A second movie is now ready to be released in Korea on Nov. 17th, made by the same film company who produced "Restoration" . The new movie is called "Forgiveness" and centers on Muslims who have become believers in the Messiah, their resulting change of attitude toward the Jewish people and Israel, and the persecution they endure for becoming followers of Yeshua. Again, David was instrumental in helping the film crew to organize interviews and scenes in the movie, and appears in several scenes of the new movie as well. They have put a new trailer on You Tube, and it is powerful! Here is the link-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cISi_3hdTI
and just to describe what you will be seeing, because even though some of the interviews are in English, subtitles are in Korean for the narration and those speaking Arabic and Hebrew.
SCENE DESCRIPTIONS
The trailer opens with the scene of a Palestinian protest against a security fence being set up, and the ensuing confrontation against Israeli soldiers. This is the Korean's on location footage, not taken from the news. You will notice that there are many non-Palestinians involved who come to Israel to support Palestinian causes and to disregard and to try to overrule Israeli authority.
After an interview in English, the next scene is an interview with a Palestinian (wearing a Kafia). He is declaring that the Jews have no place in the land, and that they should leave.
The next scene shows foreign journalists right in the middle of the action. The shooting and explosions you hear are from rubber bullets and tear gas being fired.
Next you will see part of an interview taken of Taysir Abu Saada, wearing a red and white striped shirt, who in his past was a sniper for the PLO and Yasser Arafat. He had a miraculous conversion to Yeshua the Messiah and wrote a book called "Once an Arafat Man" which we highly recommend. (If any are interested, you can order it on Amazon.com) It is being distributed all around the world in many languages. You can see an extended interview with Tass on line using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6DqUlrzGcc&playnext=1&list=PL487632C13214A6DD&index=20
The next scene of the trailer shows an interview with Justus Weiner, from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, which is a prestigious think tank in Jerusalem, and the base for many studies that are published by scholars such as Justus, defending Israel, her policies and in Justus case among many other studies that he's published, the plight of ex-Muslim and Arab Christians living under Palestinian Authority rule. Justus documented very well the arrest and torture of many ex-Muslims by the PA, whose only crime was leaving Islam for faith in Yeshua. Achmed, whom he is talking about, was a part of our group of ex-Muslim believers in Samaria. He was murdered for his faith in his village by a terror organization.
In the next scene you will see David on Mt. Gerizim (Gen. 11:29 and 27:14; Joshua 8;33 John 4;20-24 ) in Samaria which overlooks the city of Schechem, one of the first cities Abraham came to when he came into the land. The scene shows a meeting of the underground church of ex-Muslims. When the leader of the group saw the cameras and the film crew, he was frightened, but David told him that these were friends and they could be trusted. You see David telling him to gather the other believers back because they had run away when they saw the cameras.
The next scene is a re-enactment of the murder of Rami Ayyad in Gaza. His wife is narrating and relating how her husband was killed for evangelizing Muslims. David met Rami several times before his death. The next scene shows his funeral. You can see and read excellent reports on Rami's murder on the links below: (Hebrews 11:36-38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ6--Ji_EHs&playnext=1&list=PL10D202507A0EBBEC&index=8
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2007/October/Gaza-Bible-Society-Worker-Murdered/
In the next scene is another underground meeting of ex-Muslim believers somewhere in the West Bank. Their faces have to be blurred for their safety.
The scene of the olive grove with rocks in a circle is one of the underground churches where David meets with the ex-Muslim believers in our area.
The team that comes to Israel every year with the Waller family to serve Israel's farmers are shown next in the trailer.
In the next scene the man holding the camera is the film's director, Bradley Kim. When the protest became violent, and tear gas had to be used you see the film crew covering their faces with cloths.
The next interview features Naim Khoury who is the Pastor of a Church in Bethlehem. He was shot three times by Muslim extremists for being evangelistic. We know the man personally, and have witnessed a huge transformation in his spiritual life over the years.
The next interview is of a brother from the Bethlehem area. He is from an Arab Christian family. During the first intifada, (1987-1993) it was and still is today, the practice of radical Muslims to go in between the Christian houses in Christian neighborhoods, and to attack Israeli soldiers from among the Christian homes. Then the ones that had carried out the attacks (rocks, firebombs, etc) would run away from the house leaving the soldiers to think that the Christians were the ones who carried out the attacks. That was unfortunately the case with this brother, a truly born-again believer, and he was mistakenly identified as a terrorist by the army and was beaten. He gives his testimony, and talks about the fact that he forgave the soldiers.
The next interview is with Alex Awad, a Pastor in Bethlehem that had to overcome much bitterness.
An interview follows with a Palestinian sister, who is a good friend of ours. She has a tremendous, testimony of forgiveness for the Jewish people and is the mother of the one who was mistakenly identified as a terrorist. When the family tried to come to their son's rescue, they were beaten as well, but they had a supernatural revelation of forgiveness. The sister had an encounter with an angel who ministered the message of forgiveness to her.
The foot washing scene is between Jews and Arabs, believers in Yeshua, coming together to wash each other's feet and to stand together as One New Man.
As you will be able to see, the last scene is very unique. Usually the walls in Arab villages are covered with graffiti expressing political messages of hate. The Koreans uniquely used the same wall for the title of the movie - Forgiveness.
Once again, we thank the Producer Joanne Lee, the director Bradley Kim and their crew, for putting themselves into the midst of the fire to tell the real story of faith in the Holy Land.
TRIP TO KOREA
We will be travelling to Korea this week for the opening of the movie, and for the release of our book which is being published in Korean.
Our book tells the story of our lives before coming to faith, our salvation experiences, people who were influential in our lives, our decision to move to Israel and many experiences that led up to and include the attack on our home in 2008.
Praise the Lord, we have found people to stay in our house for the time we will be gone, for security reasons.
When we return from Korea, we will be facing the hearing to determine whether Jack Teitel is mentally competent to stand trial. We thank God for the many of you who have written to Israeli government officials, pressing for justice in the case, and for the many who have expressed that you are praying for the hearing. We are very grateful.
IMPORTANT ARTICLE
For those who are interested in keeping up with what is taking place on the ground here, please read this important report from Maoz, a Messianic organization in Tel Aviv. It is related to Howard Bass and the trial that happened in Beer Sheva, and brings to light what had been hidden under a cover of lies and deception by those opposed to Messianic activity in that city. The Chief Rabbi of Beer Sheva (a government appointed official) reveals for the first time the elite unit that has been put together by him and Yad L'achim (anti-Messianic group) to harass, (to put it mildly) and try to stop those who believe in Yeshua. Here is the link:
http://maozisraelblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/persecution-in-his-own-words.html
For those who are Hebrew speakers, here is the link from the Hebrew newspaper called Y-Net:
http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3979543,00.html
If you can't get on through the link - you can Google it by the name of the article:
מיסיונרים בעיר? הרב הראשי יקיים סיירת נגד
Blessings in Yeshua,
Leah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cISi_3hdTI
and just to describe what you will be seeing, because even though some of the interviews are in English, subtitles are in Korean for the narration and those speaking Arabic and Hebrew.
SCENE DESCRIPTIONS
The trailer opens with the scene of a Palestinian protest against a security fence being set up, and the ensuing confrontation against Israeli soldiers. This is the Korean's on location footage, not taken from the news. You will notice that there are many non-Palestinians involved who come to Israel to support Palestinian causes and to disregard and to try to overrule Israeli authority.
After an interview in English, the next scene is an interview with a Palestinian (wearing a Kafia). He is declaring that the Jews have no place in the land, and that they should leave.
The next scene shows foreign journalists right in the middle of the action. The shooting and explosions you hear are from rubber bullets and tear gas being fired.
Next you will see part of an interview taken of Taysir Abu Saada, wearing a red and white striped shirt, who in his past was a sniper for the PLO and Yasser Arafat. He had a miraculous conversion to Yeshua the Messiah and wrote a book called "Once an Arafat Man" which we highly recommend. (If any are interested, you can order it on Amazon.com) It is being distributed all around the world in many languages. You can see an extended interview with Tass on line using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6DqUlrzGcc&playnext=1&list=PL487632C13214A6DD&index=20
The next scene of the trailer shows an interview with Justus Weiner, from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, which is a prestigious think tank in Jerusalem, and the base for many studies that are published by scholars such as Justus, defending Israel, her policies and in Justus case among many other studies that he's published, the plight of ex-Muslim and Arab Christians living under Palestinian Authority rule. Justus documented very well the arrest and torture of many ex-Muslims by the PA, whose only crime was leaving Islam for faith in Yeshua. Achmed, whom he is talking about, was a part of our group of ex-Muslim believers in Samaria. He was murdered for his faith in his village by a terror organization.
In the next scene you will see David on Mt. Gerizim (Gen. 11:29 and 27:14; Joshua 8;33 John 4;20-24 ) in Samaria which overlooks the city of Schechem, one of the first cities Abraham came to when he came into the land. The scene shows a meeting of the underground church of ex-Muslims. When the leader of the group saw the cameras and the film crew, he was frightened, but David told him that these were friends and they could be trusted. You see David telling him to gather the other believers back because they had run away when they saw the cameras.
The next scene is a re-enactment of the murder of Rami Ayyad in Gaza. His wife is narrating and relating how her husband was killed for evangelizing Muslims. David met Rami several times before his death. The next scene shows his funeral. You can see and read excellent reports on Rami's murder on the links below: (Hebrews 11:36-38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ6--Ji_EHs&playnext=1&list=PL10D202507A0EBBEC&index=8
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2007/October/Gaza-Bible-Society-Worker-Murdered/
In the next scene is another underground meeting of ex-Muslim believers somewhere in the West Bank. Their faces have to be blurred for their safety.
The scene of the olive grove with rocks in a circle is one of the underground churches where David meets with the ex-Muslim believers in our area.
The team that comes to Israel every year with the Waller family to serve Israel's farmers are shown next in the trailer.
In the next scene the man holding the camera is the film's director, Bradley Kim. When the protest became violent, and tear gas had to be used you see the film crew covering their faces with cloths.
The next interview features Naim Khoury who is the Pastor of a Church in Bethlehem. He was shot three times by Muslim extremists for being evangelistic. We know the man personally, and have witnessed a huge transformation in his spiritual life over the years.
The next interview is of a brother from the Bethlehem area. He is from an Arab Christian family. During the first intifada, (1987-1993) it was and still is today, the practice of radical Muslims to go in between the Christian houses in Christian neighborhoods, and to attack Israeli soldiers from among the Christian homes. Then the ones that had carried out the attacks (rocks, firebombs, etc) would run away from the house leaving the soldiers to think that the Christians were the ones who carried out the attacks. That was unfortunately the case with this brother, a truly born-again believer, and he was mistakenly identified as a terrorist by the army and was beaten. He gives his testimony, and talks about the fact that he forgave the soldiers.
The next interview is with Alex Awad, a Pastor in Bethlehem that had to overcome much bitterness.
An interview follows with a Palestinian sister, who is a good friend of ours. She has a tremendous, testimony of forgiveness for the Jewish people and is the mother of the one who was mistakenly identified as a terrorist. When the family tried to come to their son's rescue, they were beaten as well, but they had a supernatural revelation of forgiveness. The sister had an encounter with an angel who ministered the message of forgiveness to her.
The foot washing scene is between Jews and Arabs, believers in Yeshua, coming together to wash each other's feet and to stand together as One New Man.
As you will be able to see, the last scene is very unique. Usually the walls in Arab villages are covered with graffiti expressing political messages of hate. The Koreans uniquely used the same wall for the title of the movie - Forgiveness.
Once again, we thank the Producer Joanne Lee, the director Bradley Kim and their crew, for putting themselves into the midst of the fire to tell the real story of faith in the Holy Land.
TRIP TO KOREA
We will be travelling to Korea this week for the opening of the movie, and for the release of our book which is being published in Korean.
Our book tells the story of our lives before coming to faith, our salvation experiences, people who were influential in our lives, our decision to move to Israel and many experiences that led up to and include the attack on our home in 2008.
Praise the Lord, we have found people to stay in our house for the time we will be gone, for security reasons.
When we return from Korea, we will be facing the hearing to determine whether Jack Teitel is mentally competent to stand trial. We thank God for the many of you who have written to Israeli government officials, pressing for justice in the case, and for the many who have expressed that you are praying for the hearing. We are very grateful.
IMPORTANT ARTICLE
For those who are interested in keeping up with what is taking place on the ground here, please read this important report from Maoz, a Messianic organization in Tel Aviv. It is related to Howard Bass and the trial that happened in Beer Sheva, and brings to light what had been hidden under a cover of lies and deception by those opposed to Messianic activity in that city. The Chief Rabbi of Beer Sheva (a government appointed official) reveals for the first time the elite unit that has been put together by him and Yad L'achim (anti-Messianic group) to harass, (to put it mildly) and try to stop those who believe in Yeshua. Here is the link:
http://maozisraelblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/persecution-in-his-own-words.html
For those who are Hebrew speakers, here is the link from the Hebrew newspaper called Y-Net:
http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3979543,00.html
If you can't get on through the link - you can Google it by the name of the article:
מיסיונרים בעיר? הרב הראשי יקיים סיירת נגד
Blessings in Yeshua,
Leah