Enghedi

Welcome to our home, Enghedi!

En Gedi, orginally located in eastern Israel is known for its refreshing pools and natural springs. In 1 Samuel 24 we see it is one of the places that David finds refuge from Saul. As much as the waters of En Gedi could only provide a temporal refreshment to David, he longed for the living water that refreshes both body and soul. In Psalm 63:1 David writes, "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water."

We here at the Enghedi house have found that we desire and long for something more than we ourselves can satisfy. So we've taken Jesus up on his offer found in John 7: 37-38, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

As we build relationships with university students and individuals, our hope and prayer is that our home might be a place where they feel welcomed, refreshed, and experience Jesus. We wanted to give our home a name that reflected our desire and Enghedi it is! Our prayer and hope for those who visit the Enghedi house is that they leave having "tasted and seen that the Lord is good" and seek Him to fill their heart's longings.