We want to share with you a letter that we received from Roberta Hess concerning our desire to have our newest book, Who is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer, available in Spanish. For today, about 450 million people speak Spanish, making it the world's second most spoken language for international communication. The vast majority of them are in the Western Hemisphere, with over 40 million in the US.
Roberta and her husband Keith are MIA friends, Beit El Aish. They live in Northport, Alabama, which is a suburb of Tuscaloosa. I am happy to report that with the exception of phone service outage they survived the recent deadly tornadoes, that swept through Alabama, without harm. Roberta has been working on translating another one of our books into Spanish, Israel's Feasts and their Fullness. Regarding the need for having Messianic materials in Spanish she wanted to make a point and asked us to post her letter. She writes:
Dear Brethren,
I am writing some thoughts from my heart as a medical translator/interpreter for the Hispanic community here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. My job is to relate with and then translate for the "little" people who have come from Mexico and other South American countries in hopes of finding a better life. Part of my qualifications include growing up in Mexico City and relating with the people as a child.
Most of the adult Hispanic people in the U.S. who have come as job seekers are completely illiterate. Many of them have never gone to school. They come from tiny villages in the mountains called "ranchos". These villages are often hard to get to by what you take for granted as a bus or car. The bus they take could pass as a 1950's school bus. Then when the road ends, they often have to walk the rest of the way or ride a donkey.
Brethren, these people are impoverished. They are sending the money they earn "home" to help their families. Yet Adonai is calling these very people, both in the U.S. and Hispanic America, back to their Hebrew Roots! As a response, many of us are desirous of translating books and getting them into their hands, which is important. But wait! Translate books? For people who can't READ?! No, my friends. What we also need are audio-books, on CD's, and other media, in Spanish.
To be able to provide Who Is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer as ¿Quien Es Israel? Israel Redimido Un Primer in paperback and audio versions would be a giant step forward in reaching Hispanic believers with information about their heritage.
Studying the Parashah for Exodus 35:1-38:20, I was stricken to the core with Moshe's words: "Take up a collection for Adonai from among yourselves-anyone whose heart makes him willing..."
Yes, I know it was a collection for the Tabernacle, but aren't we that Tabernacle now? Think what it would mean to contribute just a little to adorn our Tabernacle with Hispanic believers who are desperately seeking their Hebrew Roots. A first step in fulfilling that call would be by having the Primer in paperback and in audio available to the world's Spanish speaking communities at extremely reasonable costs.
So, seeing ourselves as that Tabernacle, we encourage all MIA Allies, Friends and Partners, who have the willing heart of which Moshe spoke, to take up a collection during the month of May to help enable Key of David Publishing to have Ephraim become once again a mighty man prepared to answer our Father's whistle.
Roberta Hess
_______________________________________________
As you consider Roberta's request, and think about the amount of your offering, or whether or not you should even make one, it might prove helpful to answer this question: Do you believe that today Ephraim has the numbers that are required to fulfill the following prophecy?
"I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the YHVH their God and I will answer them. Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will be glad as if from wine; Indeed, their children will see it and be glad, Their heart will rejoice in YHVH their God. I will whistle for them to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before, when I scatter them among the peoples. They will remember Me in far countries, and they with their children will live and come back" Zec 10:6-9.
If you answered no, then obviously something has to be done to help bring about, "They will remember Me!" The message in the Primer is surely one that will help trigger remembrance and help more of Israel's lost sheep to realize the truth of their heritage and call.
Your offerings and gifts, large and small, will be greatly appreciated - not only by us, but by untold numbers of Spanish speaking people around the world. We ask you to please be led by the Ruach haKodesh and by Moshe's words, "Take up a collection for Adonai from among yourselves - anyone whose heart makes him willing..."
Angus
_______________________________________________
By Phone: 407-344-7700
By Mail: Key of David Publishing, PO Box 700217, St Cloud FL 34770
We further outlined the need to help our Spanish speaking brethren in the letters titled, An Invitation from Mexico and For Such A Time As This, and in the report, Sepharad (Spain, Portugal and the Hispanic people).
