Tikvah Rabah

Familiar lyrics of a once popular song by the Carpenters (please don't tell me "The who?") It's true, our quilting project for Holocaust  Survivors  in Israel has just begun.  Dudley Goff of Israel Food Outreach on his recent visit to Rehoboth informed us that 1,000 Survivors in Iarael die  each month.  Gulp.  A sobering statistic.  A thousand.   We hope you will join us this Sunday as we tie quilts to be sewn.  There will be ironing of tops and sheets;  cutting squares and designing quilts, too.  But, we have about 15 or so quilts that need to be pinned, tied and prayed over in preparation of being sewn and then shipped to California.   The next container ship is headed to Israel soon and we want to send as many quilts as possible.  After all, time is running out.  A thousand.  

Our group of dedicated crafters met on September 14th to complete our first quilts!  The air was buzzing with excitement as we spread our efforts across TWO ROOMS in our congregation.   After each quilt was smoothed and ready, we offered heartfelt prayers to the Heavenly throne that Yeshua (Jesus) would use these gifts of our hearts to erase the pain in the Survivor's hearts.  May the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) wrap these Survivors in His love and reveal Yeshua to them.   We were blessed to have experienced quilters to help us figure out the ins and outs - and those of us with less experience quickly got into the groove.   We've only just begun ... Join the Journey - we meet again Sunday, September 28th 1-4.   All skill levels welcome.   (Enjoy these pictures by Heidi)

A Book Worth Reading! The Boy on theWooden Box Leon Leyson (Leib Lejzon) This book is Leon Leyson’s autobiography, the story of a happy life as a young child in Poland until the Nazis invaded when he was 10 years old. He then describes life in the Krakow ghetto, in 2 concentration camps, and at the age of 13, as a worker in Oscar Schindler’s factory, along with his parents and 2 of his 4 siblings.  This memoir is the only one written by a child on “Schindler’s List” and describes the character of the man as experienced by those who worked for him—his “children” as he called them.  Though an unlikely hero, he showed them mercy and care and gave them a sense of dignity at a time when they were seen as less than human by the world around them. The story also is a tribute to the perseverance and strength of the survivors of the Nazi terror as they determined to live and to do whatever they could to help others survive as well.  Even as a child, Leon was...

You've probably heard snippets of the saga of our beautiful, unique dresses we sent to Israel last month.  Who knew you could take a simple pillowcase, perform some minor alterations and add some embellishments and "viola'" a beautiful little dress is created.   Our crafters had a goal of 100;  we ended up with 137!  Thank You, Yeshua!   However, as we quickly discovered, there are international shipping requirements that are taken quite seiously by customs officials.  Back and forth - this and that - time and time again - for every step forward, we fell two steps back!   Today, we received notification that our lovely, little dresses will be returned (they could have been thrown away or sold at auction - so, again, Thank You, Yeshua!   Keep praying for the door to open for these dresses to get to Israel.   And we know that all things work together for the good of them who love G-d, to them who are called according to His purpose.  

Quilting Update: We had a wonderful time on Sunday with our quilting project! Twelve wonderful ladies gathered to iron, cut, design and sew quilt tops. Our next regular quilting event is Sunday, September 14th at 1:00 pm. Now, for some news from Glenda: SAVE THE DATE!!!! Dudley and Raven Goff, founders of Israel Food Outreach which supplies dried soup mix to the poor and quilts for the holocaust survivors in Israel, are here in Portland and would like to meet with us! Tikvah Rabah, Rehoboth's ministry to the survivors and the poor, has partnered with Israel Food Outreach in making quilts for the survivors (see pictures from last week!). The Goffs and Nancy Hook (who we met previously) have made time in their schedule to meet with anyone who is interested in learning more about their ministry and of course, with our Tikvah Rabah crafters, on Sunday, August 31, at 2:00 at Rehoboth. Dudley very much wants to make this connection with us in person regarding th...

Kind of to do a #ThrowbackThursday when we haven't been established for a year quite yet.  However, we will take the rather short walk down memory lane to reflect upon our first craft project:  lovely, frilly, feminine scarves!   Available in so many colors - there's something for everyone!  Your purchase helps support Holocaust Survivors and the poor in #Israel.  We look forward to opening our Etsy store soon!   #tbt

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...