Bill drove the whole load to a trucking company which would bring it to the shipping company in New York. I could never have done any of this without Bill & Debbie, Mary Linthicum and the students from Christ For The Nations. 

Then I flew to New York, where the couple who had rented us our first home in Jerusalem met me at the airport. The next day the man took me downtown to purchase appliances for Israel. There, stores in Manhattan cater to emigrants to Israel. My friend knew exactly where to go. And there, in the heart of Manhattan, we instantly found a parking place. He just shook his head in astonishment. 

Next he drove me to the shipping agency whom, I discovered, had quoted me incorrect prices and I found myself stuck with a fee double the amount expected. I had no more time to find another shipping agency. Had it not been for the blessings received during that four-day tour the Lord arranged through Mary Linthicum, I would have had no funds to pay for our shipment. 

The following day was October 19th, 1987. It became known as the “black Monday, October 19th,”because on that day the stock exchange crashed. My host lost $ 250,000 that day. I, on the other hand, gained 400x the worth of the gold shares I had not sold, which I could now sell at such tremendous profit. Had I not sold our two other holdings to purchase furniture, we would have lost them. 

Oh, don’t ever doubt the Lord! He is true and faithful beyond our wildest dreams!⁷

Meanwhile in Israel, my husband had already found us a new temporary home, in an even better neighborhood. We required a 3-months’ deposit, which we were able to make, thanks to the money from the gold shares. 

The day came, however, when all our reserves ran out and we had only 2 shekels left. I prayed to the Lord, “Heavenly Father, I have just enough to buy one loaf of bread. After that we have no funds. Please, provide.” The next day we received 2,000 shekels. The bank where we had applied for rental subsidy for new immigrants called to say they had a check for us in that amount. It was the subsidy for a full year. 

I decided to find a job. What could I do? I was not fluent enough in Hebrew, and totally computer illiterate. I searched the ads in the Jerusalem Post and found a job for a German- speaking person. I enjoyed working there, the people being so very kind and helpful. I learned my first computer “alphabets”. The working hours allowed me to be at home in time for our boys coming home from school. My salary paid the rent and utilities. 

My husband still had no job. It troubled him, as his instincts “to provide” are very strong. He had finished his 5 months course at Beit Ha’am (I never did, because I was the one who went to all the agencies to do registrations, etc. I missed too many classes to be able to finish the course). We enjoyed favor with our teacher, and she arranged for an interview at another Ulpan for advanced Hebrew students, aimed at professionals (my husband is a chemist). The Ulpan paid its students a salary. My husband was accepted, this salary covering our expenses for food and school fees. 

The time came for my husband to find work. By now I had shared Isaiah 60:5, and Exodus 30:1-4, and 35:3-34 with him. But how to find his place of work appointed by G-d? We prayed most earnestly. In our apartment building lived two American students. One of them worked for a pharmaceutical factory and provided us with a listing of pharmaceutical and other companies. 

My husband was very doubtful. “Pharmaceutics have nothing to do with the Salt (Dead) Sea,” he said (remember, the Lord had appointed him to retrieve the wealth of the Salt Sea). “We won’t find anything in this book.” I reminded him of G-d’s strange and marvellous ways in providing for us, and encouraged him to underline anything that sounded somewhat “chemical”. He underlined six companies. I wrote a letter of application, and his resume. But we needed a cover letter in Hebrew. 

Even that the Lord provided, moreover on a day closed for business. The owner of a typewriter rental just happened to open up his office and not only allowed me in, but even typed the letter for me and made me twenty copies free of charge. 

I mailed out the job application with resume. In response we received a list of more companies, from among whom one sent us a list of 29 companies with the names of the chief of personnell. Altogelther I sent out 50 applications. 

This year my husband celebrated his 10th anniversary at the Chemical company at Ramat Hovav, near Beer-Sheva. Their Logo  is the harvesting of the Salt (Dead) Sea.