by Kim Troup | Aug 8, 2017 | Reflections from Israel
Ofra High School By: Shira Schwartz 8/8/2017 When I asked Yaffa to tell me about the girls she helps in Ofra, she had so many stories to tell, she had a hard time choosing. As the coordinator of the Immigrant Program at the Ofra High School for Girls, she speaks of...
by Kim Troup | Aug 8, 2017 | Word to the Nations
An experience of a lifetime By: Kimberly Troup August 8, 2017 On my trip to Israel in March 2017, I was privileged to have two kindergarten teachers from my children’s public school go on the tour with me. Since I knew their heart was for children, and I have...
by Kim Troup | Aug 1, 2017 | News from the Land
August 1, 2017 By: Sondra Baras Today is the 9th of Av, the day according to the Hebrew calendar that commemorates the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem: Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple (which was a rebuilt version of the earlier Temple of Ezra and...
by Kim Troup | Jul 18, 2017 | Word to the Nations
by Kimberly Troup Jerusalem– How many names are there for Jerusalem? I would like to focus on five that are mentioned In the bible: Salem, Moriah, Jebus, Zion, and Jerusalem. The Biblical references for the purchase of this city take a lot more digging than the ones...
by Kim Troup | Jul 3, 2017 | News from the Land
by Sondra Baras Monday July 3, 2017 What do basketball, the American Navy and India have in common? I assume that they play basketball in India and in the American Navy but that is not what I am referring to. What I am referring to is three wonderful visits in...