played [...]
As I sit here typing my first blog entry from one of the rooms in the new youth center, this is what surrounds me: A complete state of chaos and mess! I can hear the workers in the next room speaking Russian to each other, mixed in with the sounds of hammers, scrapers, painting, and [...]
I had a “where am I?” moment yesterday at Food Distribution. One of our regulars came in with another lady, so I greeted them as usual, and bent down to get a couple bags. It took me a moment for my brain to realize what it had just saw, and for that split second, I [...]
I have to be completely honest…. I’m frustrated! I’ve been spending time looking at places for the youth center, but to be quite honest its been torture. I haven’t found one single place that I would even consider, yet alone want to live in as well. Today I even went inside a place with no floors… NO [...]
One of the biggest issues the refugees I work with face is not being able to find jobs. With the economy as it is (and I know this is a problem many people face today) not being permitted to work (no work visa) makes it even more difficult for them to support themselves and their [...]
Yesterday was the big day! It went really well; we had lots of help and gave away clothes, toys, food, and of course pictures! We didn’t have as many people come as I had hoped, but the ones we had turned out wonderful! It wasn’t about numbers, but what we did with the ones we [...]
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