I hope this finds you all well! As some of you already know, I was at an IFES ("International Fellowship of Evangelical Students") student conference in Hungary this August, representing Israel together with two other girls. It is called Formacion and was held in a tiny little place about 3 hours drive away from Budapest (beautiful place next to the woods...lots of flying and crawling insectsJ). We were there for 10 days and it was quite the experience! A bit over a hundred students from around 40 different countries came. Amazing people! I could honestly write a book about this conference but I'll try to keep it down to one page... So some of the highlights:

1. As you can see on the picture I volunteered for the worship team. It was the first time for me and I really enjoyed it! On the last day I finally figured out that you have to sing INTO the microphone... the team was amazing; very supportive and a lot of fun. One of the other girls from Israel, E, was also on the team playing the guitar.

2. God renewed my love for Him and for Israel at this conference! Meeting so many different people from different backgrounds reminded me again of my home and what I love about it. Their love for Israel was contagious. Especially one very special friend I made. An ex Muslim who is one of the sweetest people imaginable and loves Israel with a passion. There were a few people from Arab countries and it really helped me to see the whole situation in the Middle East a bit differently. It changes a lot when you know that out there, there are people that love you! Please pray especially for my friend, his family will kill him if they find out he is a believer!

3. E and I got to spend a lot of time together and it is a major blessing to have a believing friend in the country!

4. The conference was also about leadership and taking action and doing things for the kingdom of God. It gave me new courage and motivation to get something started in Beer Sheva at Ben Gurion University. It's one of the biggest in Israel (around 20'000 students) and there are literally just a handful of believers on campus. Our little group is right now planning the next Messianic student conference in October and I hope that this experience will draw us closer together and give us new ideas and ways to reach people on campus!

It was an immense blessing to be able to take a part at this conference. People were honest and real with each other. We experienced true fellowship with each other. Fellowship that I wish everyone could experience. Through those dear friends I really experienced God's love in a totally new way.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers and support! Please keep our little group of students in Beer-Sheva in your prayers.

With love in Yeshua,
A

There is no limit to what God can do! Our Lord is truly awesome!