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Teacher Ellen
Mumper, Ontario Canada . |
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Pastor
Lynda MacDonald of Nova Scotia Introducing Ellen
Marie Mumper . I first met Ellie 10- years ago (Feb/1999) in a
Messianic Jewish teaching room right after my first trip to Israel. Four months after I got my first computer, I
ventured on line. The first place I wanted to check out was any place where I
could learn about my Hebraic Roots – the foundation of my relationship with
God. I found this wonderful chat room that was
featuring a Messianic rabbi from Florida. He was teaching a group of Jewish
believers. I was welcomed to the discussion. During the study, a Jewish woman
asked if she could join but that she was not a believer in Yeshua (Jesus).
That woman was Ellie. Rabbi Eric took the time to explain to Ellie how
one could be both Jewish and a believer in Yeshua. He used the description
that he was a “completed Jew” knowing
that the Messiah he longed to know was indeed Yeshua. He gave Old Testament
scriptures to prove His validity. After the discussion was over, I curiously asked
where everyone was from. Ellie said Canada, which is where I am from. I asked
her where and found out that she lived about 30 minutes from my Mom in
Ontario. That made a connection between us. The next night that there was another teaching,
Ellie came back in and announced to the group that after that first night she
had accepted Yeshua as her Messiah –that she was now a “completed Jew”. I sat
there and cried! BUT- a wonderful friendship developed between Ellie and me. When Jack and I went to visit my mother that May
(just 3 months later), we met Ellie and visited with her for the day. God had
knit us together. We have had many times together and I am always
so astonished at how quickly she has grown in her relationship with Yeshua
and her knowledge of Old and New Testament scriptures. Ellie has a loving spirit and a compassion for
people who are wounded by the rough world. Her 3 grown kids are super and all
3 walk with the Lord in a close way. That in itself is a tribute to her and
Randy’s parenting skills as believers. Randy is a Pastor and Ellie is a
loving helpmate to him. I draw often on her insight for scriptures and her
knowing Hebrew offers much to understanding difficult things us “former
Gentiles” can’t figure out. I am so excited to have Ellie join us in
Strombolis. I, for one, will wait impatiently, for each month’s articles from
her. They will be a treasure I can promise. In
Messiah –Lynda MacDonald |
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Ellen writes… A child of mixed-faith parents often
struggles with identity. My mother's
side of the family came to North America as German Jewish immigrants in the early
1900s. My father's side of the family was blue-blooded American stock in the
Methodist church. As a child I knew nothing of salvation in Jesus Christ /
Yeshua haMashiach. As far as I can remember no one ever told me about Him
until I was near 20–years-old. . When I was in my early 20s I met some
Christians through a friend who witnessed to me endlessly how Jesus Christ
fulfilled prophecy to be the Messiah of Israel. I asked Him to be my Saviour
all those many years ago but felt a great emptiness in my life. I am so glad that our Heavenly Father knows
the end from the beginning and has His hand on the lives of those seeking
Him. . In 1978 I went to Antigua in the West
Indies to teach deaf children and within five days I met the man who is now
my husband. Randy was a missionary with a Christian radio station there and
in the fifteen years that we were there, he also started a mission work,
planted a church and helped start a Bible Institute. We married in 1981 and
raised our three children there. I worked with him in these ministries while
continuing to teach deaf children. . When we left the Caribbean in 1993 I again
felt the great black hole of emptiness in my life. We came to Kingston, Ontario to start and
pastor a church work but something was missing in my life. In 2000 I began visiting a chat room with
Jews and others who professed Jesus Christ (they called Him Yeshua). There I
learned under a rabbi all the answers to questions I'd had all my life about
how a man could be God in flesh, about how He perfectly fulfilled Torah, and
many other things. My eyes were opened and now I am the most joyful believer
in Him and can give my whole life to His work. . I currently am a pastor's wife, a teacher
of women and children's Bible studies; a teacher and counselor of women's
ministry online, and a teacher of Hebrew in a conference room on the internet
on Paltalk. . How faithful a Shepherd we have!
He
seeks and finds those who have a hunger to know His truth. . That identity struggle is long gone. I am a new creature because of His
Salvation and my life is hid with His in God. He IS my identity. Ellen Mumper – Ontario, Canada |
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EDITOR’S NOTE:I am happy to include Pastor Mumper's Teachings to Stromoblis and Strombolis eZine. I am confident that she will add a new perspective and revelation to our lives. |
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