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I know we’ve mentioned it before, but want to remind you to check out the new Son Valley Ranch website and blog.
Check out the latest blog with video and pictures from our February 27th work day! Be sure to subscribe to keep up to date on all the latest news and happenings! We would love to have you or a you and a group of volunteers help out for the next work day!
ALSO, in other news, Dave & Brian’s “The Dork Anthem” music video is doing well and is now over 28,000 hits in less than a week! Thanks to everyone for viewing and passing it along.
Jaffa says “hello”!
Normally we don’t put much “business” work on here (but we do put it here), but we wanted to share with you a project we just finished with some friends of ours. Dave and Brian are comedians out of Philadelphia that we worked with to produce a music video for their song “The Dork Anthem.” We shot it at our new house and even redecorated a bit to fit the theme. Here is the result of our collaboration.
Repost/tweet this link for all your friends to see!
’til we meet again.
I’ll leave you with this…
Isaiah 62
Zion’s New Name
1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah (My Delight/Desired),
and your land Beulah (Married) ;
for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
5 As a young man marries a maiden,
so will your sons marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eat it
and praise the LORD,
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner for the nations.
11 The LORD has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:
“Say to the Daughter of Zion,
‘See, your Savior comes!
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.’ ”
12 They will be called the Holy People,
the Redeemed of the LORD;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.
Random: The weather has been so beautiful here this month! Spring is arriving and the pollen is attacking in full force.
Purim ::
We had the unique opportunity to celebrate Purim twice this year! Around the world, March 9-10th was Purim this year. We were in Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee on that date, so we had a small celebration there… However, in Jerusalem, Purim was on March 10-11th because it is a “walled” city. So, the celebration continued to the next day for us.
Purim is a holiday of remembrance and celebration of God’s deliverance of the Jewish people. Queen Esther, with encouragement from her cousin, Mordecai, approached the King on behalf of her people. She helped foil Haman’s plans and saved the Jews. Interestingly, God’s name is not directly mentioned in the book of Esther, but there is certainly the underlying presence of Him throughout and in Mordecai’s challenge to Esther:
“Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?”
It’s such a reminder to us believers… that we are here and now… in our specific culture, time and place. God gives us a wonderful opportunity to know Him and to be part of what he’s doing in our world… and He will accomplish his purposes with our without us.
Typically, families read the story of Esther aloud and have several other traditions surrounding the holiday. Hamantaschen (“Haman’s pockets” in Yiddish) and Oznei Haman (“Haman’s ears” in modern Hebrew) cookies are sold all around town. Yum! When reading the story, they boo/hiss every time evil Haman’s name is mentioned (in order to “blot out the name of Haman”) and they cheer when Mordecai’s name is mentioned. Also, they dress up in various costumes, exchange small basket gifts, give money to the poor and sometimes get to the point of drunkenness that they can’t distinguish between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordecai!”
Several friends in the U.S. are doing the new Beth Moore “Esther” Bible study, and I hope to do that in the future as well. Hope it’s a great study girls!
On the 14th we did a post-Purim party for fun (we nixed the “too drunk to distinguish” part :)):
Queen Elizabeth & a Matador? or Captain Hook? 🙂
Oh no! We did not just do the Macarena!!
So, we’re in a new apartment! This is the third dwelling in five months, but they’ve all been great, so we can’t complain. We’re located in the heart of the city about 1/2 mile from the Old City.
I really can’t believe it, but we only have 10 weeks remaining for our time here in Israel. It makes me really sad, yet we are excited to move into what God has prepared for us in the future. We’re also excited to get back to work with FocalPoint.
We’ve been busy lately with work and fun… we had the opportunity to go to Netanya, a city on the Mediterranean Sea, just north of Tel Aviv. The Embassy has an apartment there that each staff member gets to use for a week. We just went up for a long weekend and had a good time relaxing and playing a ridiculous number of hours of cards with our friends. Bohnanza to be exact!
Some Recent Work
There are lots of projects going on around the Embassy this month… special events, a pastor’s conference, staff outing and regular work.
I had fun putting together my first CD album design. This is for Bram Maas, who recorded a live album during the Feast of Tabernacles 2008:
Upcoming Pastor’s Conference (PowerPoint Slide & Name Badges):
Also, Jon completed editing the Sderot/Youth-at-Risk fundraising video:
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