Blessings from the Hills of Samaria this fall morning. We arrived back in Israel this past Saturday and have been busy on several fronts. God has been so faithful to us in spite of ourselves. The Lord has let me know that one of the primary reasons for His blessing this e-pistle outreach is to let you know that He loves to work with folks that realize their shortcomings. It is in this frame of mind that we can call on our God to extend His everlasitng kindness (mercy) on us and for Him to prove Himself strong on our behalf.

"The grace (unmerited favor and blessing) of our Lord flowed out superabundantly and beyond measure for me, accompanied by faith and love that are realized in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and true and worthy of full and acceptance, that Christ Jesus, came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost. But I obtained mercy for the reason that in me Jesus Christ might show forth and display all His perfect long-suffering and patience for an example to encourage those who believe on Him. Now to the King of eternity, incorruptible and immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." (1 Timothy 1:14-17)

I know that all of us have to deal with ourselves in our walk with Jesus and the devil is the first to tell us that we are real scumbags and that we should not expect any thing from God. Yes, this is a lie right out of the pit of hell and we have to learn that these thoughts have to be taken captive and carried to the cross. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) Praise God that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

We have been able to spend some time with a hand ful of folks here in the land in the past few days. I told Ruby yesterday that it has been so encouraging to observe folks from around the world that have come here to Israel in simple obedience to the Lord. Most of them, like ourselves, would not pass too many religious organizations criteria for being approved to go forth into the world to share the love of Jesus.

A couple from South Africa came to Israel a few years ago and are living in Jerusalem. We spent an hour or so with them yesterday and just left in amazement at what we saw. They have a location in the heart of the city where the orthodox hang out and the Lord is opening the door into the hearts of some of the Rabbis as they observe simple folks just loving Jesus. This year they have brought over 300 believers from South Africa and they have some of the Rabbis come and share. May the Lord continue to break down walls. Glory!

We then drove to Jericho and met some more folks that are just loving the Arabs and working with the local authorities to feed and cloth the poor. It is glorious to observe how the Lord is bringing down the walls of Jericho once again by using simple folks that love Jesus enough to be willing to come and serve in a loving way. They are seeing many miracles taking place among the people. Please remember to pray for these folks as the God of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael and Jacob reaches out to extend His love.

We then went to the water bottling plant that is located right below the Mt. Of Temptation and were blessed to observe them produce the first shipment of our water. It was awesome to have them hand me the first bottle from the line with our label. This container will reach the port in Haifa this Sunday and will be shortly placed on the ship that will bring it to us in Texas. Thanks for standing with us that all of the details will go smoothly.

I met with a young Christian woman from Lithuania this morning who works across the street from our little soap factory. Her husband is Jewish and they moved here several years ago. She has seen the wonderful results that people experience from using our 100% olive oil soap and she wants to be able to export our soap to Lithuania along with our water. Thanks for remembering to pray for us as we endeavor to reach out to the world with the Love and Jesus. Thanks also for remembering to purchase our soap. Each bar that you purchase allows us to continue what we are doing. May you truly be blessed as you extend your love and pocketbook this way.
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Blessings, Homer and Ruby Owen

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