Shalom!

Greetings from Jerusalem.

This is quite a trip--literally and figuratively.

After a great week in Uganda with Terry Brennan at Kampala Childrens' Centre and at Pastor Arnold's pastor conference, I have come to Israel for a week.

The last two days I have spent touring Jerusalem with my good friend. He is a Messianic believer and a missionary to Japan. He also has a home in Jerusalem, where I have been staying. We have been touring the city of Jerusalem together and taking in the sights. We also have been meeting some very amazing believers in Jesus--some Jewish and some Arab.

Today we had lunch with a former PLO activist who came to faith in Jesus after he appeared to him in a vision. He is an evangelist and pastor, as well as a shop-keeper and dealer in biblical antiquities in the old city of Jerusalem. What an amazing man and a great heart. I was very encouraged by his testimony and love for Muslims. As he said--we love Muslims, Islam is the problem. That is, the spirit behind Islam is the driving force of so many difficulties--Jesus died for Muslim people and he loves them.

Tomorrow we go to the Dead Sea area and Jericho and then the next couple days to Galilee.

Got to go now. More thoughts later.

Blessings,

RM