“Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks” (Jer. 16:16)
Hey Gang: One of the very high points in our volunteer services was our tenure with the Ebenezer Fund in North Carolina. The focus of this ministry is to assist the “olim” (meaning Jews in the “diaspora” (meaning places other than Israel) who are seeking to make “aliya (meaning return to the Land of their heritage).
One of the very special memories I recall was of an elderly woman who was found in a remote village in Siberia. She was poor in health and investing the needed dollars to transport her to Kiev and then placing her in one of the limited slots on the ship to Haifi was not considered a good usage of the limited funds that were available.
But, there was something about this dear lady that superseded all of that good reasoning. She had a radiance about her that melted the hearts of the folks who choose those who would go or wait for the next available ship.
Witnessing to the olim was forbidden, for if a person was converted in route, the Israeli government would not permit them to enter the Land of their Heritage but the olim knew the hearts of the workers were committed to Jesus as their Lord and many would say “We know who you are and we are learning about your Jesus through your witness.”
Although there were very few verbal commitments on those voyages to “The Land” there were many heart commitments. God called her home several days after her arrival in Haifi, A waste of money! Only if money is your idol. She died in the land that she loved with a passion all of her life.
Sooo, my young friends, be advised, you do not have to go to Siberia to witness to a lost child of God, you could very well run into one today.
Blessings
Gramps
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