Prayer Request

Hey guys,

I'm sure that you have all at least heard about the political tension that is rising here in Israel. This week is the week that Palestine is going to ask the UN to vote to grant them statehood. We kinda hope right now that the US will veto the vote, and will not grant Palestine statehood, but even if that happens, we are not entirely safe from the people here. We as "Americans" will probably become the targets of some dislike because of the vote. 


So just to be safe we are taking lots of extra precautions with this whole situation... as of now, it's not too bad. The Israeli military is all being specially briefed on crowd control right now, so there are a lot of military squads everywhere around our hotel...


We are right now making sure that we have all of the right precautions taken. Tonight, we will have an emergency escape bag packed in case we have to leave in the middle of the night sometime this week. It's all rather exciting really, and a little bit scary. It's an odd thought to realize that you are packing something that you really don't wanna have to use... and that once you leave, you may never see the rest of your stuff ever again...

Still... it's rather exciting!!!! I know, I'm crazy. haha.... but ya know, we all have a really great peace about this whole thing. God has brought us all here for a reason, and whatever that reason is, we know that He has the best in mind. :) I think that it's all quite interesting. It's also a little nerve racking, because even if the US vetoes the Palestinian state, then the Americans here become the bad guys. And the place where we have class is in the Arab quarter.... :P 

We have like 3 different escape routes in case anything happens... no worries :P 

We are on a big adventure

Love,

V

p.s. Please keep me in prayer tonight (your tonight). I'm leading worship tomorrow morning... (my morning!) Hahaha.... :)