MIGDAL ARBEL PRAYER AND STUDY CENTER

By Billye Brim | December 11, 2023 |

I didn’t sleep well last night anticipating today.
How would it feel to see, to touch, what has been a “call” for more than twenty years.
I don’t call it a dream. Because I can’t truly say it is my dream.
It is a “call.” Something the Lord called me to do. Something He prepared me for. Step by step. Providing amazing confirmations along the way. Comforting me. Urging me never to quit. And I would even venture to say, giving me “the gift of faith” for it.

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Ariel, Shiloh

By Billye Brim | December 10, 2023 |

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 bank. I have been bringing groups here since 1986. And in that time, I’ve developed relationships with some of the most remarkable people living here in Shomron

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Tel Aviv, Mount Carmel

By Billye Brim | December 9, 2023 |

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 counts the days, hours, and minutes of their captivity. On the 63rd day, our 63-person Solidarity Tour went to the square to demonstrate that we stand solidly with them. 

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Eizeh Yom! What a day!

By Billye Brim | December 8, 2023 |

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 Be’eri and then on to Ashdod.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

By Billye Brim | December 7, 2023 |

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 Be’eri and then on to Ashdod.

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Day 03: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)

By Billye Brim | December 6, 2023 |

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 the tour and that we came to stand with Israel, she reached out to give me a big hug. What a birthday gift to me! Hugged by a Jewish lady who came home to Israel because God worked a miracle and brought them home from the USSR.

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Day 02: Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)

By Billye Brim | December 5, 2023 |

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 the dining room. This morning, a young woman of about 20 told us she was a volunteer, an intern in her study, serving here.

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Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea)

By Billye Brim | December 4, 2023 |

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, when the opportunity came to go to Israel, “I am going. You can come with me or not, but I am going.” Her family followed her.

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