Our Calling to Israel was Sealed

In 1996 I prayed for my friend Miranda, she was part of a group of twelve women who prepared to go to Israel on a tour. They saved their money and had meetings concerning the tour and preparations, on regular basis

Miranda had a problem, she did not have enough money to go so she asked me to pray for her Finances. I prayed daily for her and call out to God to provide finances for Miranda but while I was praying for her, I started to pray for myself as if I was going to Israel with the group. When I realized that I put my name in place of her name, I corrected myself and said "God You know that I actually praying for Miranda" and this happened a couple of times. I realized that God said that I would go with to group to Israel. I knew I was not invited and I also did not have the money for the tour.

In July 1996 we went on a holiday with other friends to the seaside. As I knew that God said that I will go with the group, I prayed and ask God to speak to Willie directly and I said nothing about it. I prayed "God if this is really from You and this is Your plan and Your wish that I will go with them to Israel then You have to speak to Willie about it and tell him that I should go".

One morning while we were on holiday, Willie told me he had a dream that night. He saw me with a group of women and if he remembered correct it was like ten or twelve women and we all wore white clothes and we stood in front of a building. He said it looked like the golden dome similar like the one in Israel. We were not in Israel before so he did not really know how to explain this golden Building or the building with a golden roof. We later learned that that was the Dome of the Rock that is on the mountain in Jerusalem.

I asked him what he though that would mean. He did not know. Then I told him that while I was praying for Miranda, God told me that I am going with the group to Israel. I said if this is from God He will provide the finances for me to go.

When we got home there was a message that we have to call the bank manager urgently. He informed us that they made a miscalculation when we took our home loan from another bank to this bank. The bank owed us R10,000. He asked if we wanted to invest it. Willie said no immediately and asked that the money would be paid into our check account. We were rejoicing because God had provided for me to go to Israel. As Willie saw me and the women in white, by faith, I got myself a white dress suite as I did not have one at that stage.

I called Miranda and I told her about what God said and how He provided for me. She said it's not possible for me to go with them as they are twelve women, and the place where they would stay was only booked for twelve people, the flights were book for a group of twelve. The booking for the Feast of Tabernacles was also only for Twelve people. She said that at the last day of the Feast they asked that everybody to wear white for the Communion service.

One day at the prayer meeting one of the twelve women said because of her finances situation, she could not go with the group anymore. There was panic in the group as the other 11 women would have to cover the cost. Then Miranda said she know about someone whom God said will go with. The tour leader then said that she would allow me to go with if I have the deposit for the tour at that moment and that my passport was updated.

Miranda called me and she told me about the "condition" for me to go with. I asked how much was the cost of the tour, all included. The leader said R10,000. I took out our tjekbook and wrote out the full amount. I show my passport and I became part of the group. I said that I already have a white dress as God told Willie about it. I was the first woman of that group who paid in full at that stage.

September 9th 1996 the Twelve of us went to Israel for two weeks. An amazing thing was that my father blessed his four children, myself and my three siblings with a R1,000 each and I had a R1,000 for pocket money. It was an experience that I cannot explain to anybody. We learned about the land and the Hebrews and when the group went back Willie, the children and all the families of the group were there at the airport. When I saw Willie and the children, I started crying and for days I could not speak English or Afrikaans, when I open my mouth I only spoke in tongues.

Something happened when we were on the Sea of Galilee in the Jesus Boat. As a group we walked up and down on the on the boat and we prayed for Israel and one of the women said God told her that when we get home our husbands and children are going to wash our feet and when that happened it will be a sign for our callings. Nobody knew what she meant. When we got home I couldn't speak, when I start speaking I was crying and really realized something great had happened to me in Israel.

One evening Willie wanted to communicate to me and I couldn't speak, I just cried and spoke in tongues and then he said to one of the children to bring a bowl with water and he started washing my feet, something he never did before. Then he said to the children he suggest they should wash my feet and they did. After they completed washing my feet, I started washing their feet and I prophesied over all three of them. For the first time I could speak in Afrikaans again and then I started telling them what happened and I told them what that woman said on the Jesus Boat.

We then knew God was beginning to tell us something about our calling. We did not even realize at that stage that God would call us to Israel the next year. It was wonderful what happened that night and even as we did not know it, but our Calling to Israel was sealed.

Willie ministered communion to us and we knew that something happened in the Spiritual realm, we did not know what, but we knew it was a turning point in our lives. We became unease in the presence of people who did not have a heart for Israel. We did not know much about Israel, but we knew God was teaching us something and we started studying the Bible concerning Israel, the feasts of God and search as much as possible about Israel, even in the secular world.

After that evening I could tell them everything I saw and experienced in Israel. It had such an in pack on them, that we decided to start saving in order for us as a family to be able to go and visit Israel together. We prayed and asked God to take us the next year around September with the Feast of tabernacles 1997 to visit Israel.