We just returned from a Border Patrol base which guards Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. It has already turned bitter cold in the metal ship containers in which these boys live. So Yashar Lachayal delivered 25 new oil filled heaters.
We warm their bodies, they warm our hearts with their dedicated service to Israel.
Yashar Lachayal is going into it's third year of serving the combat soldiers who literally put their necks on the line each and every day.
See http://www.yasharlachayal.org
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Bicycles and Air Conditioners
Dear Friends, BS"D
Today we gave out four (4) off-road bicycles.
Not Merkava 4 tanks. Not armored personnel carriers. Not jeeps. Just 4 bikes.
And four (4) air conditioners. We split the cost with Uri Hirschman, a true philanthropist and great friend of the IDF, who has been doing similar things as Yashar Lachayal for over 30 years.
The story ???
Leon received a call last week from a base near Maale Adumim, can’t tell you exactly where. SO of course he went last week to check it out. This is what he found:
The base: It is a storage facility for tanks, APCs, artillery, trucks, amphibious vehicles and more. Every vehicle is checked daily to make sure it is combat ready. Many of the newest tanks are hidden away in caves. We kid you not.
It is sprawled over hundreds of acres of hills and valleys.
There are not enough jeeps to carry the soldiers from place to place to do the maintenance. HENCE THE BICYCLES.
The soldiers: Most of the soldiers are young men and women with all kinds of disabilities. They could have chosen NOT to serve, but they all wanted to serve. These young men and women felt a responsibility to fulfill their duty to serve Israel. So the IDF found them a place. On this base they do whatever they can. Most of the disabilities are physical, so the bicycles will help a lot. Some of the disabilities are "financial." Two examples:
Boy: He comes from one of 15 siblings, 1 sister, 13 younger brothers. Father is out of work. Literally no food in the refrigerator. By serving, there is one less mouth to feed at home. Rafi, his commander, always sends him home with either food, or food coupons from his own pocket.
Girl: Parents have no money. When her unit went on a 2 day "all expenses paid holiday," she didn’t go, because she didn’t even have a shekel to buy a soda at night, and was too embarrassed to mention it.
No, these soldiers do not fit our normal profile: warriors. But are they any less warriors, fighting the shackles that keep them from being the best they can be???
So today we delivered 4 bicycles. If you were there, you would have thought that we just won the war for them single handed.
Just another example of how Yashar Lachayal works:
We get a request.
We check it out personally.
We fulfill the need in a timely manner.
Dear Friends, BS"D
Today we gave out four (4) off-road bicycles.
Not Merkava 4 tanks. Not armored personnel carriers. Not jeeps. Just 4 bikes.
And four (4) air conditioners. We split the cost with Uri Hirschman, a true philanthropist and great friend of the IDF, who has been doing similar things as Yashar Lachayal for over 30 years.
The story ???
Leon received a call last week from a base near Maale Adumim, can’t tell you exactly where. SO of course he went last week to check it out. This is what he found:
The base: It is a storage facility for tanks, APCs, artillery, trucks, amphibious vehicles and more. Every vehicle is checked daily to make sure it is combat ready. Many of the newest tanks are hidden away in caves. We kid you not.
It is sprawled over hundreds of acres of hills and valleys.
There are not enough jeeps to carry the soldiers from place to place to do the maintenance. HENCE THE BICYCLES.
The soldiers: Most of the soldiers are young men and women with all kinds of disabilities. They could have chosen NOT to serve, but they all wanted to serve. These young men and women felt a responsibility to fulfill their duty to serve Israel. So the IDF found them a place. On this base they do whatever they can. Most of the disabilities are physical, so the bicycles will help a lot. Some of the disabilities are "financial." Two examples:
Boy: He comes from one of 15 siblings, 1 sister, 13 younger brothers. Father is out of work. Literally no food in the refrigerator. By serving, there is one less mouth to feed at home. Rafi, his commander, always sends him home with either food, or food coupons from his own pocket.
Girl: Parents have no money. When her unit went on a 2 day "all expenses paid holiday," she didn’t go, because she didn’t even have a shekel to buy a soda at night, and was too embarrassed to mention it.
No, these soldiers do not fit our normal profile: warriors. But are they any less warriors, fighting the shackles that keep them from being the best they can be???
So today we delivered 4 bicycles. If you were there, you would have thought that we just won the war for them single handed.
Just another example of how Yashar Lachayal works:
We get a request.
We check it out personally.
We fulfill the need in a timely manner.
Faith Under Fire
A new book by Chana Besser has a chapter about how Yashar Lachayal got started. Look for the chapter about Alida and Miles Bunder
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