Channa Greenwald

My son Roie was fighting in the army and was injured twice. Once, in 1999, and a second time in the Battle of Jenin in 2002. It was the first of March in 2002, and he was seriously injured; very seriously injured. In fact, the first message we got was that he had died. I didn’t lose faith in God. I accepted it. Thank God we received the second message that said he was still alive but very seriously injured. Even in spite of this great trauma that we were going through, I still had my faith in God.

So, usually I don’t talk about this particular thing but it’s important in terms of faith. One year after Roie was injured, I myself became sick; became very sick, very seriously. During the first year after his injuries, the question was whether Roie would live or die. A year later, I was sick, and the question was whether I would live or die. In fact, the treatment was very difficult to go through. Very serious treatments. And believe me it was very difficult. But throughout all of it I did not lose hope, and in fact, I felt stronger, and stronger, and closer, and closer to God throughout.