RE-FORMATION
Jeff Andras, Author
Jeff and Tamarah Andras Married July 17, 2022
Jeff’s Hebraic upbringing lends itself to a style of teaching that uses personal testimony, parables, and vivid imagery to provide a reading experience that is easy to follow, clear, concise, and packed with Biblical Truth. God has given Jeff an ability to relate heavenly wisdom in a way that comes alive, speaks against the ways of man and helps open our hearts and minds to understanding things that traditional theology struggles to reconcile. Jeff has a passion for people, deep empathy for the pain and suffering of the world and yearns for the unity Jesus calls His people to demonstrate.
A personal message from Jeff:
I grew up in Lakeland, Florida with my mother, father and one brother. Both of my parents are Jewish from birth and were raised in families that had been of Jewish origin for as long as they remember. My father’s exposure to anti-Semitism left him very anti-religious.
This led to our only attending temple on occasions and the spiritual teachings within the home being very limited. The pinnacle of my religious duty came on my thirteenth birthday when I had my Bar Mitzvah. From that point my life moved away from religion and became focused on soccer, sail boat racing, and just being a kid.
As with many of us, my early years held their fair share of betrayal, hurt and dysfunction. At the same time, these early years were also filled with a lot of family activities, laughter, hard work and many wonderful experiences. By the time I was graduating high school, my parents were divorcing and I was not responding very well emotionally to the dysfunction that had been brought into my life years earlier.
I married my first wife just out of high school. Neither of us was ready for what it takes to keep a marriage together and we quickly divorced. Within a few years, I met my second wife. Again, I married someone who had as many unresolved issues as me. After eight years and the bringing into the world of our two sons, this marriage also ended in divorce.
By this point in my life, I had become everything I had ever known about what a good husband should be. I worked hard, saved money, attempted to support my wife and children in the things they wanted to have and do. I had put myself through college while working full time, and was working as hard as I could possibly work in an effort to be everything my wife and children deserved. I simply didn’t know what else I could do to make a marriage work. I remember feeling so defeated, lost, and confused.
Within a year, Robyn and I met online. Long story short, we ended up meeting, fell in love, and within a few years got married. Robyn brought two young girls into my life, and I am proud to call them my daughters. Needless to say, it didn’t take long for this marriage to end up heading in the same direction as the previous two. Within about eight years Robyn and I were both miserable.
It was about this time that we decided to start attending church because we thought it would be good for the kids. Within a few years I was baptized and had committed my life to the Lord. Over time I got involved in various ministries. I went to Bolivia, worked the Walk to Emmaus, Kairos prison, and REC jail ministries. My entire world began to flip upside down. This journey has led to an amazing transformation within our home.
In December 2015 Robyn had a breast cancer metastasis removed from her brain and underwent ten days of radiation. In 2019 Robyn lost her physical battle with the cancers and moved into the presence of the Lord. God used our journey through those 4 years to deepen our relationship with Him, each other, bring about the healing of old wounds, and build upon the amazing testimony He has spent a lifetime creating.
In 2022 God led Tamarah and I together in an amazing way and we were married on July 17th of that year. Tamarah has been walking in Torah for well over 20 years, reads Hebrew, and is a gifted teacher. She is a true blessing and we look forward to sharing all that God is doing in and through us as He continues to bring into fruition all that He has destined us for.