this is hope

what a blessing this last week was!
there was a lot of opportunity for growth and for His love to be shared with others who have a broken heart for the nations...

at the time being, i am in salem, oregon, and am not completely sure about which way to go.
i am, however, growing more sure of God's heart for germany. i had the opportunity to meet with someone from the berlin base on my first day here in salem. it was super good and encouraging. i cannot understand or comprehend when or how i will be getting back there. i do have a confirming peace in my heart that it is soon.

i am stoked for the people of ywam idaho! i instantly gained a heart for them and cannot imagine how much more our God must love them. i pray that He would continue to bring them closer in unity and love. that differences would bring them together. that hopelessness would show them His hope and grace. oh what a wonderful God we have. i love you ywam idaho and look forward to the day that our hearts can be full of joy together again!

today is my fathers birthday. i love him so much. i am so blessed with the family that God surrounded me with. they have been a huge part of joy and encouragement in my life over the past year.
my father was in a car accident last friday which left him with stitches and no auto. please keep him in prayer. God must love him soooo much! thank You Daddy for my dad! i know that You have blessings at his doorstep!

i am not sure if i will headed south or north in the next couple days. the thing that fills my mind the most is getting ready for heading back to berlin. within the next fews days i will be writing a support letter seeking monthly support for the time i will be stationed there long term, and also seeking support for the trip back. i am so excited about His heart for germany. may my life be an offering for His love to reach their hearts!
i may be headed up north for work soon. there are a couple places that i may end up visiting first. nothing is official yet. open for changes. wir werden sehen was passiert. Er ist gut und ich moechte seinen Weg zusehen.

i am not sure if most of you really know what the title of this blog is... Fortschritt und Vertrauen.
it means progress and trust. progress for His kingdom.. and trust that He is enough. i am far from fully understanding His amazing plans, His awesome deeds, and His endless love. but i am laying all my eggs in His basket. He is trustworthy. He is faithful.
i know that He has called me to germany for this time, maybe forever. and as i continue to seek Him with my whole heart, i am seeing more and more His broken heart for the whole world! thank you all so much for your time and prayers you offer so freeingly. please don't believe any lies that your prayers are not important or unnecessary. He hears and He answers.. even before we ask! He knows what we need and how to truly care for us.
thank you for praying for me, and for praying for the germans. i look forward to the day when we all see the Lord sending people out from germany in the numberless, spreading His word, His truth and light over the whole earth.

may you be left with this verse...

Gott, der euch berufen hat, ist treu; Er wird halten, was er versprochen hat.
God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful.
1 thes. 5.24

Das ist Hoffnung.
this is hope!

Father, You have given us hope freely. may is radiate from You in us. thank You for hearing our prayers and being true to Your promises. may my life be Yours for the making. make me part of Your plan. we pray this for all who read this blog and for those whom You love! for the U.S., for Germany.. for eastern Europe.. for those You have called Your own! through Jesus, we are all Yours!
in His name, Amen!

i hope that you know how important you are. you are not alone.

much love, israel

sam and ywam

well... it's enjoyable to see God pull something out of His sleeve. a real blessing too!

i am in idaho right now at the cascade YWAM base. for reasons i have yet to find out... i have felt a calling to visit my friend sam. i know the feeling is mutual and not so random. with plans to go to seattle, i felt God saying that i should wait for contact from sam. i did. sunday morning he called me and we chatted with much enthusiasm. we decided that i was to visit him and the base. later that night, he and a friend arrived in spokane, and we set forth to cascade idaho. we arrived and was in bed around 3 am.

so, i am at the ywam base in cascade, Idaho. there are a couple possiblities that i didn't think was anywhere in the near future such as visiting people in oregon. so we will see if that is His plan and take it day by day. no promises and no plans set in stone.

i am excited to see or understand.. if it is possible.. why i am here.

i do have the priviledge of hearing lectures.. so it's like lecture phase all over again!

i do say though... thank You God for this time here. i believe You have called me here and have an absolutely wunderbar plan. how are we to know Your thoughts... but to just keep seeking and following You. may we do that... all of us here and everyone who reads this blog. that we may continually seek You for the things You have. oh we praise You Lord! there is none like You... there is none that saves like You do. may our lives be poured out as an offering for Your glory alone!

and thank You that Jesus did what no other could do... saved us from death.. from a life.... eternity seperated from You. we praise You! Danke Vater!

in Jesus name.. by His blood we pray these things and claim You... amen!

over the past couple days i have been discouraged.. or under attack. i have felt that my efforts at german are useless... that my desires and the calling that i have on my heart are questioned.. and maybe i am completely wrong in the way of going about all of this....

then i had some prayer time.. time with sam... time seeking God and reading His word.. and though i may not feel that there is progress... or that i have everyones support.. i do know that the spirit inside me confirms where He has called me... and in the things that He has lead me in.

thank you for all your prayers and continual prayers. without a constant communication with Him how can we fully live.

pray. for your country.. for the Church.. for more workers to gather the harvest, and that we can understand more fully His grace!

i love you all and again thank you for your support!

what are five things today that had His love written all over it?

nächste...

i am in spokane now! thank you for the prayers. haha, the last time i had a 19 hour layover in montana. this time is was barely 1 hour. so thanks again.

at the current time, i am considering a few possiblities for the future that could be kept in prayer. in all my preferences... i would like to get these loans payed off as soon as possible, and head back to berlin. i was blessed with hearing about some really cheap fares for returning... but there has to be things done before i just go hopping on a plane to another country to work for the Lord. again.. the main one being getting rid of them loans... gaining freedom, and i am excited to see it and be involved with it happening.
there are a couple possibilities right now... i can stay in spokane, look for a job, work.... so on...
i can head back west... same thing... or i can head over to seattle. a friend knows a ywamer (someone who is the past has completed a DTS, discipleship training school, with youth with a mission)(once a ywamer, always a ywamer. -tobi) who ownes a buisness. it is a possibility to go there and work for him.
as for other possibilities... nothing set in stone... but with God nothing is impossible.

this is the main decision that needs to be made. my main concern is just following the Lord on this one. not jumping into anything without Him. that would be a drastic mistake....!

as for support.......

i honestly can't thank you enough for the prayers, words and finances sown into my life over the last year. it's through you that the gospel is being preached all over the world. it is sooo amazing to see God provide for people, including myself, and He is using His people to do it. thank you! Vielen Dank! echt!

Thank You Father for our hands to work with. thank You that You are forever with us... wherever we are. thank You for leading us and helping us to grow. i believe You will continue to show Your path for me to follow.... i also pray for those reading this. that they may grow with You. lead them down Your path and show them Your mighty hand! with You, nothing is impossible! thank You for healing our bodies, for encouraging our hearts and saving our souls! may Your words pour out of us and Your blessings flow from our hands! Danke Vater!
we also pray for Berlin, for the spiritual walls to come down! In JESUS NAME! thank You for Your heart for Deutschland, and the blessing that the people are to the world. thank You for loving the world, and for dying for all people from all over! Du bist gut! we can't praise You enough.. but help us never forget what You continually do in our lives!
Vielen Dank Vater, in Jesus name, amen! so be it!

i will keep you updated... posted... in the web of information.... and in my prayers.

ich muss weiter deutsch lernen.... können sie deutsch reden?

blood is thick... don't allow grudges to thin it out.

tschüssie und viel liebe, israel

every prayer matters

good evening, or what ever time of day it is where you are!

i would prefer to keep this short for sleep will soon come.

i understand that many people lately are getting sick and would like to take time to lift them up in prayer.

Vater, thank You for hearing our cries. thank You for medicine.. for doctors... for Your healing! we pray and ask in Jesus name.. for all those in our lives that are sick.. with anything... that You would please heal them. that they could see Your power... and experience Your grace through this. thank You for hearing us and wanting the best for us! In Jesus name, so be it!

take steps of faith knowing that He has the power to heal and do anything that He desires.
Bei Gott ist nichts unmöglich! matt. 19.26

tomorrow i ride the bus to spokane, wa. i am not sure what will happen there.. whether work to pay towards the school loans.. or just a transition before i am lead somewhere else. i do know though.. despite what my mind may want to think, that i will be lead. HE IS FAITHFUL!
ER IST TREU! IMMER!

the time here has been amazing and hope that i will see everyone again soon. at least before heading back to Deutschland. thank you all for the time and prayers that you have sown into me. what blessings you are! Vielen dank!

as a reminder.. while in the states... loans need to be paid off and montly support raise for when i return to berlin for long term ministry. the overall montly price is about $1200, €700. always grateful for prayers in this area.


also.. please continue to pray for berlin, for the spiritual walls to come down. God is doing something and no power on earth or heaven can stop Him! as prayers served the main weapon in bringing down the concrete boundaries... so will it also play the greatest role in breaking these children free from the plans of the enemy! they are important to Him... and He hears our prayers... every prayer matters!

every prayer matters...

thank You Father...

viel liebe, israel
(much love)

(foto. dancing with muslems, 1st May)