Tikvah Rabah

Funny how G-d works. What started out as a conversation between Glenda and Dudley of Israel Food Outreach, (we thought we were going to be able to use their cargo ship to get our 400 + hats/scarves to Israel), unfolded to become our newest project: Making quilts for the Holocaust Survivors in Israel! Israel Food Outreach partners with Gleanings for the Hungry to get these quilts to the precious survivors. We are humbled and blessed to be Yeshua's hands on this project! And, we really appreciate the enthusiasm we have received for this project! Just so we are all on the same page, here’s our plan of action! Now: We are in the preparation phase. We should be washing, sorting, ironing and cutting squares at this point. If you have fabric you have taken home, please continue to iron and cut squares and feel free to bring back your cut squares so we may organize them by similar color tones. We would like to have cutting and sewing already designed tops at h...

For nearly 6 weeks, we have been focused on producing dresses for girls in Israel. For the most part,the talented sewers of Tikvah Rabah have been stitching together some adorable dresses were made out of pillow cases.   A few non-sewers wanted to participate and so a few of the dresses were purchased new while others were purchased used.   It was an interesting walk in faith as the final dresses counted - you  wonder, how close did we get our goal of 100?  Oh Please, L-rd, let us get to 100!  It felt like when the L-rd multiplied the loaves and fishes, and I think I heard Him say "oh ye of little faith".   But, as so often is the case, the L-rd provided MORE than our expectations!   Thank you to all who assisted the project in any of the many ways.  Won't you please pray with us that the girls in Israel be blessed by our gifts of love and more importantly, that the love of Messiah will renew them as He calls them into His Kingdom? Drum roll,...

If you love Israel, your mind is probably tied up with the military action going on right now.   As we near completion of the dress project, I want to give you a moment to reflect on some beauty in this world - designed and created by Sally and Heidi.   Enjoy what is lovely today!  

Here's five facts for this Friday: According to a survey in 2012 by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel: * Tens of thousands of elderly Holocaust Survivors in Israel live in abject poverty, unable to afford basic essentials  * One in five Holocaust Survivors in Israel is hungry * 14% are financially unable to purchase necessary medications * More than 2/3 of the Survivors have incomes of half the median in Israel * 40% of Survivors often feel very lonely and rarely leave their homes for activities or entertainment.  Their number one complaint is simple loneliness as many of them have no living relatives.   The majority of the Survivors have lived their lives without understanding the love of their Messiah.  Our desire is to show them Kindness and Compassion, doing what we can to honor and bless them in tangible ways.  We can help them live out their remaining years with dignity, feeling the love of and care ...

While Tikvah Rabah was founded with a focus on assisting and blessing Holocaust Survivors in Israel, as we have discovered (and not surprisingly), the needs are great across Israel. In discussion with one of our Ministry Partners - Yeshua's Fresh Bread, we learned that they assist many families immigrating to Israel from The Nations - from Ethiopia to Ukraine and Russia. A new project has formed for Tikvah Rabah: making dresses from pillowcases for girls in first thru fourth grades. The idea coming from http://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/ . So, On June 1st, we had our first Sew-a-Long with sewing machines blazing across unique pillowcases turning what was once a ho-hum household item to a a charming and delightful little dress for a precious little girl! Ladies were eager to take home the projects to complete. We estimate we have approximately 60 dresses completed with the remaining 40 nearing completion!