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...

With all the gorgeous fabric we've been blessed with receiving, my mind is focused on quilts these days.  I listen intently to Glenda and Sally as they chatter excitedly about plans and strategies to set this new task of making quilts for Holocaust Survivors in Israel in motion. We are all VERY excited to roll out this project on August 3rd during our next craft-a-long and if you're in the Vancouver/PDX area we hope you'll join us at 1:00 pm.  We will watch a short video detailing the specifications set forth by Israel Food Outreach and Gleanings for the Hungry.   And with that said, here's a #throwbackthursday #tbt picture of a very sweet quilt Carol made for "our" adopted survivor, Yafim, that we sent for his birthday earlier this year.  

Glenda was blessed to find a yard sale featuring only fabric!  We got such a beautiful selection at a bargain price.  He IS The G-d who provides for our needs.   We're feeling very blessed as we move towards partnering with Israel Food Outreach and Gleanings for the Hungry in the Quilts for Holocaust Survivor Project.   We look forward to having  you join us on Sunday, August 3rd as we introduce the project! We meet at Rehoboth Messianic Congregation from 1-4.  Light refreshments served.   ** non- sewers welcome to come and bring their craft projects as well ** Rehoboth Messianic Congregation is located at:  3504 NE 49th St in Vancouver, WA.  

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 ...

Prayer and money.  The two most important things a ministry, especially a ministry in Israel, needs. But when we started Tikvah Rabah, we all had a desire to do something tangible to bless the Holocaust Survivors.  The L-rd led us to Brian Slater of Yeshua's Fresh Bread - a soup kitchen and food distribution center in beautiful Netanya, Israel.  Yeshua's Fresh Bread not only works with about 400 Holocaust Survivors, they also assist immigrants who are struggling to acclimate to a land and culture foreign to them.   For months, the dedicated crafters in our congregation Rehoboth Messianic Congregation, as well as the crafters from Minihaha Grange and Crossroads Community Church (all located in Beautiful Vancouver, Washington) have been knitting, crocheting, and sewing hats and scarves for the Holocaust Survivors.   Our first shipment of scarves and hats (30 each) were taken to Israel by a group of people from Tennessee - they go to Israel every year to work alon...

The elderly in Israel are among the poorest in the Western world.  Of the 193,000 Holocaust survivors residing in Israel, 50,000 live beneath the poverty level.  Sixty percent of the needy are living on three thousand shekels  ( 862.78796 USD) a month according to:  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4512415,00.html There is a disparity in the allotment of funds to Holocaust survivors who arrived in Israel after 1953.  Approximately 18,500 victims are not recognized with those who made aliyah earlier.  Progress is being made to change this situation.  See:  http://www.jpost.com/National-News/50000-Holocaust-survivors-in-Israel-living-in-poverty-report-finds-350178  Abundant Hope International and Yeshua's Fresh Bread are dedicated to supplementing the Israeli government's assistance to these needy who suffered so greatly in perhaps the most troubling period of human history.  We partner with these organizations to make a ...

The birthday of our Survivor in Israel falls in March.  Purim was also celebrated in March this year (Purim occurs every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar ).  While checking with Abundant Hope for a mailing address for our birthday present, we received news that a German team had come to help with apartment renovations and Yafim and Polina's kitchen and bathroom were being remodeled.   Because of the generous gifts from members of our congregation, the Tikvah Rabah team felt we could give toward this project.  We sent $1000 dollars and were blessed to find that because we had sent money, the kitchen remodeling would now include a much needed stove to replace the partially inoperative range.  Susan from Abundant Hope was able to purchase a range during the Purim sales and the deal also included a free microwave.  Below are before and after pictures of the improvements.  The kitchen pictures do not include the new stove. See that ugly ...

We are having our first crafting session at Rehoboth on Sunday afternoon, November 3rd at 1 p.m.  Come and learn how to make Martha's ruffled scarves .  Looms and mesh type yarn provided for a small fee.  Or bring your own choice of yarn or another project.  Please RSVP by the email contact form at the bottom of the blog page.  Hope to see you there!