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His name is Asher Lev. Happy Heart. He doesn't believe that recliners are made to seat only one. Especially on Erev Shabbat. He thinks if he stands there long enough, he'll get an invitation for some lap time in the recliner.
It's been a work-filled July so far, and my heart is very happy to be in the recliner. Five online classes, two in-person classes, editing Scorpions' Ascent and supplying the publisher with needed information for production, marketing, etc., preparing messages and ordering book table inventory for REVIVE, banking, garden harvest and processing (there are five very nice quarts of home-grown red enchilada sauce labeled "Afterburn" that I think are my best work so far), and protracted medical visits, tests, and procedures (all good news so far)...yes, it's Shabbat recliner time before we hit it again on Sunday.
There will be a Shabbat livestream at 4:00 pm Eastern, a little less formal: a look at the spiritual "danger zone" between the fasts and an introductory reading from Scorpions' Ascent.
There won't be a newsletter or livestream next week due to REVIVE, so we'll return to normal activities week after next. B'azrat Hashem, I'll be teaching the Torah portion next Shabbat at REVIVE, so please tune in to the livestream there if you're able. There is still room at the event, so click on the Songs of Deliverance graphic below for more information. If you have children, there will be Vacation Torah School for every age group to learn the fundamentals of The Creation Gospel. We hope to raise up the next generation of proclaimers of the Good News through the feasts.
Finally, please take time to read Brother Ndungu's weekly update from LaMalah orphanage below. The children are thriving, growing up, learning trades, preaching the gospel, and growing in the Torah community. They are a living testimony to the generosity of those who have donated over the years and the Torah community of Kenya that saw their need, saw a vision of help, and then worked to bring it to pass. Thank you to all who have helped.
I think there are two kinds of people: those who have suffered hardship themselves and know the value of a hand up, and those who have always had the necessities of life, yet they love the Father so much that they know by spiritual instinct the value of the help they lend to Him when they give to the poor. They don't give just because they have excess; they give because they love and they hurt when they see suffering and hopelessness. The greatest is love, whether it is borne of firsthand experience or planted and nurtured by the Ruach HaKodesh.
Donations tend to fall off in summer, but we do have the basic operating cost covered each month. The finish work on the multi-purpose building and new administrative building, however, has been put on hold. Additional electrical work, ceiling work, plastering, etc. is needed, and the estimate is $9000. Photos of the new LaMalah administrative and guest building are below.
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