Drinking Disgusting Canned Shakes

More good news about Mish Weiss, the young IDF soldier who is fighting leukemia in Jerusalem. Even though she’s a vegan, Leah Friedman has convinced her to drink Ensure, which is a liquid meal substitute that helps people gain weight. I don’t know what the objection to Ensure is; maybe it has animal-derived B12 in it. When Mish gets better, I think we should all chip in and ship her and her family some prime steaks for a barbecue. I know we can convert her! Hmm…might be tough to locate prime kosher beef.

Unless things have changed since I lived there, the beef situation in Israel is not rosy. When I left Israel and flew to Athens, my top priority was locating beef. Athens was full of New York-style diners, and food was very cheap. I sat myself down at the first place I could find and had a cheeseburger platter, with a second cheeseburger on the side. I probably paid a dollar-fifty (Reagan dollars) for that meal.

Mish is having problems with nausea. I wonder if they have fresh ginger over there. Japanese longliners chew it instead of taking seasickness pills.

Says Leah, on Mish’s blog: “Thank you so very much for the prayers, they work!”

They most certainly do. Thanks, everybody. As Aaron is fond of saying, God is near to all who call on Him. The rest of the verse: “to all who call upon him in truth.”

Things continue to go well here. I still feel as though an invisible but oppressive layer of clouds had lifted. I attribute sensations of oppression to supernatural opposition, and I’m not the only one. I hope the change lasts, and that I can help my family find what I’ve found.

My psalm-memorizing campaign goes well, although to be honest, I’ve only been re-memorizing psalms I committed to memory long ago. I have 1, 23, and 63 under control. I may get ambitious and shoot for 37 next.