Why Not a Ship?

The reason is; I still know that many reading this are having a problem understanding why we need a boat like this.  

The picture above is of a 100-foot Gullet built in Turkey.  A new Gullet like this once cost anywhere from $US400,000 to $US1 million.  That is a fraction of what a ship or fibreglass yacht that size would cost today.  But more importantly - it is what this ministry needs for the job it has to do.  

These Gullets are very common in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and are seen pulling into and out of the Greek Islands and the Turkish ports daily.  And that is the very reason we need this type of boat.  A boat this size could easily carry 75 to 100 people from Turkey or the Greek Islands to Israel. They are used mostly for the charter business where they take large groups up and down the Turkish coastline and the Greek Islands.

A boat like this would attract no unnecessary attention when pulling into Turkish or Greek Ports.  That will be very important for when it becomes necessary to work underground you need such a cover.

The two boats we now have are both 60 footers. One is a motor boat and the other a Turkish Gullet.  Both far too small for what is coming at us from Europe. I believe the day is coming far sooner than we think when we must have this aspect of the ministry in place.  The 60-foot motor yacht we have could be sold and the money used towards that larger Turkish Gullet, but the economy at this time makes it very hard to sell such a vessel.  The ideal sale would be to someone who wants to move to Israel and live on the boat as the Israeli taxes are paid and it can stay in Israel without having to leave.  And hopefully the new owner would also be available to rescue Jews when the time comes.  

We are very busy with contacts in Turkey, Cyprus and elsewhere making arrangements for future safe houses and routes to make it possible for Jews to reach the boat in the Greek Islands and on the Eastern Turkish coastline to be brought to Israel. There is still much to be done and God is opening doors by the power of the Ruach Ha
Koddesh (Holy Spirit).

In fact, it is hard to say which is more important - buying the boat or the groundwork.  The boat would be worth nothing without things in place to pick up Jews. The groundwork would be worthless without the boat.  For me it has been a balancing act trying to bring it all together at the same time.

I know of a few others who are in the process of buying ships or boats to rescue Jews but they have done no groundwork.  I sometimes believe that much of what we are organizing in Turkey will also be used by others who still haven’t seen the importance of that aspect of the ministry.  I have asked several who I believe I can trust to stay close, for we will be able to assist them in their efforts should they ever get their boats.  While talking with other Jews who have boats here in Israel I am always interviewing them without them knowing it for when the time comes. I need to know who to speak to and those that might be willing to join us with their boats.

When God gave me this vision and began to direct my steps I thought I couldn’t have heard this from God. That surely He could find someone else who would be better fit for the job.  But He did choose me and I have accepted the calling.  I have been ridiculed, called names like “crazy” “nuts” and many much worse.  I sometimes feel a little like Noah and understand his feelings possibly far greater than others.

But I won’t quit and we will succeed. Jewish lives will be saved because others that God has joined to this ministry heard that small still voice as I did.  And like me, they have put their hands to the plow and know that God is leading by His Spirit.

If everyone reading this would give all they can as a one time sacrificial gift the larger 100-foot boat would be a reality in weeks.  And the rest of this ministry would not have to struggle so much.

Will you pray? That is all I am asking you to do. To pray and ask God what He would have you do.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel, and all the IDF soldiers. Pray for this ministry and your part in it.

Shalom jerry golden