Help Israeli soldiers through ...

The Albert Owensby
Lone Soldier Program

Now here is a way you can touch Israel in a special way with your love for Jesus and your love for the people of Israel. Ministry to Israel is providing a way for Christians to bless and encourage Israeli lone soldiers through the Albert Owensby Lone Soldier Program.

In partnership with the Jewish Agency, the Jerusalem Ministry/Support Center (JMC/JSC) is providing assistance for Israeli soldiers who have no family living with them in Israel. Although they live on a base or in barracks while on active duty, they do not have family with whom they can stay when they go off duty. Many are forced to rent an apartment and maintain its expenses on a monthly salary of $100.

With a monthly gift of $50 or $100, the Lone Soldier Program is able to help these young men and women maintain a place to live while off duty, provide food for them, and a minimal amount of extra spending money each month. When a church, Sunday School class, or a small group sponsors a soldier they will receive a picture, and/or a story about the lone soldier, and they will be given the opportunity to correspond with them through the JMC/JSC. Sponsors are asked to commit first to pray daily for their soldier by name, and then to faithfully send a monthly gift of $50 or $100 for the soldier they have co-sponsored or sponsored.

Through the Lone Soldier Program, Christians can now have the opportunity to encourage young Israeli soldiers who live alone in Israel while they defend their country. This program provides an avenue whereby Christians are able to tell these precious young men and women, “You are not alone!”

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and how you can get involved?
Click here to visit Ministry to Israel Lone Soldier Program

My husband, Gene Burkett, recently visited Israel--largely to meet some of the Lone Soldiers in person and to learn what God wanted him to do to bless them. We are helping support one soldier personally and participating in a Sunday school class that supports another one. And we are indeed the ones being blessed.

The Utterbacks have been friends of ours for about 20 years. Michael is the Director of Ministry to Israel and Gina is the Jerusalem Ministry Center Administrator. Their younger daughter, Jacki, lives with them in Jerusalem. God did indeed call them to serve and minister to Israel. Through them He has touched countless lives. You can read a little more about them and the rest of the Ministry to Israel staff here.

Here is a photo of Gene with four of the solders (from left Ryan, Moshe, Gene, Ryan, Daniel):

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