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Bønne Opprop!
Jeg, Meridel Rawlings skriver på vegne av mi mann Jay. For fem dager siden ble han lagt inn på hjertemedisinskavdeling på Share Tzedek sykehus (Rettferdighetens Porter) i Jerusalem.
Han er under oppsyn og omfattende tester blir gjort for å finne ut av hans høye hjertebank, anpustenhet og vann i lungene. Han går på medisiner for berolige hjertet. I morgen skal de gjennomføre «et sjokk» på hjertet, legene stopper altså hjertet og starter det igjen for å regulere det. Vi trenger deres bønner i denne kritiske tiden og jeg takker dere for jeg vet der står med oss.
Jay og jeg hater å spørre om økonomisk hjelp. Vi finner det veldig ydmykende, og i en perfekt verden så kunne vi bare jobbet og aldri snaket om utgifter. Men slik er det jo ikke. Stress er en del av byrden her, og finansieringen er en av det som er høyet på listen. Om det er noen som helst mulighet for at du vil sende en donasjon i denne veldige travle tid så er vi så takknemlige.
2016 var et aksjon fylt år og det er grunnen til at man er litt sliten. Når vi kom tilbake til Israel har vi fått et slag etter det andre. Det føles ut som en slagmark, og med Jay ute av stand til å bidra, vet vi at vi er under trussel. Kontoret er fortsatt i huset, og fortsetter så godt vi kan.
Dette er sendt med kjærlighet fra vårt hjem til ditt. De største velsignelser for denne Hanukka og Juletid.
Meridel Rawlings med sønner og teamet.
2. januar 2017.
Dette er Meridel som sender dere en oppdatering på Jay sin situasjon, en veldig rask og kort overblikk av hans liv. Himmelsk Nåde har overskygget hans liv siden begynnelsen. Jeg tror det siden Jay er kjent for sin mildhet og omsorg til og med ovenfor en feil. Noen ganger er resultatet av en slik karakter de skruppelløse som aldri unnlater å utnytte. Men her skriver jeg til ekte venner.
De siste tre ukene har jeg tenkt en del på ekteskapsløftene vi gav hverandre…spesielt på ordene..i sykdom og i helse. Vel, den tiden er her. Jay og jeg har vært gift i 48 år og har kjent hverandre i 50. som mange andre som jeg her skriver til, har vi levd et velsignet liv til det fulleste.
Hans historie er uvanlig. Jay var dødfødt, og hans tante Netta var operasjonssykepleieren som assisterte legen når de utførte keisersnittet på Jay sin mor. Hun nektet å gi opp barnet og dyppet kontinuerlig hans lille blå kropp i ulike badebaljer…en varm, den andre kald. Etter 20 minutter tok han sitt første åndedrag. Han var født i bønn. Hans far Victor ble drept i Nederland under 2. verdenskrig når Jay var 14 måneder gammel. Men han har ett kjærlighetsbrev fra sin far som han aldri fik møte.
I 1975 besøkte vi jødiske lokalsamfunn i Frankrike. Vi var gjester i et hus av en kjent doktor i Marseille. Det var januar og vi var klare for å dra videre til Spania med våre tre små sønner for å besøke de jødiske lokalsamfunnene i Katalonia og Madrid. Den natten før vi dro, døde Jay. Det var en forferdelig opplevelse, men HERREN Gud Den Allmektige hørte mine skrik og brakte Jay tilbake til live etter 24 minutter uten puls. Doktoren ble skremt langt inn i margen….dette var etter at han hadde forsøkt å gjenopplive hjertet mange ganger. Vår G_D gjorde det! Vi tok ham til Militær sykehuset i byen og der var det 8 leger som stod rundt hans båre og fulle av undring av hans historie…du kan lese om dette i detaljer i den neste utgivelsen om vår livshistorie.
Alt var rolig med hjertesaken til Jay frem til mai 2011 da Jay ble tatt til hjertemedisinskavdeling på Jubilee Hospital i Victoria , Canada, for utfyllende tester. Den gangen jobbet hjertet overtid.
Så denne sommeren, igjen var vi i Canada og Jay undergikk undersøkelser i en 24 timers periode grunnet hans raske hjertebank. Ingen konklusjon ble gitt før i desember 2016 når vi måtte ta han til Sharay Tezdek sykehuset i Jerusalem. I en uke ble undersøkelser gjort og diagnosen «hjerte feil» ble gitt, men nå har vi flere detaljer.
Han mottok god pleie fra Professoren i Kardiologi som befalte en måned med fullstendig hvile. Jay er hjemme med oss, men uten styrke. I dag, den 2. januar 2017 sa vår familie lege at «Hjerte hans er ustabilt og han trenger oppsyn». Han har mange flere tester som skal tas de neste tre ukene når han skal legges in igjen.
Vi takker deg for dine bønner, kjærlige hilsninger og gaver for å få oss gjennom denne prøvende tiden. Jeg vil svare dere mer kjære venner. Vi vil holde dere oppdatert og vi vet dere vil fortsette å be for John Victor Rawlings sin fullstendige helse. Til våre Jødiske venner, hans far er Victor Alloway Rawlings og hans mor Sheena Rawlings.
Følgende er noen svært trøstende responser: Israel:
«Like før Shabbat ringte inn: Vi er verdsetter deres tidløse arbeid på Israels vegne. Vi ber for dere alle, spesielt Jay og fullstendig helbredelse. Jeg vil løfte mine opp mot fjellene hvor min hjelp kommer i fra. Min hjelp kommer i fra Herren, himmelens og jordens Skaper. Dette viser oss Guds kraft til hjelp.»
– Hillel Goldberg Finland:
«Jay skal overleve! Vi holdt hender og bad for han og for deg og Rawlings familien på Armon Virta (Elven av Liv) menighet under julegudstjenesten. Guds Ånd er Hellig og Trofast og han minnet oss om dere, kjære Meridel. Hvil deg nå»
– Asko og Kirsi Canada:
«Jeg hører din store bekymring og mitt hjerte svarer med kjærlighet og bønner. Jay sin situasjon er alvorlig og han kan få slag om ikke det håndteres godt med blodfortynnende midler. Hjerteflimmer kan forårsake at en propp dannes i hjertet og kan havne i lungene, eller hjernen. Legene vil kanskje forsøke en annen metode. Han må lytte til ekspertene. Jeg er glad han er i Israel der legene er så dyktige. Han må vite at det hjerte han er og har er så verdifullt at vi ikke kan miste han. HVIL!».
– Pat and Paul. Israel:
«La oss håpe at du vil være med oss på neste bibelsamling. Vi ber så klart for din helbredelse». – Rabbi Shlomo.
Norway:
«Kjære, elskede Meridel! Fred!
Jeg ønsker bare å meddele at vi er så lei oss på Jay og familiens vegne. Vi står sammen med deg i bønn for helbredelse. Ingenting kan hindre oss fra Guds kjærlighet! Han kan og vil gjøre mirakler.
– Thor Arthur og Inger Johanne Israel:
«WoW! Jeg har alltid sagt at Jay har et stort hjerte….Han må spare litt til seg selv for nå så han kan fortsette og dele det med verden. Oj, det er hardt for en så vital person å slakke ned tempoet. Om han bare lytter til halvparten av legens råd så vil han snart være oppe og gå. Dette og vil gå forbi!
Ring meg når som helst, og vi kan ta en kaffe. Kjærlig hilsen Sheila
Canada:
Jeg ble trist av å lese om Jay. Jeg håper det trøster deg å vite at dette skjedde i Israel hvor det finnes fantastiske medisinske behandlinger, og ikke i Nepal! Jeg ber for ett sterkt hjerte vil bli gjenopprettet i Jay.
-Audrea
Gebetsaufruf für Jay Rawlings
Meridel gibt euch Bescheid über Jays Gesundheitszustand. Ich möchte auch einen kurzen Rückblick auf sein Leben geben und einige Mitteilungen von geliebten Freunden. Danke, dass ihr für uns betet und um uns sorgt. Wir sind sehr dankbar.
«Jays Leben stand seit Beginn unter göttlicher Gnade». Ich glaube, dass er genau aus diesem Grund in diese Gnadenfülle hineinwachsen konnte. Heute ist er bekannt für seine Barmherzigkeit und Güte. Vielleicht ist es diese Charaktereigenschaft die ihn dazu verleitet, zu viel für andere zu tun?
Während den letzten drei Wochen dachte ich oft an unser Eheversprechen… ganz besonders an die Worte… «in guten wie in schlechten Tagen». Nun «diese Zeit ist hier»! Jay und ich sind seit 48 Jahren verheiratet und kennen uns seit 50 Jahren. Wie viele von euch durften wir in all diesen Jahren ein erfülltes Leben erleben.
Seine Geschichte ist ungewöhnlich. Jay war eine Totgeburt. ABER seine Tante Netta, die als diensthabende OP Schwester während dem Kaiserschnitt von Jays Mutter assistierte, weigerte sich, dieses Kind aufzugeben. Sie kämpfte für sein Leben, indem sie den kleinen blauen Körper abwechslungsweise in warmes und kaltes Wasser tauchte. Nach 20 langen Minuten wurden ihre Gebete erhört und er tat seinen ersten Atemzug. Er wurde durch Gebet geboren.
Jays Vater Victor Alloway Rawlings fiel im Krieg in Holland, nur Tage vor Ende des 2. Weltkriegs. Jay war gerade mal 14 Monate alt. Aber… er besitzt einen Liebesbrief vom seinem Vater, den er nie kennenlernte.
Wir verliessen Kanada in 1969 mit unserem ersten, 9 Monate alten Sohn David und kamen nach Israel. Wir haben nie zurückgeschaut. Es war in 1975, während wir in Frankreich jüdische Gemeinden besuchten, als sich der nächste Vorfall ereignete. Wir waren Gäste im Haus eines bekannten Arztes in Marseille. Es war Januar und Jay und ich sollten jenen Morgen zusammen mit unseren Söhnen, die damals 5 und 3 Jahre sowie 6 Monate alt waren, nach Spanien reisen. Wir wollten jüdische Gemeinden in Katalonien und Madrid besuchen. In jener Nacht starb Jay! Ja, es ist wahr und gut dokumentiert. Es war eine schreckliche Erfahrung; aber GOTT der Allmächtige hörte mein Schreien und brachte Jay nach 24 LANGEN Minuten ohne Puls wieder ins Leben zurück. Der Arzt war in seinen Grundfesten erschüttert… nachdem er Jays Herz mit der Abgabe von Adrenalin und Mund-zu-Mund Beatmung zu wiederbeleben versuchte. Wir haben einen Vater im Himmel! Der gute Arzt insistierte, dass Jay mit der Ambulanz ins Militärspital gebracht wurde…er lebte, als er das Haus verliess. Ich fragte mich, was ich eine Stunde später in der Notaufnahme vorfinden würde. Acht Ärzte standen um sein Bett und staunten über das, was sie sahen und hörten. Sie erlaubten uns, ihn nach Hause zu nehmen. Wir ruhten 3 Tage, bevor wir nach Spanien weiterreisten. Mehr dazu könnt ihr in unserem nächsten Band über unsere Lebensgeschichte lesen, ich habe auch ein Foto von ihm. Ihr seht, dass er einmal mehr ein gnädiges, schöpferisches Wunder erlebte.
In all den Jahren sind wir zu mehr als 120 Nationen gereist. Stets suchten wir zuerst die jüdischen Gemeinden vor Ort und sprachen zu deren Leitern über den «Ruf» zurück nach Israel heimzukehren. Das war bevor die Christen realisierten, Schulter an Schulter mit Israel zu stehen. Einige Kirche warfen uns als Ketzer hinaus!
Danach war es ruhig in Bezug auf Jays Herz bis May 2011, wo er in die Herzklinik der Jubilee Spitals in Victoria, Kanada für ein EKG eingeliefert wurde. Sein Herz raste, wie heute auch.
Im Juli 2016 hatte Jay ein 24 Stunden Test, wieder mit erhöhtem Herzrhythmus. Es wurde nichts unternommen bis im Dezember 2016, als wir ihn ins Sharay Tezdek Spital in Jerusalem einlieferten. Es wurde während einer ganzen Woche zahlreichen Tests unterzogen, zweimal ins Koma versetzt. Sein Herz wurde gestoppt und neu gestartet. Er wurde danach entlassen mit der Auflage zur absoluten Ruhe, zusammen mit Medikamenten und der Diagnose «Herzinsuffizienz».
Er ist in guten Händen und wird von einem Professor in Kardiologie betreut, welcher 1 Monat absolute Ruhe anordnete. Jay ist nun zu Hause, aber ohne jegliche Kraft. Heute sagt unser Hausarzt «Sein Herz ist instabil und muss überwacht werden». Er ordnete weitere Tests an und man wird in einem Monat die Situation neu beurteilen.
Wir danken euch für eure Gebete, lieben Zeilen und Gaben, welche uns durch diese herausfordende Zeit helfen. Ich lege euch noch ein paar Zeilen von lieben Freunden dazu. Wir werden euch weiterhin auf dem Laufenden halten und wir wissen, dass ihr weiter für John Victor Rawlings vollständiger Wiederherstellung betet. Für unsere jüdischen Freunde, sein Vater heisst Victor Alloway Rawlings und seine Mutter Sheena Rawlings.
Hier einige trostreiche Antworten von Freunden:
Israel: «Gerade vor Sabbatstart: wir schätzen eure jahrzehntelange Arbeit für Israel. Wir beten für euch alle, besonders für Jays komplette Heilung. Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, ob von dort meine Hilfe kommt. Meine Hilfe kommt von dem HERRN, der Himmel und Erde gemacht hat. Die Betonung zeigt uns Gottes reiche Möglichkeiten zur Hilfe».
Hillel Goldberg
Nepal: «Ich sende euch meine Gebete und Liebe aus Nepal für Papas schnelle Genesung. ICH WÜNSCHTE ICH KÖNNTE IHN BESUCHEN. Auf jeden Fall, Mama, Gott wird ihn beschützen und heilen; er ist Gottes Diener und ganz besonderes begnadet!» Indira
Finnland: «Jay wird überleben! Wir haben uns an den Händen gehalten und für ihn und die Rawlings Familie in unserer Gemeinde Armon Virta (Lebensstrom) während der Weihnachtsfeier gebetet. Der Geist des HERRN ist Heilig und treu und er hat uns an dich erinnert, geliebte Meridel. Bleibe in seiner Ruhe» Asko und Kirsi
Russland « Wir beten inbrünstig hier in Russland für einen Durchbruch und die Heilung von Jays Herz. Ich weiss dass sich tausende von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt mit uns zusammen eins machen und den Sieg im Namen unseres Herrn proklamieren! Wir beten für Heilung und finanzielle Wunder für alles, was es braucht und die stärkste Salbung die du je erlebt hast. Sprüche 4.23.
In grosser Liebe und Anteilnahme» Howard und Familie
Kanada: «Wir beten um Gottes ständigen Schutz und für Jays Heilung: in seiner Schwachheit ist er immer noch stark in Gott; ein echter Glaubensgeneral». Pastors Peter und Lily
Schweiz: «Wir haben sehr oft an euch gedacht und für euch gebetet; wir hofften, dass es Jay vielleicht besser geht und er vielleicht schon zu Hause ist. Freude und Leid kommen nahe zusammen. Wir wünschen euch ein gesegnetes 2017; es soll alles besser werden!»
Hans und Meni
Premierminister Netanyahu Neujahrsgrüsse 2016
Meridel Rawlings, 5. Januar 2017 17:01 Uhr
Wir von „Israel Vision“ und „Die leise, feine Stimme“ senden euch, liebe Freunde weltweit, unsere besten Wünsche zu Weihnachten und Channuka. Wir spüren, dass das Jahr 2017 ein bedeutsames Jahr wird und alle Beter werden durch die Botschaft von Mr. Netanyahu ermutigt.
Ihr seht mit uns, wie Meridel dem Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu am Empfang in der Internationalen Christlichen Botschaft persönliche Grüsse überbringen durfte. Sie konnte die lebensgrossen Ölportraits der Präsidenten und Ministerpräsidenten erwähnen, welche sich im Vorraum zum Kabinett des Israelischen Parlaments, Knesset, befinden; diese Gemälde wurden von einer bekannten kanadischen Künstlerin gemalt, Joy Caros Rawlings von Vancouver, BC Kanada. Sie sind ein Geschenk an das Land. Premierminister Bibis Antwort an Meridel war eine warme israelische Redewendung „Kol Ha Kavod“ – welche in etwa bedeutet „Welche Ehre und Glückwünsche!“.
In diesen Tagen erfolgten beispiellose Angriffe auf Israel durch die Vereinten Nationen. Was passierte, geht auf die Zeit der griechischen Besetzung des Landes vor 2‘300 Jahren zurück. Es war den Juden damals nicht erlaubt, hebräisch zu sprechen oder zu unterrichten, oder im Tempel zu feiern. Einige schämten sich ihrer Herkunft als Juden so sehr, dass sie ihre Beschneidung rückgängig machten. Krieg brach aus, und schliesslich konnten die Griechen besiegt werden.
Heute verstecken sich die Nationen des UNO Sicherheitsrats hinter ihrer „gesetzlichen Autorität“, um Israel weiterhin zu drangsalieren. Die UNO Resolution 2334 steht für ein grobes Versagen gegenüber den Menschenrechten sowohl für die Palästinenser als auch für die Israeli. Nach 5 Kriegsjahren in Syrien mit 500‘000 Toten und Millionen von Flüchtlingen wurde NICHT EINE Resolution gegen Syrien und Russland wegen Völkermord an Frauen und Kindern in Aleppo verfasst. Vergesst nicht, dass Assad’s Regime durch den Iran unterstützt wird. Die Bibel sagt: „Wehe denen, die Gutes schlecht und Schlechtes gut nennen“. Der Premierminister nahm in seiner Weihnachtsbotschaft ganz klar darauf Bezug. Bitte betet für ihn und für die Israeli und Palästinenser. Wir segnen euch und danken euch! Wir wissen, dass das Licht immer über der Dunkelheit triumphieren wird. PM Netanyahu 2016 Neujahrsgrüsse erschien zuerst bei stillsmallvoice.tv
In Liebe für jeden von euch, der sich um uns sorgt.
Jay, Meridel, Söhne und Team
Jay’s health
January 2017
“LORD, He whom you love is sick…” John 11:3
This is Meridel, bringing you an update on Jay’s health situation. For those of you who do not get email updates, or any social media I want you to pray for my husband. It is a challenging time for our family and prayer has become a waking-sleeping; a LIVING experience. This is simply another step on the pathway to a richer life in the mercy and love of Almighty God. He must increase and we must decrease… Jn 3:30.
Today, Jay says: “I am resting in Him and trusting my life into the hands of the Royal Physician.” I, Meridel want to take this opportunity to share an over view of Jay’s life, followed by some quotes from friends. Thank you for praying and caring as you do. All of us are grateful.
I will begin by saying: “Divine Mercy has overshadowed Jay’s life from it’s very inception.” I believe as a result Jay grew up in to the abundant grace he was given. Today, he is known for his grace and loving kindness. Perhaps, the result of this character quality causes him to try and be and do too much for others?
Over the past almost three weeks, I have thought of our marriage vows… especially the words…
“in sickness and in health”. Well, ‘that time’ is here!’ Jay and I have been married 48 years and have known each other 50. Like many of you we have been so blessed with the opportunities granted to live life fully.
His history is unusual. Jay was a still birth. BUT his auntie Netta, the operating room nurse attending the Dr. in Jay’s mother’s Caesarean section; refused to give this child up! She fought for him to live by dipping his little blue body in alternate tubs of water… one warm, the other cold. After 20 minutes her prayers were answered and he took his first breath. He was born in prayer.
Jay’s father Victor Alloway Rawlings, was killed in action in Holland just days before W W 11 ended. He was just 14 months old at the time. But… he does have one love letter from this father whom he never met.
We left Canada in 1969 with our first son David 9 months old and came to Israel. We have never looked back. It was in 1975, while we were visiting Jewish communities in France that the next incident took place. We were house guests of a known doctor in Marseille. It was January and Jay and I with our sons ages 5, 3 and six months were to leave in the morning for Spain. The plan was to visit the Jewish Community in Catalonia and Madrid. That very night Jay died! Yes, it is true, and very well documented in fact. It was a horrible experience; but the L_RD G_d Almighty heard my cries and brought Jay back to life after 24
LONG minutes without a pulse. The doctor was shaken to his core… this was after he tried to stimulate Jay’s heart with shots of adrenalin and mouth to mouth resuscitation. We have a Father in heaven! The good Doctor insisted that the ambulance take Jay to the Military hospital in the city… immediately He was alive when he left the house. I wondered what I would find an hour later, there in Emergency. Eight doctors stood around his stretcher amazed at what they saw and heard. They gave us permission to take him home. We rested three days before going on to Spain. You will read about this in detail in the next volume of our life’s story, I have a photo of him. You will see that again, he received a merciful, creative miracle.
Over the years we have travelled to 120 nations; always seeking out the Jewish communities first and speaking to their leaders about the “call” to come home to Israel. This was before Christians understood the need to stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel. Some churches threw us out as heretics!
All was quiet heart-wise until May of 2011 when Jay was taken to the cardiac unit in the Jubilee Hospital in Victoria Canada for an angiogram. His heart was working overtime then, as it is now.
Then in July 2016 Jay was tested for a 24 hour period, again with a rapid heart beat. No conclusions were drawn until December 2016 when we took him to the Sharay Tezdek hospital in Jerusalem. He was tested over a week long stay; put to sleep twice. He heart was stopped and restarted. He was released to strict rest, and a regiment of medications and tests with the general diagnosis of “heart failure”.
A Professor of cardiology, demanded a month of complete rest. Jay is home with us, but without strength. Today, our family physician said, “His heart is unstable and needs to be monitored.” He is in a serious condition and after more tests and will be reassessed again.
We thank you for your prayers, love notes and gifts, which help to see us through this trying time. I am also enclosing a few responses from dear friends. We will keep you posted and we know that you will keep praying for John Victor Rawling’s complete recovery. For our Jewish friends, his father is Victory Alloway Rawlings and his mother Sheena Rawlings.
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Following are some of the comforting responses from friends:
Israel: “Just before Shabbat comes in: we appreciate your decades of work on behalf of Israel. We are praying for all of you, especially for Jay’s complete recovery. I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help. My help comes from the L_ORD who made heaven and earth. This emphasis shows us the extent of G_od’s ability to help.” – Hillel Goldberg
Nepal: Sending lots of prayer and love from Nepal for Papa’s quick recovery. I WISH I COULD COME TO SEE HIM. Anyway Mama, God is protecting and healing him; he is God’s servant and is especially gifted! All the girls in our home are praying – Indira (She heads up the trafficking work in Nepal.)
Finland: “Jay will survive! We joined hands and prayed for him and you and the Rawlings family at Armon Virta (River of Life) church at the Christmas feast. The Spirit of the L_RD is Holy and faithful and He has reminded us about You, Beloved Meridel. Rest now.” – Asko and Kirsi
Russia: “We are praying fervently here in Russia for the breakthrough and for the healing of Jay’s heart. I know that thousands of people all over the world will be joining with us all and we shall proclaim the victory in the Name of our Lord! We are praying for healing and financial miracles to bring everything under control and for the strongest anointing you have every experienced. Proverbs 4:23 With much love and understanding.” – Howard and family
Canada: I was saddened to read about Jay. I hope it is of comfort to you that this happened in Israel where excellent medical treatment is available and not Nepal! I pray for a strong heart to be restored back to Jay. – Audrey
Norway: “Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of G_d!” He can and will still make miracles.” – Thor Arthur and Inger Johanne
Canada: “We pray for God’s continuing protection and healing for Jay: in his weakness, he is still mighty in God; a true General of the Faith.” – Peter and Lily
Switzerland: “We often think and pray for you; joy and suffering come close together. Blessed 2017. – Meni
Canada / Sudan: “This is your son Michael and your Sudanese family in Canada. Abba, we are doing a great work of praying for you. May the Almighty God bless you and the LORD of Israel stand with you. We are asking God to bless you again and again”
Bill Prankard known to so many in Canada wrote:” We love value and need Jay. Gwen and I and our team are praying that he will be healed in such a way that it will shock the doctors!”
With love to each one of you who care.
Jay Rawlings Prayer Request
Dear Family and Friends;
LORD… he whom You love is sick… John 11:3
Thank you for your prayers for Jay and for the whole family. He spent a week in the cardiac unit at Shar ha Tzedk and returned home feeling very low. He is home a week now and has under gone more blood tests an ECG and visits a Professor this afternoon. He still has trouble breathing and has to sleep sitting up. This is due to heart failure and the remains of fluid on his lungs and bronchitis. He is just finishing a regiment of antibiotics for this.
We as a family have gathered around him and know that he has to make changes. He works too hard. It is hard for him to learn to rest. Its time to “ease up”. You can pray in this direction for him and also for David, Chris, Josh and Daniel to know how much to be involved today and tomorrow.
Enclosed is a video that Daniel put together for you. I met Mr. Netanayhu at the International Christian Embassy last week. He chose this spot to give his greeting to the Christian world. Jay and I were co-founders of the ICEJ in October 1980. It is a blessed work. I spoke to him briefly about portraits of the Prime Ministers and Presidents that hang in the antechamber to the Cabinet room of Israel’s Parliament or Knesset. Joy Caros Rawlings is the artist, our cousin by marriage. It is a significant honor for her life’s work.
With that, I shall close for now. Thank you to each and every one for your thoughts and prayers.
Gratefully yours,
Jay and Meridel
Watching the Sea of Galilee
The Sea is at its lowest since 1972.
The entire nation of Israel prays for rain, no matter what their religious persuasion is. We depend upon the former and latter rains to keep us alive here.
<a href=”http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/222640″>Read more here on Israel National News</a>
PM Netanyahu 2016 Holiday Greeting
We at Israel Vision and Still Small Voice send to YOU our dear frends worldwide very best wishes for Christmas and Channuka.
We sense that 2017 will be a momentous year, and all who pray will be encouraged by this greeting from Mr. Netanayhu.
Join us as Meridel gives personal greetings to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a reception at the International Christian Embassy. She was able to mention that the lovely life size oil painting porraits of the Presidents and Prime Ministers which hang in the entrance way to the cabinet room of Israel’s Parliament, Knesset; were painted by renowned Canadian artist, Joy Caros Rawlings of Vancouver, BC Canada. They are a gift to the country. PM Bibi’s response to Meridel was the warm Israeli expression, “Kol Ha Kavod” – meaning in English ” All the Honor or Congratulations”!
These are days of unprecedented attacks on Israel by the United Nations. What is happening hearkens back to the days of the Greek occupation of the land 2,300 years ago. Jews were not allowed to speak or teach Hebrew, or worship in the temple. Some were so ashamed of their heritage as Jews that they had their circumcisions reversed. War broke out, and eventually the Greeks were driven out.
Today, nations in the Security Council of the UN hide behind their “legal authority” to continue to castigate Israel. Resolution 2334 is a gross failure of human rights for the Palestiniansas well as the Israelis. After 5 years of war In Syria leaving 500,000 dead, millions of refugees, NOT ONE resolution was brought to bear against the Syrian and Russian backed genocide of women and children in Aleppo. Do not forget Assad’s regime is propped up by Iran. The Bible says, “Woe unto those who call good evil and evil good.” The Prime Minister clearly refers to this in his Christmas Message. Please pray for him and the Israeli and Palestinian people at this time. We bless you and thank you!
We know that the LIGHT will always triumph over darkness.
In HIS love,
Jay and Meridel, sons and Team
Urgent Prayer Request!
Dear Friends and Partners
I, Meridel Rawlings am writing on behalf of Jay.
Five days ago he was admitted to the cardiac unit in Jerusalem’s Share Tzedek Hospital. (Gates of Righteousness) He is under supervision and intensive testing to discern the cause of his rapid heart beat, shortness of breath and fluid in his lungs. He is taking medication to slow his heart.
Tomorrow he will under go a “shock” to the heart. The Doctors will stop it and start it again, hoping to regulate the heart beat. We need your prayers at this critical time~my sons and I thank You and we know You are there for us.
Jay and I hate having to ask for financial help. We find it very humbling, and in a perfect world we could just keep working and say nothing about expenses. But that is not the case. Stress is part of the load here, and financials are very close to the top of the list. If there is any way you could send a donation to help us keep Jerusalem Vistas/Israel Vision going at this very critical time, we would be most grateful. (Directions for giving are at the end of this message.)
2016 was an action packed year and there is reason to be a little weary. Upon return to Israel we have experienced one hit after the other on so many levels. It feels like an onslaught, but now, with Jay taken out of commission, we know we are under direct attack. We are being inundated with regulations and hidden fees. The office is currently squeezed into the living room of our home. At this time we have had to cancel everything, but try to carry on as best we can under the circumstances. We are being tried and tested.
Pray with us for Jay’s complete recovery Please. Pray also that he will allow himself to rest and heal when he returns home from the hospital. We Need Him in order to carry on with the Kingdom work.
Thank You All for remembering Israel in your prayers. We sense that things are changing for the better. Remember this is “a land the LORD our God cares for~always”…Deuteronomy 11:11-12
This comes with love from our home to yours…
Every blessing at this Hanukah and Christmas time,
Meridel Rawlings, sons and team
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