Sunday afternoon, August 3, 2014
Greetings to all of you. I am humbled that you have entrusted me with this opportunity to represent you on a mission of solidarity to our brothers, sisters, sons and daughters in Israel.
We hear the theme of hashgacha pratis - divine providence discussed over and over again and I want to share the divine providence that has shown itself so far as I start out on this journey.
Finding a reasonable ticket wasn't as easy as we thought it would be from Chicago, and so we searched for and found a ticket from New York, but it would require an airport transfer, from La Guardia to JFK.
The ohel is just four short miles away from Kennedy and so with the providence of time to spare between airports this trip began at the Ohel, where I came to ask of the Rebbe for his blessing that this trip be blessed with success, and that I should be a worthy representative of you all.
I felt it appropriate to bring into the Ohel all the resolutions that had been made by the members, children and adults, of the numerous Chabad communities of Wisconsin. I had placed them in files before leaving Milwaukee, so that I could leave these messages of encouragement, love and commitment at the different places I would visit in Israel whether at the bedside of a wounded soldier r"l, at the home of a family in mourning for the terrible loss of a son, or at the front.
These symbols of your faith and friendship I took into the Ohel with me to share with the Rebbe, and kept them beside me as I prayed for peace in Israel and for the continued growth and the well being of the Chabad communities of Wisconsin.