Genealogy, Faith and Family

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VOL. 32 NEWSLETTER SEPT./OCT. 1997

Dear “OR TZION” Family,

Greetings, my dear friends and brethren, beloved saints in Yeshua the Messiah, and G-d’s blessings on you in whose hearts are the highways to Zion.

A month has passed since my return. Your love, generosity and hospitality blessed me, and your eager desire to become genuine partners with Israel in her joys and woes, to share in her destiny as fellow-citizens and co-heirs. Your zeal to learn and know more of the truth and G-d’s commandments, your honest indignation at the perpetuation of lies such as the replacement theology, and your love for G-d’s people, Israel, and their Land, greatly encouraged my heart. After fifteen years of teaching, warning and exhorting,

it is for the first time that I saw a marked change, a clearly perceivable transition back to the foundations laid by the Lord Himself and the apostles. I see a remnant marching, yes, a glorious, wonderful remnant, coming out of the alien sheepfold and returning to the ancient path, to the highway that leads to Zion, into the sheepfold of the Good Shepherd, the Holy One of Israel.

Many of you have expressed a desire for more. This is also my desire, as I long to disciple you with life-changing, life-saving truth from the Word, exhorting and edifying you as you grow into full maturity. Paul the apostle often spent weeks and months discipling the saints, establishing them firmly in the truth, that they not be shaken but work out their salvation with fear and trembling, and mature into the full measure of likeness with Messiah (Christlikeness). Saints fed only with milk and not solid food “digest” my messages with difficulty. Frequently it is necessary to lay a foundation first before proceeding with the message, as many saints have not fully grasped certain basics such as, for example, the effects of water baptism for this life; the reality of unity with Messiah; the full extent and power of His blood for this life and the new one; and the principles and the effects of the laying on of hands¹.

G-d willing, my 1998 schedule will allow me to visit with your congregation or fellowship for several days, teaching and training, and ministering to you personally. Hopefully I will provide you with my itinerary in the March/April ‘98 newsletter, before I come to you in May.

THE 1997 TRIP

In the Jewish neighborhood of Paris

It began with one week at the International Genealogical Seminar in Paris, in obedience to the Lord’s leading. The book of generations of our family, which I so ardently hoped to locate, I did not find, but I did meet four professional genealogists (two Israelis and two non-Jewish Germans), who offered to help me with my search for the book and surviving relatives. I also received a letter from a Documentation Center of Contemporary Jews, called Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr, containing valuable information, addresses and a photo copy of the German Abschubliste (List of Deportation) of convoy 28 from Camp de Gurs on which my maternal grandfather is listed. To my surprise I found another name, the maiden name of my husband’s mother, the family name of his maternal grandmother. I very much covet your prayers for successfully locating the book of generations and surviving relatives, since both play an integral part in Israel’s destiny.

Next I visited my mother who still lives in Germany. For three weeks I “doused” her with love and ministered tenderly to her every need. She is 79 years old and suffers from Alzheimer’s. She is looked after every day in her apartment she loves and receives the necessary care. I promised to come to her 80th birthday in Mid-April of ‘98.

My mother rejected me as her daughter when I came to Yeshua. Much praying and fasting led to her receiving Him as her Savior. However, her neglect of G-d’s Word, and her former spiritual inclinations and intellectual views caused her to backslide and reject me again. But praise G-d, prayer and unconditional love prevailed; while two accidents rendered my mother dependent on the care of others, and cast her into the arms of the Lord. She now enjoys intimate fellowship with Him Who has become her strength and the Rock of her salvation. Hallelujah!

May this encourage you who are praying for loved ones. Don’t quit - be steadfast and abounding in unconditional love. What is impossible for you, is possible for G-d. It is all worth while when love and prayers prevail.

¹1 Cor. 3:2; Heb. 5:13-14; 6:1-2

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