“Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord: The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death” (Psalm 102:19-20).

It has been CFI’s great privilege to welcome a group of volunteers from Colorado this month. We especially enjoyed making them part of our FTN team. All together as one team, we were able to visit various parts of the country, spend quality time with our friends, and manifest the solidarity and love of Christians towards Israel and God’s chosen people. For the hosts - Holocaust survivors – and their guests - volunteers who responded to God’s call to come to Israel in this challenging time – the impact of these meetings proved to be as significant as mutually favourable.

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"For everything, there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

The month of March started for our team with a trip to Ashkelon. After 5 months of rocket attacks in Ashkelon it was the first time that is was considered safe enough for Holocaust survivors to plan to meet together and for us to join the gathering. The main reason for this meeting was to commemorate the loss of Alexandra Smolkina, the leader of the Organization of Holocaust survivors in Ashkelon.

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