One of our primary contributions to the Israel Prayer Mission is the Home schooling of the Bella’s five children. By helping care for family matters like cooking and cleaning we lighten the load on Leonardo and Una. They can give greater focus to pursuing connections and opportunities to share the goodness of Yeshua.
Today the kids were working on creating mosaics. Quite fun! You may know that Israel has remarkable mosaics, ancient and modern.
Yesterday was Jellyfish day! We had the five children do independent study on these odd creatures and then give presentations starting with the youngest to the oldest. We learned a lot and the kids got to practice giving presentations with online resources and images. They are all so bright!
We should let you know that this is a season where the beach has lots of Jellyfish – so many that for the next couple weeks few people will be swimming. In the evening the kids had a blast running all over the beach last night with flashlights and plastic bags over their hands to pick them up and move them off the beach. Three of us have gotten stung. We’re glad we don’t have to deal with the deadly varieties – the kids can tell you about them.
A few facts:
The Jellyfish is 95% water
Smack = a group of jellyfish
Bloom = a huge gathering of jellyfish (We are having one now)
If you get stung use vinegar to neutralize the poison.
There is so much more to learn about jellyfish, plus recipes for the adventuresome palate!
We are packing our bags for Jerusalem, where we will be focused for the next month. We appreciate Papa’s plan to get us healthier and rested before moving full time to Jerusalem. We are all stronger and working together better and better!
Please keep us in prayer as we sense we are moving closer to the center of our mission! We feel we will be “running with horses.”
This week’s memory verse is Psalm 16:11. Want to learn it with us?
“You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (NIV)