In this weeks news letter I Inadvertently referred to the Almond Branch Initiative as the Olive Branch Initiative. It is indeed the Almond Branch Initiative. Sorry for the mistake. This week we had the joy to meet once again with the founder and director of the Almond Branch Initiative. They.

Due in part to the Bernard Madoff scandal, the Soup Kitchen here in Sderot has closed it doors to some fifty people a day. For some it was the only hot nutritious meal they received. Please pray with us as we seek the heart of our Heavenly Father and our.

Happy the clown made it to Sderot Sunday afternoon. Monday, she started bringing smiles to the children and adults alike here in Sderot. The previous seventeen days she preformed in an orphanage, hospitals and at a Sudanese refugee camp. Now, she is spending the next nine days here in Sderot..

We recieved a donation to help get an air conditioner for Kobi but we were still short the full price. It just so happened that two weeks ago we met with Cary of Christian Friends of Israel - CFI. He is the Chairman-Communities Under Attack. We had lunch together and.

We left at 7:30 in the morning for a day of sight seeing. We made our way up north to Tzfat and to Tiberius with stops along the way. The rabbis say it is a “mitzvah” to travel the country as well as visiting the graves of the great rabbis,.

We received a call from a social worker here in Sderot asking if there was anything we could do to help a disabled elderly lady. Thanks be to G-D and praise the L-RD we were able to start this week on the bathroom remodeling project for Albina who has lived.

On the 28th of June, we will be loading up a bus one more time and fifty five of us will be heading up north for the day. Our first stop will be in Tzfat (Safed). It is said that in 1777, a rabbi who had come to Tzfat all.

Today we met Rabbi Shrya. We were told of a Rabbi that had a serious medical condition and the community was coming together to help him. Rabbi Shrya is suffering from Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) a disease of unknown cause that results in an enlarged heart that does not pump.

Back in February, we were blessed with a gift and the donor asked that it be spent on the kids of Sderot, and we did just that. During Purim we invited the kids of Sderot to a Purim party, you might have read about it in one of our previous.

Projects We received a “Thank You” letter from Yad Sarah; it stated in part… “Please convey our heartfelt thanks to the donors from abroad who sent the items to help the people of Sderot. It has come at a very critical time for us, as the economic crisis has put.