Dear Friend, Many people have been asking about the progress in our grandgirls’ request for US Citizenship. We received an email about...

August 8, 2025 Dear Friend, This week we received an answer from the US Customs and Immigration Service regarding our application for US...

July 10, 2025 Dear Friend, The war with Iran that began so suddenly ended in just the same manner. It was actually a bit disconcerting to...

Dear Friend, At about three o’clock Friday morning we were awakened by the air-raid sirens. After heading to the stairwell and waiting 10...

Dear Friend, We had a wonderful Passover celebration with 18 people at our home. We read through (most of) the traditional Haggadah with...

Dear Friend, I started a letter in mid-November, but events have kept me from ever finishing it up. I feel as if there’s been a flood of...

Dear Friend,   We have successfully navigated the first week of the school year! Leeya was really excited to begin first grade this year....

May 27, 2024 Dear Friend, Things are still tense around us. As you can see Hamas is winning the war of public opinion outside of Israel...

Dear Friend, Weariness is settling in. In home group two weeks ago, seemingly everyone is feeling it. Most seem under pressure from work,...

Dear Friend, I hope that you are enjoying celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace. As we prepare to celebrate His birth, we confront...

October 29, 2023 Dear Friend, Last week the Home Front Command opened up schools and offices in much of the country, with some...

August 24, 2023 Dear Friend, Heidi, the grandgirls and I returned from a vacation in Jerusalem to good news – an email announcing that we...

Dear Friend, The weeks since we last wrote have been very busy. We still find ourselves exhausted at the end of most days. Our...

April 17, 2023 Dear Friend, We are still in shock and find it impossible to truly comprehend, even though more than four weeks have...

I'm blessed to have had my father for so many years. While I didn’t expect to have him alive until the end of my days, he kept wanting me...

Dasha Litle was born on the 28th of March 1992 in Moscow to her parents Anton and Nadia Mastnikov. She is survived by: · Anton...

November 11, 2022 Dear Friend, On September 20 we packed up Sasha’s belongings and drove to her father’s home here in Haifa. As Sasha...

September 5, 2022 Dear Friend, Summer has come to an end and the new school year has begun. It has been a bit of an emotional...

May 3, 2022 Dear Friend, Over the past several months we’ve faced several challenges, but our biggest has been caring for our family’s...

December 28, 2021 Dear Friend, It is hard to believe that Christmas is already passed. The students in my Monday evening Bible study last...