Isaiah

The Volkswagen Bus

A Memorial To Max and Elaine Brenneman
By Kelvin E. Morales

Feb. 2, 2013

The Brenneman Family

Nancy, Maxwell, Elaine and Ruth

Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Have you ever been asked who was most influential or had the most impact in your life? In my case it was Max and Elaine whom had a great impact in my life; The Brenneman’s or as we all grew accustom to calling them, the B’s.

Mr. B drove a VW bus [which he fondly called Isaiah] everywhere, particularly Friday nights, Sundays and Wednesday nights. On Fridays evenings he would pick me up and then a gang of kids for youth meeting at our church in Summit Hills and then drove each ones home. I was the first to be pick-up and the last to be dropped off. Mr. B and I would spend hours parked in front of my home in Caparra talking about the scriptures and he would answer my questions about them. Mrs. B was my Sunday school teacher. She was like my second Mom. Both of them came into my life at a pivotal time. In like manner many came in contact with the B’s and the light of the life of Christ shined through them and impacted our lives.   

  

Thank you for shining Christ into our lives.  

Mr. B 1911 - 1987              Mrs. B 1924 - 2013

                 Maxwell and Elaine Brenneman                              

                                                         

Holocaust And Lod Memorial San Juan, Puerto Rico

Memorial

The Holocaust And The Massacre At Lod Airport In Israel 

In Memory to Victims Of The Holocaust

March 30, 2012 was the day that the memorial to the victims of the holocaust and the memorial to the victims of the massacre that took place at the Lod airport in Israel, was unveiled. Many of those that died at Lod were puerto ricans on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Israel.

On Oct. 24, 2012, my wife Linda and I attended a meeting organized by the pastors of the English speaking congregations and Jewish Rabbis. The meeting took place at the Synagogue of the Reform congregation. There was representation of the protestant churches, Second Union, Grace Lutheran and Christian Community Church and of the three main stream branches of Judaism: Reform, Conservative and Orthodox. After all the formal introductions took place we watched about 50 min. of a two hour video that dealt with differences and similarities between Judaism and Christianity. After watching the video there was a time for comments and or questions. The discussion was free, open, educational. There was a social time afterwards with finger food and refreshment. During this portion of the activity I entered into conversation with some of the Jews and one of the things that I took away with me is that we as Christians need to do more to make known how we feel and where we stand with regards to our solidarity with Israel and it's people. While writing this short blog I remembered coming across a video where a German christian pastor organized a march, 180 miles, from their place of worship to the prison camp of Dachau as a demonstration to fact that they had and were confessing the sins of their parents and grandparents many of whom were descendants of Nazi soldiers or German Christians that kept silence at the time of the holocaust. In this demonstration Christians and Jews marched side by side. The one thing that is obvious in this video is: WE CHRISTIANS CANNOT BE SILENT. Here is the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Cs5j1596g&feature=related

http://www.oneforisrael.org/index.php/blog

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. Isaiah 62:1