about us
Mordekhi v’Yisraela – Marc & Teresa Hiatt. We are currently worship leaders at Or HaOlam (Light of the World) Messianic Congregation in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City). We both received Yeshua (Jesus) as our Lord and Savior while young children, and have been involved in music ministry all of our lives. We have been leading worship together in churches, plus doing some outside travel and ministry, since the mid-eighties, and moved into the Messianic Jewish movement in 2002. (Contrary to what some may think, living a Torah-observant lifestyle is not bondage to the Law, but rather is a fuller, more complete freedom in Messiah Yeshua, who totally exemplified such a lifestyle.) Mordekhi (Marc) is a piano and keyboard player and writes the songs, Yisraela (Teresa) is vocalist and plays djembe and other percussion. Guest artists from Or HaOlam and also from the International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City appear on the album, which was recorded at a studio near IHOP. Although not Jewish by blood, Mordekhi and Yisraela have a Jewish heart, that is, we have a heart for Israel and a heart for the Jewish people. We have two married adult children, a son and daughter, three healthy and happy grandsons, ages 2, 6 & 11, and a new beautiful granddaughter, born in Nov 09.
שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָם – Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!