I'm in the Shomron, or Samaria (the northern part of what is commonly called "The West Bank") in a town called Bracha (Blessing). For the past five weeks I was living with some dear friends in Zichron Ya'akov. But today, a very rainy day (thank you Father for the rain!), I have changed location to this town. I'm here with the four other Canadian brothers. What we will do here remains to be seen. We are planning to help out the man that we're living with and do some work in his vineyard.

I have a few weeks left in Israel. Pesach is coming very soon, and I will be in the Land to celebrate it.

A group of 10 of us saw the new moon a couple nights ago at Zichron, and we blew the shofar. It's the month of Aviv, and a new year has begun.

Praise YHWH, I'm still alive.