{"id":4086,"date":"2017-06-20T09:31:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:31:30","slug":"a-letter-meant-for-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/a-letter-meant-for-you-our-dear-friends-and-supporters-22\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter Meant for You, Our Dear Friends and Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pr<\/a>If words of praise were drops of water, this page would turn into an ocean of thanks and adulation, after I experienced more than help, more than support, more than just a ride from point A to point B.<\/p>\n

I felt as if I\u2019d gotten a dear brother, a supportive and very caring family.<\/p>\n

I write, and my hand trembles \u2013 not from pain, but from emotion: \u201cWho is like Your nation of Israel,\u201d a holy, sensitive people.<\/p>\n

Our family went through a very tough time, when three of our children were hospitalized in different hospitals across the country, one of them in a mental health hospital. Needless to say, at a time like this, money is tight and the fatiguing trips cross country are even harder for a woman.<\/p>\n

The trip is not an easy one: The painful sights, the suffering, as well as the interminable expenses.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine, who saw my anguish, came over to me and said that there is a number I can call; maybe they\u2019d be able to help me out. Even if it were for one trip, it would be worth it.<\/p>\n

She gave me the number of the angels at \u201cLinked to Life.\u201d I innocently called up, thinking to myself, \u201cWhy should anyone take me there for nothing? Why should he devote his precious time \u2013 to a stranger? Why?<\/p>\n

Wow, was I surprised!<\/p>\n

It was a short Friday. Shabbat would be starting early, and I felt so deeply for my children. It was hard for me to think of going into Shabbat without having seen them all. Even though I would be staying with one of them for Shabbat, how about the rest of them?<\/p>\n

I called. A friendly operator answered politely and sensitively and said that she\u2019d pass on the message.<\/p>\n

Within a few minutes, a volunteer by the name of Yossie Landau called. I must stress, he was like an angel of deliverance.<\/p>\n

That was where my salvation began:<\/p>\n

On that short Friday, the angel Yossie told me matter-of-factly, with his special calm demeanor, that he would take me from one hospital to the next, so that I could see all my children before Shabbat.<\/p>\n

After Shabbat \u2013 wonder of wonders! The angel did not stop; he kept up the chessed <\/em>mission that he\u2019d taken upon himself and sent an abundance of hot, nourishing food to our home.<\/p>\n

Again, I saw how there is no one like the angels of \u201cLinked to Life.\u201d Suddenly, more volunteers rallied to the cause. Afterwards, I understood that the angel Yossie had asked them to come.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have to worry anymore about food for the children at home, and everything that goes along with it, nor about transportation. Words cannot express my gratitude to them all.<\/p>\n

I write these words and the tears flow; I cannot contain all the good that came my way through them, especially considering the fact that, as I later found out, Rabbi Yossie Landau the angel made a brit<\/em> for a grandson at just around that time, and his help was certainly needed at home, yet the entire family rallied for me\/ so that he could help me.<\/p>\n

Yossie Landau, our personal angel, may Hashem bless you and protect you!<\/p>\n

May there be many more volunteers like you in Israel, because, unfortunately, the need is great.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much to Ezer Mizion for the initiative.<\/p>\n

With deep admiration,<\/p>\n

Mother of S.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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