Letter From Emily 12/3/23
Shalom Good Hope Family Fellowship,
I pray you are all doing well. I miss you all and I was very encouraged to join the service a few weeks ago and see everyone waving at the camera. I may or may not have shed a few tears then.
The beginning of November was pretty busy for me. Our monthly Zealous excursion was a big one. It’s an overnight excursion that is opened to other volunteers at BFP as well. There were 21 adults as well as kids to prepare meals and pack sleeping bags for, etc. As the Zealous assistant, I was fully submerged in helping put it all together.
The trip itself was wonderful. We traveled four hours down to Timna Park. We had a wonderful time climbing mountains, watching the sunrise and spending the evenings worshipping around the campfire. On our way back we got to stop at the Dead Sea.
I also got to help clean out bomb shelters this month. After going so long without sirens, people tend to get overly comfortable. They use their bomb shelters for storage. The things we found in the bomb shelters had been there so long they went straight to the garbage. I was so thankful to be a part of making sure people had a place to go for safety.
Another opportunity I had recently was planting onions. A group of us from BFP went to a farm that has been very short on workers since the war. Our group planted around 9,000 onions. It was an honor to bless the family that runs the farm.
The community here is such a blessing. For Thanksgiving, we had the day off. Not sure why we got off for an American holiday, but I’m not complaining. The Z8 team was invited to a big Thanksgiving dinner. I missed my family, but I also loved celebrating with the people here.
Since we got back from the Timna excursion, I’ve had a deeper level of joy being here with these people and a part of this ministry.
I’m so thankful for you all and your prayers for me and for Israel. God bless you!
Emily