Mar 15, 2020
Stuart Fisher talks to Patrick – This week the Olive Tree comes to you from Haifa in northern Israel. Patrick is Jewish. For 26 years he was a heroin addict. His life was drawing to a close. But then he met some believers who took him into their home and through...
Mar 8, 2020
Stuart Fisher talks to Patrick – This week, we’re in Haifa in northern Israel – a city where Jews and Arabs co-exist and where there are several congregations that are steadily growing in number. Some new believers are former drug addicts. Today we hear...
Mar 9, 2017
Julia Fisher talks to Luke – My guest today is a quietly spoken, self effacing young man from Wisconsin in the US. He first came to Israel aged 19 with his parents and stayed for just under a year before going back to America. He thought that was the end of his...
Mar 2, 2017
Julia Fisher talks to Luke – Whilst in Haifa recently I met Luke and his story impressed me. We met at Beit Yedidia – a guest house in Haifa that is connected to Beit HaCarmel, a large congregation where both Jewish and Arab people meet together each week. Luke...
Sep 10, 2015
Julia Fisher talks to Patrick. He lives with his wife in Haifa, northern Israel, where he works as a chef in a guest house called Beit Yedidia. But his life hasn’t always been so straightforward because for over 30 years Patrick battled with addiction to alcohol...
