Our journey to the Holy Land 
...began in 1995.  After hearing the alarming news of a suicide bombing on the radio, Hank traveled to Israel and spent a month walking the streets, talking to people on all sides of the conflict. He returned home with some clarity of the complex issues, difficulties, and fears faced on a daily basis by those who call Israel their home.


  We journeyed to Israel many times since 1995 making many new friends: some Jewish, some Armenian, some Greek and some Palestinian.  As we became more involved in their lives we were made aware of the many personal needs: material, physical, emotional and spiritual. Our heart felt desire and call to help meet these needs grew with each passing year.




 
In 2006, we met a three year old Palestinian girl named Jumanah, who was fighting leukemia. Jumanah's name is Arabic for "silver pearl", and her little life was truly a "pearl of great value"   (Matthew 13:45-46).

Upon learning of the difficulties Palestinian families can face in finding access to even basic health care, we helped to raise money and awareness for Jumanah's medical treatment.  We were so blessed to see what a powerful sign of God's love this was for her entire family.


 
          As we continued to walk out our call and vision for the Middle East
             we moved to Jerusalem in September 2007 with our family.

   
 

 











We have worked for the past three years helping to bring children into Israel for life saving heart operations. Our firsthand experience and personal observation of life in Israel and Palestine has clearly revealed to us the desperate need for the concrete, practical demonstration of God's eternal love and compassion.
 

 
So we invite you to join us on this miraculous journey of walking in Jesus' footsteps and to be a blessing to all of Abraham's children!