The Lord gave us 3 steps for starting our life in Israel: 1) enter the Land as volunteers in Sar-El; 2) find a fully furnished aparment in Jerusalem; 3) enroll at the intensive Ulpan “Beit Ha-am” (Gerard Behar Centre, 11 Bezalel Street Centre of town), to learn Hebrew. We applied to Sar-el, passed all the requirements, paid our share of the airfare and got our tickets, but for the end of April, rather than the end of March. 

Next we had a huge garage-sale. Except for the piano we sold all the furniture, even my beautiful plants. We sold it all, with the help of faithful OR TZION friends taking turns at our garage sale while my husband worked and I ran a million errands. 

The end of March approached, time for the new owner to move in, while we would leave only in April. The couple who had built the kitchen counter for us once again came to our rescue. Bill & Debbie Morgan invited us to stay with them until our departure. And I want to thank them here and now for all that they have done, and are continuing to do. From the day we met them they have been only a blessing in our lives. 

The time came to leave. Bill & Debbie invited us to a “good bye” dinner carefully planned to surpise us with an amazing offer: they would keep our boys, take them to school and pick them up until the end of the school year. Then they would personally set them on the plane to Israel. 

This is precisely what they did, and much more, overcoming many obstacles to send our children to us. Our sons came to love them dearly. 

The volunteer service took us to a base near Beer-Sheva, where we celebrated Passover. When our service finished we only knew to go to Jerusalem. But where to stay? The commander of the base was so impressed with our determination to make Aliyah and our willingness to sacrifice, he gave us a permission slip for the soldiers’ hostel. 

Immediately upon our arrival in Jerusalem we began our search for a furnished apartment. We called the first one on our list, and made an appointment for the next morning 9:00 a.m. The place was located in one of Jerusalem’s best neighborhoods. And the Lord gave us favor with the owners, who rented it to us for 6 months at $ 400 a month, ready for moving in the next day. The apartment had everything - pots, dishes, silverware, blankets, bedsheets, TV, telephone, etc.etc. It was “fully” furnished in the truest sense of the word. Moreover, the owners invited me to be their guest in New York any time I would come to the States. At the time I did not realize that I would very much need their help. 

Upon returning to the soldiers’ hostel we were informed we would have to move out the next morning as the hostel suddenly had to accomodate a large group of soldiers. How we praised the Lord with tears of joy, for He had already provided our temporary home. Friends familiar with Jerusalem housing conditions would marvel exceedingly! No one has ever found a fully furnished apartment in one of Jerusalem’s best neighborhoods in a matter of only one day. Impossible! But with the Lord nothing is impossible! 

We next enrolled for the full 5-months term at Ulpan Beit Ha’am, which we discovered was within walking distance from our new home. Every day we walked through the flower lined streets of Rehavia, then Jerusalem’s elite neighborhood. 

In the fall of 1987 I returned to Dallas, making use of the return flight I still had from Sar-el. I would sell our investments to purchase furniture. I sold all our shares, except for the gold upon advice of my husband’s former employer. I then went on furniture hunt with Bill & Debbie’s “Pacer”. Somehow all the furniture stores were celebrating their 50th or 25th anniversary, for everywhere I found “anniversary sales”. The Lord provided sales to fit my budget and the car for transportation. Now all these things needed to be crated and shipped to New York. 

The prices quoted to me were outrageous. Bill & Debbie were considering doing the crating themselves for a minimum fee, when the telephone rang. The “sheep lady from San Angelo”, Mary Linthicum, whom I had interviewed on my show during my radio days, asked, if I could spare 4 days to come to San Angelo. The “Women Aglow” chapter and a number of other people wanted to hear me. I felt I could not leave Bill & Debbie alone with the crating, but they insisted I go. I did, and those four days turned into a tremendous blessing. Mary drove me to all the meetings which provided me suddenly with finances I never anticipated having And oh, would I ever need them! 

The Lord truly never slumbers nor sleeps! Bill just happened to have bought a huge trailer to transport large pieces of granite and marble. He built the crates on that trailer with wood he found “on sale”. As he and Debbie began the tedious work of  filling the crates with all my new purchases and the piano and boxes we had stored with them, Christ For The Nations students “just happened to pass by.” “Can we help you?” they asked. Yes, they could. Thus, while I was away giving my testimony and telling people about Israel’s role in these end times, the Lord sent His servants to help fill up the crates. When I returned, all was ready to be shipped.