My name is Meira Weber, and I joined the CFOIC Heartland team in Israel this past month. Having been here for just a few weeks, I wanted to reach out to you all and tell you a bit about myself, my journey to Israel, and how thankful I am to be part of this amazing team.

Beste  vriend, Een paar weken geleden nam ik de tijd om persoonlijk een aantal dorpen in Samaria te bezoeken om zo bijgepraat te worden over wat zij nodig hebben en om ut de eerste hand een idee te krijgen hoe uw steun hen geholpen heeft. Het was ook een prachtige gelegenheid om door de bergen […]

lieber Freund, Vor einigen Wochen habe ich mir die Zeit genommen, einige der Ortschaften in Samaria persönlich zu besuchen, um mich über ihre Bedürfnisse zu informieren und einen Einblick zu erhalten, wie die erhaltene Unterstützung ihnen geholfen hat. Es war eine wunderbare Gelegenheit, durch die Berge zu fahren, die ich liebe, und kommunale Leiter sowie […]

A few weeks ago, I personally visited some of the communities in Samaria, to get an update on their needs and to gain a first-hand perspective on how your support has helped them.  It was a wonderful opportunity to drive through the mountains I love and visit with the leaders and ordinary residents that represent the heartbeat of this land.

As I look forward to this new year, I am excited about some of the new projects and ideas that we have begun.  We are reaching out to new audiences each day, as we are preparing to launch new initiatives in social media. 

So whatever situation you are facing today, know that your God is bigger than any giant you are facing, any mountain standing in front of you. I have often heard it said: “Don’t talk to God about how big your mountain is; talk to your mountain about how big your God is.” So I have to ask myself, what made Caleb different? Why didn’t he go with the majority? Why did he see the situation differently than the others?

Next week is Tu B’Shvat, the “New Year of the Trees”.  It is day where we celebrate the fruit of our trees and children and adults alike take the time on that day to go out and plant trees.  Israel is the only country in the world that had more trees at the end of the 20th century than it did at the beginning, and that is because planting trees has been a key Zionist enterprise, long before it became ecologically popular.

Beste  vriend, Ik hoop dat u genoten heeft van alle feestelijkheden rond Nieuwjaar. Moge dit nieuwe jaar alleen maar het beste voor u en uw gezin brengen en moge u de zegeningen ontvangen die alleen G-d u kan schenken. Als ik vooruitblik op dit nieuwe jaar, dan wordt ik enthousiast over sommige van de nieuwe […]

lieber Freund, Ich hoffe, Sie haben Ihre Neujahrsfeierlichkeiten genossen. Möge dieses neue Jahr nur das Beste für Sie und Ihre Familie mit sich bringen und mögen Sie den Segen empfangen, den nur Gott geben kann. Während ich mich auf dieses neue Jahr freue, bin ich gespannt auf einige der neuen Projekte und Ideen, die wir […]

Just two months ago, I wrote about elections that took place in the US and in Israel — national elections in the US and municipal elections in Israel.  And now Israel has entered its own national elections season.  But in Israel, there is always drama surrounding elections.