Dear Friends, Family and Associates!

Shalom Alechem! It is time for an update to all our Mishpocha...our family in Messiah. This will be going to congregations, fellowships and churches who we have visited and ministered with. We have completed two tours this year...Whew, many miles and lot's of heat, however, we are very encouraged spiritually to what Yahweh is doing in these days. Yeshua's Messianic body is growing and so is the interest of many Christian Churches in the roots of the Gospel.

We found many groups that are experiencing and practicing restoration in biblical faith. It's uncanny...in fact, we believe proof that a movement is underway as guided by the Holy Spirit. Just about every city in any state.. ( the only western states we did not visit was Utah and Nevada)..has messianic groups growing and developing. We visited little towns and big cities alike only to find very interested believers in the Hebraic roots of the gospel and G-d's appointed times. We figure about half of our stops were churches entering restoration of the biblical foundations and the other half a gathering of people dedicated to the ancient paths...all of them centered on Y'shua. We also heard marvelous testimonies of healing, restoration and renewed lives from people overwhelmed with joy seeing Yah's hand in their lives.

So what's new? We are staying put for a while in Southern California as we recoup from all the expenses of the trips. As we catch up, we are building a website (see the new e-address) to increase local and regional attention to minister. This is now up and running and we need to learn how to update it with articles and reports. Please visit the website and give us your feedback or comments. You'll see we are also offering our CD's and some custom made T-shirts that get the word out. We recently had a radio interview with a Messianic program out of Chama, NM., regarding Rosh Hoshana. Joanne sounded the Shofar (she's the best between us) and we sang a couple songs. We may soon play for a Messianic TV program that is broadcast in the area. We recently spent a couple weeks in Tijuana, Mexico. What a blessing, these people have to be of the lost tribes of Israel, their praise and worship is un-fettered and they absorb all we can give them.

Praise Report! If you recall in our fist letter, Eric's mom (Margaret) was in chemotherapy. Well guess what...she's been healed and diagnosed as cancer free! When her Jewish doctor said the chemo couldn't have done it all, he heard the gospel of the Jewish Messiah who healed her right there in his office by a 79 year old woman (she said she felt something at prayer in our Synagogue). We also met a former Baptist pastor, hello Curtis Taylor, who had been healed of the same cancer after he renounced his slander against Yahweh's commandments he had preached against in his younger days. He is now renewed in faith and starting a congregation in Grand Junction, CO. To G-d be the glory! Our meek lives testify of His greatness and how we are enlarged by Him. What a mystery, to see the heavenlies affected by our lives submitted to Yah's holiness, character and His ways. That through His Son and our participation, principalities fall. I think we need to tighten our seat belts, awesome times are fast approaching!

As some of you know, we were encouraged to seek sponsorship from a viable organization and Abba brought that to us. We had asked Yah to bring the offer to us if it was of His design. Our congregation, Kehilat Ariel offered to go through them for financial donations that can be deducted. All that we need is provided for and future needs will also be taken care of. We welcome your prayers, particularly for open doors. Our God is faithful! There is room on the calendar to share more music (the paying kind which Abba knows) to help relieve the summers unexpected debt. Please pray for Doug at TheFamilyCompany.com as he has graciously donated pricey work in making our website. He needs more internet business and focuses on non-profit organizations. Please pray also for Monte de los Olivos in Escondido. Pastor Frank Salas has miraculously purchased a facility and is now affecting the whole town. The enemy is trying to stop them through the exisiting area churches and it is a battle of survival for them. They are confident G-d will see them through what He has begun in them with convincing signs and prophecy.

We have been asked to assist Kehilat Ariel in music and now the door is wide open as Rabbi Barney Kasdan could use the assistance. We had now idea we would be involved with the music ministry there when we joined. We feel it is a privilege to serve in our local Synagogue and pray that we can be an encouragement to them. On to more material needs: Abba provided the computer we petitioned from Him but since it was used we are told that when it dies, let it die. We trust that Abba knows our needs and will keep it running until another is provided. He also provided us with good size enclosed trailer for our short tours and it has room to grow.

On our NORTHWEST AND BEYOND TOUR, Abba gave me (Jo) a spiritual shot in the arm. My prayer was that God would rekindle the fire within me and about 1 week into our tour, he did just that, by the message of a Rabbi in Modesto, CA. The message went something like this..."God has given all of us gifts and talents. If we don't use them for His Kingdom, it is like slapping God in the face with His gift to us." WOW! What a wake up call! I realized that I had more than music alone to offer to God. I want to give it ALL up to Him. So my encouragement to you all is: 1st - Search out what He has given YOU. 2nd - Offer it to the Body of Messiah and those you have contact with, and 3rd - Watch the fruit begin to multiply, and rejoice! That is how we "SOW" seeds. God has restored what the locust has eaten in my life. One of our T-shirts design says it all: "Spark the fire...Fan the FLAME!" Our God is a consuming fire! It's all about GOD.

In Messiah…Eric & Jo