I begin with our thank you for your warm greeting cards and letters. 

Let us continue to build the Kingdom of God together in 2022!   Be encouraged.  The # 20 means Redemption. The # 22 means The Light or Glory of the Almighty. So, let us expect change for the better.

To Begin …

It is Friday the 7th as I write. The wind is catching the noise of the muezzin’s fiery sermon being delivered in a mosque located just over the hill in a very hostile village. You can hear the hatred in their forceful proclamations. I am glad I don’t understand the hate-filled lies and threats. Father have mercy upon us all. Hatred is so crippling.

Yes, we have very dear Palestinian friends who call us family. Last week we enjoyed a holiday meal within their village. Our friend Magid, Arabic for Miracle, proudly told of his daughters’ accomplishments. One studies law at the Hebrew University, another business and accounting and the third, is in medicine. They are proud prospering people who stand tall.

One distraught friend in Canada wrote recently: “Where are you G-d?   What are you doing?”  The evil in Canada is so strong it breaks into everything. Certainly, can’t watch the news …and then there is Covid?”  

Today we find loss and the accompanying discouragement in every village, city, and nation. Only THE Living God can lift the dark suffocation off of us all. I am calling to Him, join me, friends. I am asking for profound CHANGE!

Second by second, we are moving into the year 2022. I am sick of hearing about man’s agenda. What is God’s agenda? He is still on the throne! I encourage myself in the LORD, He is my Light and my Salvation … there is nothing to fear.

“… the diviners see long visions and tell false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, they are afflicted and suffer because there is no shepherd.”

Zechariah 10:2

This morning Matthew 9:36 jumped from the page of my bible into my heart.

“When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them because they were dispirited and distressed like sheep without a shepherd.”

Matthew 9:36

Israel is hit hard too, going into our 3rd year of turmoil. We are losing our middle class. Can you believe it; today 27% of our people are living BELOW the poverty line. It is getting harder and harder to put food on the table. Thank goodness Daniel and Shelly and Ryan are living with us because we pool our resources to keep the lights on and food on the table. Israel is not what it appears. What choices do you and I really have anymore?

How do we move forward? These are my humble suggestions to:

•  Fling away everything that pulls you down. Refuse to succumb to the fear and hysteria and ‘conspiratorial thinking’ of today, herd mentality and the madness.

•  STOP what you are doing and ask for change.

• Let us each one, determine to return to the God of our Salvation, but first there has to be a light turned on inside of us.  Stand up, be present in mind and body. Repentance leads to the center of HIS pathway, HIS will and way!

•  Ask to be protected and guided from heaven. Choose it put your name on it.We are NOT orphans. We are NOT without HOPE! Ask Jesus to help you right now.

•  ASK for courage and strength and be quiet.

•  Receive it. My son and husband remind me, “You have not because you ask not.” The hardest thing sometimes is to ask for help. This is a weakness, affecting sones relationship to Father God who does not want anyone to perish.

• Do not beg! Ask! Obedience will be required daily. OPEN your heart and mind and arms to receive all that God sends. Reject evil.

•  LIVE in Psalm 91:5 and 6 “You will not be afraid of the terror of right, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.”

Note: the ancient Aramaic / Hebrew dictionary describes ‘destruction’ as ‘Qeter’, meaning the spirit of death. I have had health issues myself lately and have prayed this deliverance prayer and even the doctors see I am better.

“Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine, [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the LORD], for your light has come. And the glory and brilliance of the LORD has risen upon you.

[Zech 8:23]

For in fact, darkness will cover the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you. [Jerusalem] and His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.

[Is 60:19-22; Mal 4:2; Rev 21:2,3]. Isaiah 60:1,2

Please encourage yourselves in the LORD dear ones. We can do all of the above and prosper in these savage times. Let us rise up and strengthen those around us. Please write or call me if you wish.

A wonderful word for Israel on Dec. 25th, 2021. If you would like to access it I refer you to: The propheticcanadianhammer@protonmail.com

News about CAN in Kathmandu Nepal:  January 5th, 2022.

“Some things have changed a bit in Change Action Nepal, due to the government rules and regulations, it is getting harder. We keep working to give some hope and freedom to those who are unheard. We are in court again, Time was very crucial and hectic due to this latest trafficking case. The victim, we rescued has to appear a fourth time in court to give testimony. Right now we are receiving death threats from the perpetrator’s network. It is a bit excruciating right now, but we still believe that God is with us. His grace and wisdom protect us. Let’s see what happens?  Do not forget us, please. Thank you for your support and your prayers. God Bless you all.”

Indira Ghale

CAN Administrator Chris Rawlings January 5th 2022:

“God led us in 2017 to address the sex trafficking issue in Nepal. At that time we founded Change Action Nepal  and had it legally registered with the government in Nepal. I am happy to say we have been able to turn The Change Action Nepal website over to Indira’s team in  Nepal. She asked if she could use the PayPal that I set up for donations coming to the website. I said, YES. Now it’s fully operational by Nepalis and that is the way it should be. Hopefully are freed up for other things.

Thanks for all of the support, Mom, Indira and you were the pioneers, then Dad made the movie with David and Daniel and I. Thank you also for our lawyer, and Janice and Paul Chobaniuk in Canada who head up the CAN work there. I know we all felt honoured to work alongside these incredibly brave Nepali people. Many thank you especially to the unsung heroes our donors. Praise God!”

Updates:

I will not trouble you with any bad news coming out of Israel. We are so hated everywhere; it is a mystery that is going to unfold in blessing for us as a people. Anti-Semitism has always resulted in a blessing for the Jews and for Israel. You will see, God is going to do wonders right here in His way and His time.

On a sad personal note:

On December 25th, 2021, my eldest brother Donovan Robert Oriel Fowler was called home to heaven. We remained very close all of our lives. We enjoyed that oneness of Spirit, that is special to twins. He was a man of faith and action. Don, whom we called Oriel (my light is from God) was given a tremendous send-off by his three sons, Michael, Bruce and Stephen and family. To watch his very touching Memorial please go to https://www.livingstones.ab.ca/live/  under “Donovan Fowler”, you will be blessed.

He had tremendous compassion for the compromised and underprivileged. 

The Rawlings send blessings to each and everyone reading this letter. Continue to stand strong wherever you are. Because we believe, we know something of the miraculous power of prayer. Let God arise, His enemies are scattered!”

From our home here in hills of Benjamin to yours:

Meridel Rawlings and family

Our snail mail is no longer safe here in Israel, I am sad to inform you that our letters have been sliced open, or never even arrived. Should you want to give and choose not to use Pay Pal here is my Canadian bank information. They receive checks from the UK and the US and I am sure Europe as well. Thank you.

How to give to the Rawlings in tough times:

Royal Bank of Canada

152S Alberni Hwy PARKSVILLE, Canada V9P 2G5

Branch:  04130

Bank number:  003

Account number:  08249-5117957   of Meridel Rawlings  

IBAN: CA003547315204130                     SWIFT:   ROYCCAT2          ABA: 02100002

Manager: Mrs Julie Cherry, T: ++250 248 8321