Dear
lura_eddie@hotmail.com,
WOW, we've had
an amazing two days of blessing.
About a month ago, we received an email from a sister in Puerto Rico that
is the assistant to the Pastor of "Shalom Christian
Center". David, my
husband is Puerto Rican with a Jewish heart, and has had relationship for
many years with this special congregation that has an excellent
relationship with the Jewish Community in San Juan. They have regular prayer
and fasting for Israel
and they were instrumental in instituting a Holocaust Remembrance Day in Puerto Rico.
They shared
with the Jewish community news of Ami and the bombing in our home.
The Jewish community was outraged, and decided that for the upcoming Maccabiah games, Ami would carry the flag for the
Puerto Rican contingent. The Maccabiah
Games are our Jewish Olympics, drawing Jewish athletes from all over the
world. It happens every four years, and this year 7,000 athletes
are competing from over 50 countries in the world. Puerto Rico has
one athlete participating, a 61 year old Jewish woman who is in the
swimming competition, however Ami was honoured to carry the flag for Puerto
Rico.
David and I
attended the ceremony of course, and it was a very exciting evening.
There were 900 Jewish athletes from the U.S.
alone, and huge contingents from Australia,
Canada, South Africa
and the whole world.
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