Dear Friends of the Schneiers,
So good to be able to write you of all of the wonderful things the Lord
has done this past Spring in Europe. But first, please pray for Leslye who had
to return to the US to help take care of her Mom who had a heart attack one week
ago. Her mother is back home now. Recently she had to return to the ER so she
needs prayer to sustain and heal her. Leslye also needs prayer as many decisions
will need to be made in the days ahead.
We returned to Paris in March (1) to prepare for sharing in Dallas at a
Passover celebration led by Chuck Pierce, (2) to help lead an IAMCS Regional
Leadership Conference in Nikolaiv, Ukraine, (3) to join a prayer team led by
Roger & Charlotte Merschbrock to places in the south of France that blessed
the Jewish people, (4) to travel to Spain to meet with the only Messianic
congregation there, (5) to help lead an IAMCS leadership conference for western
Europe in Belgium and finally (6) to be part of a conference team in Lyon,
France led by Chuck Pierce with Paul Wilbur in concert. We made a lot of new
friends during this process in the Messianic movement and in churches. God gave
us many opportunities to share His love for the Jewish people and His plan for
reaching them through relationships and Messianic Jewish congregations.
First, David was asked to share at the Passover service at Glory of Zion
in its new center in Corinth, Texas. The title of his message was
"Passing Over Into Unity. A Time for Reflection and Action on the
Part of the Body of Messiah." It can be ordered at Glory of Zion's
web site at
https://gloryofzion.org/webstore/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1190.
David connected the unity of Jewish and Gentile believers in reaching the Jewish
people with end time revival in the body of Messiah. He shared that the Lord is
saying that is it time for the Church to do something to help the Jewish people
see their Messiah, Yeshua. And it is time to publicly defend the Jewish people
which will be costly to those brave enough to do it. It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer
who said,
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not
hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to
act." Here are some photos from the conference which Jonathan
Cahn also shared his prophetic vision for the US from his book "The
Harbinger."
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| David sharing at the Passover conference |
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| Jonathan Cahn receiving prayer |
Returning again to Paris, David prepared for the semi-annual IAMCS
leadership retreat in Ukraine, this time in Nikolaiv. The IAMCS host
congregation there is led by Yura Korshun. David's topic during the three day
conference was . We had 230 leaders and congregants attend from 22 cities. There
was such desire to worship, to receive teaching and to fellowship. Our next
Ukrainian conference is during the last week of October and we are hoping to
have Maurice Sklar come and give two concerts in the famous Stolyarsky music
school, one for survivors of the Holocaust and one for the city. We need to
raise $4,000 for Maurice's expenses to come so if anyone wants to help with that
special need please let me know because the Ukrainian congregations do not have
the resources for such a venture. Here are some photos from the Nikolaiv
conference:
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| Men dancing in unity |
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| A child sounds the shofar |
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| New art emerges |
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| New IAMCS congregation |
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| Torah Procession |
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| Former Muslim who now loves the Jewish people |
Leslye and I then joined up with a prayer team from Louisiana led by
Roger and Charlotte Merschbrock. We will be joining the Merschbrock's in Baton
Rouge on July 20-22, 2012 for a time of sharing at a statewide conference and a
church about the one new man from a Jewish perspective. Before setting out on
our journey we had a miraculous time participating in an exclusive remembrance
in Paris of France's deportation of tens of thousands of Jews during WWII. Ever
where we turned their were French dignitaries, Holocaust survivors, politicians,
rabbis and priests and military officers. And we and the team (who we introduced
as our "entourage") were permitted to be part of all of this because of Leslye's
listening to the Lord and our press passes from the IPA (International Press
Association). Here are some photos from the day of remembrance:
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| A Schneier deported from France |
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| A survivor/deportee in his uniform |
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| Military presence |
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| Private government ceremony |
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| Rabbi's prayer of remembrance |
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| Laying the wreaths |
Our journey to the south of France began in La Rochelle. In all we
visited La Rochelle, Valence and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and nearby towns where
the Huguenots through their ancestors hid and saved thousands of Jews before and
during. In one town, false ration and identity cards were prepared in the city
hall! Here's a photo description of our time there:
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| Shabbat in La Rochelle |
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| Young girl's family saved this young boy |
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| The two friends today |
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| This home protected Jewish refugees |
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| Synagogue in Valence |
Our next stop with little rest was a trip to Spain to visit in Madrid
the only Messianic congregation in the whole country. Rabbis Mijael Sofer leads
a congregation of about 12-15 people. They are officially recognized as a Jewish
community. In order to achieve that status they have to have a cemetery and
access to a place of running water for a mikvah. I don't know of another
messianic congregation that has its own cemetery!. Upon our arrival in Madrid
Rabbi Sofer took us to Segovia where the document was signed to expel the Jews
from Spain in 1492. It was also the home of Spain's chief Rabbi, Avraham Seneor
who our Schneier family may be related to. More on that in the future. We
visited Rabbi Avraham's home which is now a museum. After Madrid we had a chance
to visit with friends in Toledo, a seat of Jewish culture and learning and
ironically the Spanish Inquisition. We had a chance to visit the museum of El
Greco (who was from Greece). One of my favorite paintings, "The View of Toledo,"
was not there since it seems to reside in NYC. Spain ordered 1.200,000 Jews to
leave and we were told that 400,000 did and 800,000 "converted " meaning that
almost everyone in Spain has distant Jewish relative. Here are some photos from
our trip there:
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| Roman aqueduct in Segovia |
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| Sefarad seal marking Jewish quarter |
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| Great Synagogue of Toledo |
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| Shabbat with congregation in Madrid |
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| Bridge of Tears where Jews left Segovia |
We had one other trip in Europe to La Louviere, Belgium outside of
Brussels from June 1-3. We were joined there by Messianic Rabbis David Chernoff
and Joel Liberman from the USA and Messianic leaders from Belgium, England, The
Netherlands, Italy, Czech Republic, Ukraine and France for an IAMCS leadership
conference. The conference theme dealt with issues facing the Messianic movement
in Europe. The worship was awesome and we were excellently hosted by Lorenzo
Greco and his congregation Beth Yeshoua. This was really a turning point for
unity in the Messianic movement in western Europe and we expect great things to
come from this gathering. Here are some final photos from Belgium:
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| Lorenzo Greco (Belgium) |
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| David Chernoff (Phila.) |
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| Joel Liberman (San Diego) |
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| David Schneier (Paris) |
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| Alexander (Sasha) Popazov (Odessa) |
So now you have joined us on some of our travels in the last three
months. God is doing many things in Europe and we thank you for your prayers and
financial support for our vision to strengthen the Messianic Jewish movement
there and to see revival amongst our Jewish people and the whole body of
Messiah.
If you would like to financially
partner with us you can do so as follows below.
Please send your check, made payable to Glory of Zion
Int’l Ministries, to:
The
Schneiers
c/o
Glory of Zion Int’l Ministries
PO Box
1601
Denton, TX 76202-1601
(Please include a note with your check that it is “For
the Schneiers.” (Your gifts are tax
deductible).
If you would like to make a credit card donation, go
to www.glory-of-zion.org,
click on "Donate" on the left side of the home page, fill in your credit card
info on the "Send a Donation" page, in the "Put Toward" section click on
"Designated Gift" and in the "Enter Recipient" section fill in "The
Schneiers." This last step will insure that your gift goes to our ministry.
You can indicate in the comment section if your gift is one-time or to be
charged monthly on the date you
provide.
Blessings, Love and Shalom,
David &
Leslye
