Billye's Blog

Ariel, Shiloh
A highlight of the day for me was being with longtime friends. Each one lit up and hugged me like I’ve never been hugged. Many don’t come to this area because it is on what the world calls the west...

Tel Aviv, Mount Carmel
FIRST STOP: “THE KIDNAPPED SQUARE” The large square formerly called Tel Aviv Art Museum Square has been renamed The Kidnapped Square. Here families, friends, and concerned Israelis gather to honor and await news of the hostages. A giant digital clock...

Eizeh Yom! What a day!
It was so full, so unlike any day I’ve ever known that I scarcely have energy left to write this blog. So I am going to let these pictures speak thousands of words. Volunteering on a Moshav A...

Tel Aviv, Israel
Terry, Shelli and I left the Salt Sea and the close living among the evacuees. Tomorrow we will go to some of the places from which they were driven in horror. Late today, the IDF gave us permission to enter...

Day 03: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)
Today is a Birthday; I wonder for whom! ME!!! It’s my birthday. And what a place to celebrate. I gave myself the gift of a massage here in the hotel spa. When I told Tonya, a Russian Jewish immigrant, about...

Day 02: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)
The Sderot evacuees have been in this hotel almost 60 days. Despite the horrors this community suffered for years and the unimaginable massacre of October 7, this is a lively place. Especially the children. Much of the action happens in...

Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)
Arrived in Tel Aviv Sunday evening, December 3. Our driver, now 24 years old, was born in Ukraine and came to Israel when he was 3 months old. His grandmother, so tired of antisemitism so prevalent there for centuries, said,...

“The Miracle of Migdal Arbel” – Building During War!
Just a short blog! My son Terry (our General Manager), my daughter Shelli (my sidekick who has been with me all over the world), and I leave from Newark via El Al tomorrow night for Israel. I am so excited!!!...

Foundational Blessings
Shalom! The foundation is about to be poured! Thank the Lord! Nir Kimchi has advised us that he will be going to the site Wednesday, August 2, and will be happy to take notes of Scriptures, Blessings, along with the...

Let The River Flow – Special Sunday Service
Last Sunday Branden Brim preached at A Glorious Church Fellowship in Collinsville, Oklahoma. His subject so spoke to me. He said he’d been walking and praying when they’d been housesitting for me the week before and this phrase came to...