“VT got away with murder”
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n this dramatic fashion our partner in ministry Ed Dickinson described the experience of “VT” (as he likes to call the VISION Team) in the city of Tiberias, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. “In San Diego,” Ed pointed out, “we don’t expect riots, like there could be in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem or on the Promenade in Tiberias [caused by extremely orthodox Jews who object to presenting Jesus as Messiah]….Last summer OM (Operation Mobilization) had to evacuate Tiberias. “VT’s clear Hebrew [singing] and powerful dramas were irresistible, and God answered a lot of prayer!” Ed, you were an answer to our prayers as well. Thanks for your role with VISION XIX in Israel! Ed Dickinson, SDCC alumnus and missionary with San Diego Hebrew Mission, accompanied VISION to Israel.
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he students and I are overwhelmed and humbled by the opportunity to visit The Land, to walk in the footsteps of the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Himself, and to sow seeds of the Gospel among people who are seeking their Messiah, but haven’t recognized that He has already come! We claim the promise implied in John 1, verses 11 and 12: “He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet, to all who received Him, He gave the right to become children of God.” May there be souls in heaven, who move from the “verse 11” category to the “verse 12” category, due in a small way to VISION’s ministry!
Thanks again to all of you who supported VISION XIX in prayer, giving, and other ways throughout the trip. Continue to pray for Israel. As Paul put it in Romans 10:1, “...my heart’s desire and prayer
VISION XIX carried on a tradition from previous teams, spelling out their name in some interesting setting — this year an ancient courtyard in Jerusalem.
to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.” Let us all join in that prayer! Larry Wilson VISION Faculty Adviser
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