Yafa has just informed me that a good friend of her family and his daughter were among the 7 people killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a kosher cafe in Israel yesterday. To make things even sadder, the daughter was due to be married and family members who had flown in to attend the wedding now found themselves attending a double funeral.
My prayers and thoughts go out to Yafa and her family (her family lives in Israel) during these horrible times. . . ************************************************************* 09-10-03, 01:41 PM Sherasi OMG....... that is so awful!! Yafa, if you need to talk, you have my email!! Frown
09-10-03, 01:50 PM Kwll Frown
09-10-03, 02:12 PM puppyblues I'm so sorry, Yafa Frown
09-10-03, 02:14 PM grumpybear My thoughts and prayers are with you Yafa!! Frown
09-10-03, 02:54 PM Dwight Yafa, I am so sorry to hear of this tragedy. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Dwight
09-10-03, 03:04 PM Gin Oh, Yafa, I am so sorry...I didn't get to listen to the message you left on my answering machine..it must have been this bad news. I am truly sorry for your family. My prayers are with them and you. I'm here for you, Yafa.
09-10-03, 03:06 PM Pace~Ace I'm sorry to hear the sad news, Yafa. Frown
09-10-03, 03:09 PM Leppi Dr, appelbaum was a good freind of my mothers. I remember at when time when my whole family was in the us, and my grandmother was in jerusalem, my grandmother had a minor heart attack. Dr. appelbaum went out of his way to help us in every way that he could, e-mailing my mom sometimes even twice a day to let her know how my grandmother was doing. At the time my grandmother had a tube in her throught and was unable to speak, so Dr. appelbaum always went out of his way to do his best to help. He has two neices one a year older then me and a one a year younger then me, named rena and rachel. They both traveled to jerusalem in order to go to the wedding, and instead went to the funeral. Frown
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09-10-03, 03:24 PM clarebear Frown
09-10-03, 03:27 PM Sailracer I am truly sorry to her this sad news. Probably it won't happen in my life time, but at least in your future, I hope you see the day that this senseless violence and terrorism ceases forever. My prayers for your friends, and for the future safety of your family
Dennis
09-10-03, 04:18 PM samantha OMG this is so horrible. Im so sorry to hear this yafa. My heart goes out to you. Frown
09-10-03, 05:46 PM MrsS Awww, Baby, I am so sorry...I wish I knew the words that would ease your heartache....Please know that you have my deepest sympathy.
09-10-03, 06:50 PM ivnj There are no words to describe the enormus pain. Especially when it hits home, right in your lane. What happened is truly sad and for not saying it any soner was totally my bad.
They will never be forgotten. The person who did this is totally rotten. He paid pay a hefty price. Not once, not twice, but hopefully thrice.
He's gone and so are the rest. All we can do now is our best. Our best to forget. Hop on a jet. Fly out there and pay our last regret.
09-10-03, 07:18 PM gatman I too am very sorry to hear this news Yafa. My condolances to all the friends and family. May you all find peace.
09-10-03, 07:45 PM Jelp01 I'm so sorry to hear this news, Yafa. My thoughts and prayers go out to all.
09-10-03, 08:52 PM esencia I'm sorry to hear the sad news, Yafa. Lots of thoughts and prayers for you and yours. God Bless- Heather
09-10-03, 08:57 PM Tree Yafa, that is terrible news! Frown
09-10-03, 09:11 PM Sandy I'm so sorry to hear this news Yafa. I will be praying for you and your family. I lost a good friend today to cancer, but your loss is somehow even harder, as it was so senseless. I pray that you find comfort at this time.
gizmogram Yafa...I'm here for you honey...you know that
I'll email you my toll free number at work. Although I couldn't talk for long at a stretch since I'm at work, I know it will help to hear a voice...Love you honey
09-10-03, 10:22 PM doriek Thoughts and Prayers for....
Frown 09-10-03, 11:28 PM dogspit Yafa, I wish I had the words that could help ease your pain, but they just are not there. I read Georgia's post and just sat and cried. Nobody should have to deal with that, much less somebody as young and as sweet as you are. I know that you will of course find solace in your faith, because you are strong in that. Please take up your friends here when they tell you to call. You have a lot of people here who truly love you. - Jim
09-10-03, 11:37 PM piggins Sorry to hear the sad news...my condolences Frown 09-10-03, 11:56 PM mozart56 Sorry for your lost loved one Yafa, I pray there is a God that has already took care of the guilty ones on the other side. Frown
09-11-03, 12:30 AM honilov I'm so sorry to hear such bad news, Yafa. You've got my thoughts and prayers.
09-11-03, 12:37 AM doriek Dear Yafa,
After reading Georgia's post, I could not express myself to you. I felt torn between feelings of sadness for the victims, empathy for you and their family, and strong outrage at the perpetrator(s) who did this. Then, i read Jim's and Mike's posts. They expressed what i feel and think, beautifully. What they said, speaks for me, too, baby. God be with you, friends and family in your time of grief.
09-11-03, 01:58 AM tsaeb Yafa: You asked me via e-mail to comment on the seemingly endless heartwrenching situation in which the Jewish people continue to persevere for their love of God.
In Exodus 20 we discover that God manifested Himself with ". . . the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: . . ." (Exodus 20.18) in ". . . the thick darkness [the gross ignorance of the people, particularly of the fullness of God] where God was [used to be at one time]" (Exodus 20.21) for the following purposes:
"And Moses said unto the people, Fear not for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not" (Exodus 20.20).
Now, since God did use Himself so menacing described for these marvelous ends, then God is today again using oppressive warfare for the sanctification of the Jewish people. The oppressive warfare is preparatory to God's new manifestation--this time as the light--and we know that where there is light, there can be no darkness or warfare, which are contrary to the ability to know God fully. Not only the Jewish people, but all people must be patient, because God performs only perfect works. His perfect works are twofold: the establishment of His new covenant so that all people will know God, and His people, tried, are to be found blameless so as to be worthy of not only His everlasting covenant but Him moreso. It is simply unbelief, a sin, to choose to believe that God is not in the midst of warfare.
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09-11-03, 02:26 AM ivnj God is with us all, in some shape or form weather big or small. God is our light, as he guides us with his might.
We gathered around a center, and preyed with our mentor. We asked for understanding, not to be too demanding. We stood there and sighed, while we tried not to think about all the people that died.
It was sad. We got very angry and mad. What he did was very bad, but in the end there was no point in overdoing it even a tad.
We spoke of sadness and all the madness. But in the end as we try to find peace our hearts filled with gladness.
09-11-03, 07:10 AM XFED Yafa - My condolences on your loss; may you find comfort in your many friends.
Thank you so much. Last night I printed a copy of this post and just read it again and again. I don't know how to say it, but I feel like I have so much to tell you, but I have no idea where to start. One thing though is I don't know what I would do without you all.
09-11-03, 03:12 PM blam I'm very sorry to hear your sad news Yafa, I heard about the girl who was due to get married on the news on TV and commented to my wife how terrible that must be for her friends, family and of course fiance. God be with you.
09-12-03, 03:05 PM DvdGStwrt Sorry to hear this Yafa, you and yours are in our prayers....
David
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