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CHAPTER 1
WHOLENESS:
THE ROOT OF PEACE
On April 30, 1986, my young husband, Kent,
“moved to heaven” as I like to say. Thankfully,
we’d married young and had almost 30 years
together. Our four children were grown and
were university graduates. The youngest,
Chip, had graduated the previous December.
Naturally, I sought the Lord as to what He
would have me do. In supernatural ways that
only those who have experienced them un-
derstand, He gave me exact instructions. I
was to go to Israel and study Hebrew in the
Land.
How I ended up that summer at Ulpan
Akiva, in Netanya, Israel, the most prestigious
language ulpan (a school for the study of
Hebrew), is the stuff of a much longer book.
For these many years since, I have been
blessed to look into the marvels of the lan-
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