Wednesday, April 1, 2009

A Powerful Letter

Dear Shira,

May G-d Almighty bless you with health & prosperity.

Due to the fact that you were involved in my prayer requests from the beginning, I am writing you this email.

As you know I have been a regular at the 40 days segulah service you offer, since the end of January 2008. I have requested the 40 days segulah service on numerous occasions since then. I am a Sales Manager working at a very large company, and noticing the deteriorating financial situation since the end of 2007, I decided to request my first segulah 40 days prayer at the Holy Kotel. My situation went from bad to worse after my first segulah. I requested a second segulah and a third, and in this period I experienced disaster after disaster. In my sales and in my personal financial situation things could not be worse. I remember that I was so confused that on a certain occasion I even wrote you to ask you if there was a way for me to be cleansed of curse (Taharat Klalot). You asked you rabbi and informed me that this was not applicable to non Jews. My situation was that bad.

It was the month of Elul, I decided to accept G-d's will for my life and decided not to complain anymore and hope that somehow G-d would intervene on my behalf. It was then that due to a mistake in a price offer that I had been circulating that a legal complaint was put up against me and my company by a very large supplier of raw material to my company. I was in the middle of a segulah to be ended on Yom Kippur when I asked you for another 40 days segulah to help with this legal case.

Just after Yom Kippur everything in my life started to take a dramatic turn. My sales went up spectacularly. I could not even believe it myself. I started to close deals for millions of dollars during the worst economic calamity and depression to hit the international markets. On the 40th day of the segulah for the legal case, when I visited the virtual Kotel service on Aish website (I made a habit to visit virtual Kotel service on Aish every day to spiritually accompany my prayer agent in Jerusalem) the visitor count number added up to number 40!!!!! On this same day at my work I was informed by my company that our supplier was dropping all charges against me and my company. I was so surprised that I decided to pray and ask G-d to please open the way for me to go to Jerusalem personally and read Psalm number 21 to thank Him for His kindness. 

2 weeks ago I received an unexpected telephone call from an Israeli friend of mine who invited me to come and visit him for the 50th birthday of his wife. Not only this but he informed me he was paying my flight, he wanted to surprise his family by having me visit them on this special occasion. I will be visiting Israel from December 26 to December 30th, during which time I will come to Jerusalem to visit the Kotel and read Psalm number 21. The faithfulness of G-d and His compassion are so great, he has not left any prayer unanswered.

The story does not end here. Last Monday I received an unexpected fax from our CEO at our head office congratulating me for having been elected "Sales Leader of the Year" by our corporate strategic centre. This is the highest award in our company. I was dumbfounded and surprised as to why they chose me, my company has 32,000 employees worldwide. I will be given the award + 10,000 USD check bonus next Tuesday (by the will and help of G-d) 3 days before I come to Israel. I think I won't be able to read Psalm 21 without tears in my eyes.

I am not informing you of this, in anyway to boast, but only as a testimony to His promise: "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Joshua 1:6)

I would like to thank you and your 40 days segulah service. I had my personal miracles connecting to G-d through the Holy Kotel. This year my life changed. This year I experienced the verses in Psalm 20:1-2

"May the L-rd answer you when you are in distress;
          may the name of the G-d of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the Temple
          and grant you support from Zion"

George (name changed upon request)