Jerusalem

1. View of the Temple Mount

2. The Western Wall

3. Silwan and City of David

4. Our new friend....bought some rad sandals from him.

5.Via Dolorosa

6 and 7. Dome of the Rock

8. City of David

9. Hezekiah's Tunnel

10. Me and Robin leading worship on Shabbat

We wanted to thank you all for your prayers....the Lord has provided an apartment for us for the month of November! (Thanks Chaim) Its such a blessing, beautiful...affordable and right in the center of the city! Praise the Lord!

This past week we had the opportunity to stay in Jerusalem at SEND's apartment (Becca's old apartment that she used to live in when she went to Bible College). It's located right near Old City, so we got to walk around and see all the sites. We saw the Temple mount, the Mount of Olives, the Garden Tomb, the Western Wall, the City of David, Hezekiah's tunnel and many other Biblical sites. It was such an amazing time for us to walk where Jesus walked!

On Shabbat (Saturday) I was asked to lead worship with our friend Robin at the Calvary Chapel Tel-Aviv, which went really well. I'm going to be leading worship there for the remainder of our stay here.

The soup kitchen has been going well, we distribute clothes and food to the poor here in Tel-Aviv. The winter is starting and it's s beginning to get cold, it's really important these people get warm clothes and blankets. Every winter many of the homeless here don't make it...please be praying for these dear people.

One of our friends here has an outreach and distribution of relief to the Sudanese refugee's here this week so we are hoping to be able to help with that. Also a team from California is coming this week to help out at CC Tel Aviv and we are going to be doing an outreach with them on the beach next Shabbat.

Love you all....miss you all. Thanks again for all your prayers!

Shalom,

Sha'ul

Our Hostel, Downtown Tel Aviv, Old Jaffa, Paul's 1st Shwarma and our first Shabbat!

1. Downtown Tel Aviv

2. Hostel Mugraby

3. The door to our room....pretty cool!

4. Hostel room

5 -6. Beach at Tel Aviv

7-9 . Old Jaffa

10. Simon the Tanners House

11-12. Jaffa Port and Opera tower

13 -14. Busy Tel Aviv street and Paul's first Shwarma

15. Shabbat Dinner

16. First service at CC Tel Aviv

Shalom shalom....
Just wanted to send a quick update. We arrived at Tel Aviv airport late Tuesday night.. We were escorted to our hostel by our friend, who had so graciously arranged a ride from the airport for us. This was a huge blessing! We were able to get a pretty good deal at Mugraby's hostel (which is located directly across the street from CC Tel Aviv). Our friend lives just a block away and he has been so great...showing us the town and introducing us to many believers here. This past Thursday we served at the soup kitchen at CC Tel Aviv....it was Paul's first time and he did great! I have a feeling that our Hebrew will be improving fast out of necessity! haha The SEND team is here staying in Jerusalem, we got to hang out a little bit with them yesterday; it was really great to see them again. It just so happens that they are leaving to go on their visa trip next week and have offered us their apartment for the whole week! So Paul and I are planning to go up to Jerusalem and see some stuff there! We are super excited!

The Lord has been so faithful and so good to us already...we can’t wait to see what is in store for this season here in Israel!

There are a few things we would love prayer for: 1) that the Lord would provide us an apartment that would be affordable. 2) That the Lord would give us wisdom and discernment. 3) That our tongues would be loosed and that we would be able to comprehend and speak Hebrew!


Thank you all for all your prayers and support! May you all have a blessed week!

Ahava,
Rivka and Sha'ul

Israel October-December

Becca and I recently spent a weekend retreat at Head Waters Lodge (in south-western Virginia) praying for Israel, her people and for God's leading. After this trip we have a greater confidence and confirmation from the Lord about going forward with plans for Tel Aviv. There have been certain events in the last few months that have kept us from going earlier. One such event was the passing of my grandfather and a wedding of a close friend. We just got back from our trips and are making some concrete plans for our departure to Israel.

Becca's new passport is going to be expedited on Monday with her new name.
"Becca Kaleda Ainslie"! and we are purchasing tickets to Tel Aviv for the third week of October. Our return flights will be at Christmas.

Please pray for us as we travel. If anyone desires to be added to our email update loop or to help support us in a financial way please email me for more information at: ainslie.paul@gmail.com

Shalom=Peace
~Paul and Becca

Wedding Photos are in!

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once there click on "weddings" and then Paul and Becca! Enjoy!