<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Fields of Wheat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fields Of Wheat]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/updates</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:10:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[All of Israel will vote.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27, all of Israel will vote to establish a new government and our prime minister. The candidates include our incumbent, long-standing national leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and a host of others. Without going into details, the outcome of the election is crucial. We’ve just come through three years of tragic, exhausting war. Our nation is painfully divided regarding several basic issues of governmental and citizen responsibility. I’m reaching out for your concerted...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/all-of-israel-will-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae0d1fb28656d662288f5f2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_0a9993946a444ed984a726c1292c7e25~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_676,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the Future look like for the Next Generation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It would be hard to exaggerate the significance of what just happened. We, especially Ruby, have been sharing with you for some time, leading up to last weekend’s gathering of young adult Arab Christians. But I want to let Ruby tell you in his own words. I’ve just watched the video we are sharing with you here and I’m in tears. I’ll let you judge for yourself, but please open your heart wide, and get ready for God’s love to touch you. After watching what you’ve just seen, here’s what I wrote...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/what-will-the-future-look-like-for-the-next-generation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae0d18da2665f6da6689c04</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOTQxxBCOzw" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to hear children in church again.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was something missing from the church service, and it took me a moment to realize what it was.   No babies crying. No children laughing.   As a boy, my family attended both a Messianic congregation and an Arab church. Later, when I began attending secular Jewish schools, our schedules no longer allowed us to attend the Arab church regularly. Eventually, we stopped going.   Years passed. When I finally returned as a young adult, I was shocked.   The church I remembered having around 120...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/i-wanted-to-hear-children-in-church-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac7ae0d44862d1fc212c580</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_7cc2f2eefd334c0abe2014707e05632c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fresh Wind on Fields of Wheat!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shalom &#38; Blessing, Friends, As the sound of the shofar welcomes the Jewish New Year, we are filled with gratitude and anticipation for the fresh opportunities and new changes it brings to our ministry team. This is a season of strengthening our mission and the impact we can have in our local community as well as the whole body of Messiah in Israel. Over the past few months, we have has been undergoing significant growth, both personally, and as a team. I want to share with you a few of our...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/a-fresh-wind-on-fields-of-wheat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab56f16737efb98241bf09e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_7790a2e6bd0e460f9dcdd7c20abd3f54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joel Jelski</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets in the Desert]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do grapes and stars have in common? At this summer’s national youth camp I found out. During times of perspiration, inspiration, and revelation, grapes and stars brought me—and I hope the young people—to a profound realization. Abundance in the Desert! A little background. Our 94 teens experienced both grapes and stars. The grape experience happened when we volunteered to help harvest a large vineyard in a remote part of the Israeli desert. The owners had taken absolutely barren land and...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/secrets-in-the-desert</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd60ccdf183e0230f1ec4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_66014d77f74f4edfb2f6c9062a8126aa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_864,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven teenagers gave their lives to Yeshua!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m still processing everything that happened—even though our national teen summer camp ended a week ago.   After months of planning, preparation, prayer, and countless details, we gathered teenagers from across Israel for five days together. There was plenty of everything you would expect from a youth camp: games, competition, laughter, late nights, friendships, worship, and probably not enough sleep.   We came into the week with one theme: Connected. Which, if you think about it, is a...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/seven-teenagers-gave-their-lives-to-yeshua</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd55ac6495acaaf32321b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_4b200e70d08d45a297a7ae6562e01833~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_482,h_321,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Prayers will make a Difference in the Desert!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope you can see the expectation and excitement on the faces of the teens and their counselors as we welcomed them to the KATZIR (harvest) Summer Camp yesterday. We are here for five intense days to explore the theme “CONNECTED.” Through guided bible readings in small groups, focused messages, youth-led worship, hiking in the desert night, and volunteer agricultural work—the young people will enter more fully into their connection with God and each other. For all of this to happen, and for...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/your-prayers-will-make-a-difference-in-the-desert</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd494c6495acaaf32303e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_9db071b380764f048d7017c5f5bcb70d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were Made for Connection!]]></title><description><![CDATA[God’s heart for His creation is to stay connected in fellowship with Him and with one another. But in life, especially in our modern, westernized society, there is so much “noise” that disconnects us and isolates us - both from God and from one another.  Our heart for the youth is to encourage them (and us) to “get past the noise” and to walk in daily fellowship with God and with one another. How can we overcome the noise and distractions in our lives so that we can stay “connected” and help...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/we-were-made-for-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd3cbcdf183e0230f1980</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_0c967d70bbf94d358e4f2d0138ad178d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joel Jelski</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[START With WHY!﻿]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Simon Sinek’s book, “Start with Why” he attributes the impact of successful organizations to one thing. They know WHY they are doing what they are doing. Those who change history don’t start with “What” they do; they start with WHY they’re doing it. “Dedication to a cause bigger than each member of the team creates inspiration and an environment where great things can happen.” (Sinek, p.99) Today, I’m motivated to refresh our perception of and commitment to the WHY of what we do. Some of...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/start-with-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd329c6495acaaf322d0f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_4b4e0ac6cad94801ab8fa529180bc14e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_985,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers Come in from Different Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before I share this week’s update, I want to take a moment to speak to our American family. First of all, happy 4th of July. You've aged gracefully and don’t look a day over 249. Jokes aside, we are deeply grateful for you. For your friendship, your prayers, your generosity, and the way you have stood with us here in Israel, especially throughout these difficult years of war. On a weekend when America reflects on freedom, sacrifice, and the cost of protecting a nation, it feels fitting to...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/soldiers-come-in-from-different-places</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd256338fe3cc70d59696</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_b4bf93c67515471d8a0863204c4e33f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_482,h_322,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Thursday was my birthday ....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, one of the Israeli news websites uploaded a page where you can put in your birth date, and it calculates how much of your life has been spent in war.   Not only official wars, but also intifadas, terror waves, military operations, and everything in between.   Last Thursday was my birthday. I turned 30.   So I put in my birth date, mostly out of curiosity, and the result honestly stopped me for a second.   It said that 52% of my life has been spent at war. At first, I thought there...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/last-thursday-was-my-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd13ac6495acaaf32288a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_43496b30d21c4a8c879664dafb4d0dc4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_817,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sewing a Thread of God's Faithfulness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Debbie, Operations Administrator in the USA, dedicated to supporting our team in Israel. I see your generous donations, I share the updates with you, and I serve on the US Board for Fields of Wheat.  But more than anything, I want to share my heart. My own journey with Israel began in my youth, shaped by mentors who led me to Yeshua in 1976 and instilled a deep love for the Jewish people. Even at 16, I was learning lessons that would shape my life’s calling. ...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/sewing-a-thread-of-god-s-faithfulness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd0b0338fe3cc70d592bc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_4e5937dea666484abc0ead3d4cfe52c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_757,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Debbie Buckner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Israel: Giving their lives, Longing for hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[A large billboard near our home displays the intense young face of an IDF soldier. What catches my attention is the year of his birth and death next to him: 2004-2023. He died fighting for Israel. Defending us. As a nineteen year old. A promising soccer player from Kiryat Ata, close to where Connie and I live. And as with so many of his generation, Yaron Zohar’s life is both an excruciating loss and a tribute to his generation.  The billboard announces that he is a “hero of Israel,” who fell...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/young-israel-giving-their-lives-longing-for-hope</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcffeff2777f8cf43b4d9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_cb81dbd8830a4586992072d476af7cf2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_816,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Weeks Update ... is a Hard One to Write.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Israeli Independence Day, while the country was celebrating, families gathering, and the streets filled with the usual mix of joy and noise that comes with the day, a young man named Yemanu Zelka was finishing a shift at work.   Yemanu was 21 years old. An Ethiopian-Israeli. He had been working at a Pizza Hut in Petah Tikva for five years, starting as a delivery driver and working his way up to a shift supervisor. He was steady, responsible, the kind of young man people trust. His family...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/this-weeks-update-is-a-hard-one-to-write</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcf74ff2777f8cf43b3a6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_fbef482d7265490da3194da2990bc680~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_560,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coping with War, Counting on God]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been six weeks since our kids were able to attend school!  In addition to the obvious “inconveniences” of being under missile and rocket attack, this limits the mobility of parents who still need to work. This week, they were finally able to go back. But it’s still in a limited capacity, and only the younger children have gone back to school, which enables parents to resume work. Much of northern Israel is still under restrictions, as this area has not ceased receiving daily fire of...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/coping-with-war-counting-on-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dceafc6495acaaf3222a6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_3d7f6f519dd34f3b8cb118941f9ca7f9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joel Jelski</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Shocking Fact]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a little quiz for you. But don’t worry, I know you’ll ace it! Here it is: The event that we call the Last Supper of Yeshua, what meal were they eating? If you answered “the annual Jewish Passover” you got a 100!  Now here’s a shocking fact. When I was a new believer, a bible school student back in 1975, I didn’t know what meal the Last Supper was. For real! Until then I had never connected Passover and the Last Supper. I participated in “communion,” but it never occurred to me to ask ...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/a-shocking-fact</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcdcbff2777f8cf43b06d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_de2664433b7b4f33a4e0ad268b453c7b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_570,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the way there, everything changed...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just shortly after I sent out my last update, I got a message from El Al, there was a flight out of JFK. I packed, headed to the airport, thinking, this is it. But on the way there, everything changed. I got a notification that the flight had been moved to Newark (EWR). Just like that, I was stuck again. I opened the El Al website, trying to figure out my next move… and suddenly, out of nowhere, another flight appeared. I booked it immediately and ran. But then came the next obstacle. Because...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/on-the-way-there-everything-changed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcd2aff2777f8cf43af2f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_b5d3b1ec9d1543c0afc6f58e7c6a992e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Such a Time as This]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ironically, I find myself stuck in the United States while yet another war has broken out in Israel. This has now happened three years in a row. My brother even joked in our family group chat, “If you want to know when the next war will start, just check Ruby’s travel calendar and see when he’s flying to the U.S." All jokes aside, the first few days were not easy. Just days before I was scheduled to fly home, the war began. After a full and rewarding ministry time in the States I was feeling...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/for-such-a-time-as-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcc31338fe3cc70d5896c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_de6415adec6243b0b33cebe7aa6c7bc6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ruby Bishai</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no coincidences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years ago my family watched a TV show called NCIS. The main character, Gibbs, was the leader of a team of investigators, who taught his team rules he had come up with to help catch the bad guys. One of them was repeated nearly every show. It was “Rule #39 - there are no coincidences.”.   Again, an ancient battle is being played out before our eyes. And there are too many "coincidences" to escape our notice.   History is Repeating Itself   Some 2500 years ago a wicked Persian leader, Haman,...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/there-are-no-coincidences</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dcae8cdf183e0230f0736</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_4f600073f35b4df9ba41cf2ec41d182c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_747,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joel Jelski</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crucial Time of Prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shalom dear friends. All the more so, in the present circumstances of war, we look forward to being with you in intercessory prayer this Wednesday. As Mordechai said to Esther: "For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place…Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” God has placed us in His kingdom for such a time as this. PLEASE JOIN US as we go before the KING. Join Us via Zoom!...]]></description><link>https://www.fieldsofwheat.org/post/a-crucial-time-of-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dca3f6c28fd68a849d1e8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/213552_dc423f7670144fb4a24a514fdd636dc4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eitan Shishkoff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>