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On the basis of those 2-week permits, the Institute was able to use city power for
several years, until the city installed power on Mt. Zion…all for a permit costing
about $30.00.

In the same way, they were able to run a garden hose from a water source to
their cisterns for several years, until they had a city water supply. How often God
has proved to His servants that His work done in His way shall not lack His
supply.

God continued to bless the Institute and it was soon filled to capacity with 120
students on campus. As enrollment increased, a total of 500 students benefited
over the course of the year.

Over the years the number of American universities encouraging students to
attend the Institute in Jerusalem grew from 20 to 60 institutions of higher
learning, including the most prestigious colleges and seminaries, such as
Wheaton, Bethel, Trinity, Gordon-Conwell, Westminster, Fuller, and Dallas.

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At Dr. Young’s 60 birthday party in Chicago, Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jerusalem,
sent a taped greeting, and the speaker was Mr. Shaul Ramati, one of Israel’s
most distinguished citizens. He had fought in the 1948 War of Independence,
had represented Israel at several negotiating tables, and was injured in the 1956
war. His consent to be the speaker bears eloquent testimony to the high esteem
with which Dr. Young was held in Israel and the quality of the personal
friendships he had formed. Dr. and Mrs. Young went to bed that night happy and
content.

If they had known that his greatest influence and highest honors were still to
come, they would have been even more surprised.

During the three weeks of the Yom Kippur war of 1973, Dr. Young was again
called upon to assist, sometimes driving soldiers to or from the battle fronts,
another time driving a load of live turkeys to market in the back of his
van…anything to help the Israeli cause. Tension, of course, was high on
campus, for Israel was fighting for survival on three fronts, against the armies of
Egypt to the south and of Lebanon and Syria in the north.

After the war, Pat Boone was filming in Jerusalem, and was looking for a room to
enact the Last Supper scene. He found the perfect place in one of the rooms in
the Young’s living quarters, with its arched pillars, windows and high ceilings in
an Arabic style. As a matter of fact, Snook often said her kitchen was done in
“Early American/late Arab” style.

The Israeli people grew to love the Youngs for many reasons. First of all, their
sincere love for Israel, its people and its history came through clearly. Dr. Young
even wrote articles for the Hebrew language newspaper, standing up for Israel