The Great Communicator

This is a brief history of how Shalach Ministries became designated as an outreach to the unbelieving Jews in the State of Israel. Shalach is the Biblical Hebrew word for sent.

On July 23, 1977 I married a woman whom I loved very much and hoped to spend the remainder of my life with. At this time I was an unknowledgeable sinner and had little concern for a Christian identity. Even though I had been raised in a strong Christian home and my wife's father was a Baptist minister of some 40 plus years, this seemed to have little to no effect on my plans.

However, during the summer of that same year something very mysterious happened to me one night while lying in bed asleep. My wife and I were living in an old 1959 model mobile home. There was a problem with the back door, which I had recently installed, that caused it to pop open in the middle of the night.

Partially aroused from slumber, I recall seeing the door had once again popped open. It was at this point that I said within my mind, “Help us Lord.” Immediately, some mysterious and indescribable electrical force overtook my being. While the force did not hurt me, I was frightened and unable to move or speak. Within seconds, just as quickly as it came, the feeling subsided.

Seeing I had no way of explaining what had happened, and believing most people would think my past had finally caught up with me, I said nothing and continued my sinful existence. A year or so later my father‑in‑law bought my wife and me a Bible for Christmas. As far as I was concerned, I would rather have had the money.

Slowly but surely, as I became more committed to a peaceable coexistence with my wife, I began sampling small readings of Scripture. This sampling grew, and I began to understand that there had to be a divine Creator responsible for all things. Still a sinner, I began fasting and praying, asking God what the purpose of our human existence was all about.

Then, on March 3, 1984 at 2:51 a.m., I was awakened and once again experienced the same electrical force I had felt years earlier. This time it was accompanied by a voice within my mind that said, “We live to be possessed by the Holy Ghost.” Immediately the feeling subsided. It was then I realized with certainty that there is a God and He has a plan for our lives if we will yield our free will unto Him.

On April 15, 1984 my wife and I gave our lives to Yeshua the Lord and were baptized by her father at East Lynn Lake.

As I continued searching and consuming God’s Word, I learned that the power that had touched my body and soul was the Spirit of God. As I endeavored to learn more of God’s plan, I continued to fast and pray. Then, without warning, on August 26, 1986 at 12:15 p.m., the Spirit of God moved upon my heart and directed me to read Ezekiel chapters 2 and 3. This was my first impression of a future mission to God’s chosen people, the Jews of Israel.

As I grew in faith, I received another vision on October 1, 1986 in the early morning hours. I saw within my mind a printed electronic circuit board with its components, and to the left three reel‑to‑reel tape recorders. Then a voice said, “We need here a Great Communicator.”

As I pondered what I had seen and heard, I asked God for understanding. I fasted and prayed. Then on November 3, 1986, while still asleep, I saw a man in a navy‑blue police uniform with three golden stripes on his sleeve. I mentally said to him, “If a man is sick he should see a doctor.” Immediately the Spirit responded, “I sure wish we had you here.”

As time has gone by, I now understand that the Great Communicator is not me, but the method of communication. The Officer symbolizes Judaism, and the needed doctor is not a medical physician but a Teacher of God’s Word. It is with faith in the blood atonement of Yeshua and His communications that this electronic teaching website is now designed and made available to the Jews in the State of Israel.

Thus, from this vision, Shalach Ministries (sent ministries) was born.

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