Israel Testimonies: Clint, Georg, John and Karen

Posted by Dan and Carole McClelland

Last Israel Testimony

By: Carole McClelland

Kari, Renca, Clint, Georg, John, Shelby, Kayla, Karen

After walking to Citadel Youth Hostel from the car rental place on Sunday Dec. 1st, everyone was tired. As Dan checked in the group, Brandon sat on a stone near the entrance exhausted. A man walked pasted him and spoke to him. I felt spirit on the man and approached offering to interpret. He asked Brandon if he was tired and Brandon responded with a head nod. He blessed Brandon with strength and spoke life over him. Brandon said God bless and the man asked if he was a Christian. Brandon said yes and he responded that I am your brother. He introduced himself as Georg from Germany and walked into the hostel. The interaction was sweet and I knew that God has more for the group and his man.

I took a picture right away to remember the interaction! 

It was encouraging for me and I was just interpreting. 

Later that evening, Renca, Kari, Liza and Shelby got into an hour long conversation with two men about Jesus and invited them to dinner with us. It happened to be Georg and his companion, Clint from Canada. Both of them came to Israel with the heart for sharing Jesus and the gospel and met each other three days before in Tel-Aviv and felt called to go to Jerusalem, Clint specifically this Citadel Youth Hostel. They did join us for dinner, and we talked boldly about Jesus in the hostel kitchen the whole time, many others were attracted to the conversation. Esp, a Russian man name Alex who joined the conversation about Jesus, we later learned that he is an Orthodox Catholic and had the opportunity to build relationship with him throughout our stay.

Kayla, our one staff that joined not knowing any ASL was interpreting the conversation! 

Clint and Georg were an amazing encouragement as we all went out during the day and came together in the evening to share testimonies, pray and minister to the people in the hostel together! On Tuesday, Dec 3^rd, as we were cooking dinner, a couple started boldly talking about Jesus. John and Karen joined our group for the rest of week encouraging each other and ministering together. It was so amazing how God has placed each of us at the same hostel with the same heart for the week!

One day a group of us went to Garden Tomb and they bumped into Clint and Georg praying there!

Our group got into many deep conversations about God with them and had the opportunity to share Words for each other, life testimonies and pray for each other. One night, John got his violin and did violin ministry, where he plays songs for people as Holy Spirit leads. He explained it as God allowing him to join in and get a taste of what God is doing in the person's life. As John played, Clint would get pictures for the person and their life or prophetic. John played a song for Carole and Clint and Carole got the same pictures throughout the song and John's interpretation matched exactly. Afterward, they would share the interpretation and share Jesus with the person! It was glorious!

First dinner meeting John and Karen, who boldly started talking about Jesus! 

Kayla and Karen just talking in our Hostel! It felt like we were in a cave for a week!

 On Sunday, the day we were leaving, we had a brunch together to take communion, encourage one another and pray for the hostel. John shared communion and Clint lead in prayer and we lead in encouraging one other. During this time, Karen shared that a few days before going to the hostel, she had a dream of meeting a group of Deaf people and said that it was so right for all of us to met this week! And we all agreed! Divine appointments!

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and financial support for us to go to Israel! God moved in each of our hearts and the hearts of the people we encountered.