JEWISH VOICE BLOG

May 05, 2014

Every day is a wonderful time for prayers for and support of Israel! As if the Scriptures and the headlines were not reminder enough, this year the month of May holds several days that focus our attention on Israel. Two important events in the history of Israel are listed below. Yom HaAtzmaut: Israel Independence Day TONIGHT begins Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel Independence Day. It is the 5th day of the Jewish month of Iyar, and begins at sundown tonight, May 5th this year. It commemorates the f...

May 02, 2014

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz called it “Kerry’s A-bomb.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chose the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, of all days, to invoke the inflammatory term “apartheid state” in reference to Israel. Kerry was addressing a convocation of the Trilateral Commission and a recording of the speech was leaked to the online news site, The Daily Beast. While expressing sadness at the recent collapse of peace talks, Kerry cast blame for the outcome on both Israeli and Palest...

May 02, 2014

Bee Sting Buddy How painful to be stung by a bee around your eye! On Monday at our medical missions clinic, a little guy named Enbalchocho came to us with his eye swollen shut from a bee sting. Grimacing with the pain and discomfort, he did not look happy. The next day some volunteers caught up with the boy outside the gates, playing in the street with friends. Today, only the still-loose skin under his eye identifies him as the same boy. Different clothes and a freshly shaved head made it di...

May 01, 2014

We are midway through our medical missions week in the capital city of Ethiopia and our staff is catching us up on the exciting things going on there. From the field The group arrived safely into Ethiopia and in good spirits. As the medical missions team was making its way through customs with the medical bags, the x-ray machines suddenly went down and we were able to move through customs quickly. All of our equipment made it with no issues. The eye team arrived later and their operating m...

April 29, 2014

The second of our 2014 medical missions is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Primarily an eye and dental clinic we are also able to see some general medical patients. Addis Ababa is the largest city in Ethiopia with a population of about three million. In the impoverished community called Kechene we are meeting and serving people who have no opportunity of seeing a doctor, going to a dentist, or obtaining eyeglasses apart from the missions trips of Jewish Voice Ministries. Medical missio...

April 28, 2014

Join us for Jewish Voice Ministries’ May Prayer Event A Night of Worship and Prayer for ISRAEL! Thursday, May 8 at 7 P.M. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. – Psalm 102:13 As world events accelerate, let’s take our worship and intercession to a new level! Join us for anointed Messianic worship and praise led by Angela Smith; And intercede with us for the peace of Jerusalem, for God’s End Times purposes fo...

April 25, 2014

It’s happening. Again, and still. And it’s sickening. You have probably already heard the news that Jewish People in the Eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk have been handed leaflets by masked men, and told that they need to register themselves, and include a list of their properties as well as a $50 registration fee. Whether it is real or some kind of stunt, Jewish People are still being subjected to anti-Semitism. It is a time for stepped-up prayers. This comes on the heels of the tragic ...

April 25, 2014

Amid growing conflict between ethnic Russians and ethnic Ukrainians in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine, long-buried anti-Semitic sentiments have begun to surface. For example, back on April 8th, Nazi symbols were drawn on a Holocaust monument in Odessa, Ukraine. The symbols—swastikas and the SS Wolfsangel sign—were painted on the memorial site. Swastikas also appeared on a wall surrounding a Jewish cemetery along with messages like “Death to the Jews.” Another incident a week later g...

April 25, 2014

“See, I Am Doing a New Thing!” – Isaiah 43:19 Although we’ve been to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia many times before, the word that keeps popping up in regards to Jewish Voice Ministries’ 2014 Medical Outreach there is new! May the One who makes all things new truly breathe new life into everything we will be doing there this year! SPECIALTY CLINIC: This is our first Specialty Eye and Dental Medical Clinic. Taking place Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2, this is one of the new aspects of this...

April 24, 2014

The small room cannot contain the music. Nor can hearts contain their worship. It fills every nook of the congregation’s meeting room, surging out into the neighborhood through the open door and small window. Hands. They are raised in praise, folded in prayer, rhythmically clapping, or covering the faces of souls so deeply moved by God they can do nothing else. Bodies. Swaying, moving to the music. Not like we sway, an inch to the right and then to the left. No, this is exuberant swaying, with f...