MESSIANIC MINISTRY EXPANDING IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE SEPTEMBER 2017 | THE CHOSEN PEOPLE | 7 UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL A while back, staff member Anna and her husband, Vladimir, began praying for their neighbor Igor* - that God would put him into circumstances that would bring him to faith. Sometime later, Igor lost his job. He began looking for another contract, but nothing came up. He was calm because he had enough savings to last for a few years. Vladimir and Anna kept praying as time went on. Recently, when the friends were all having lunch together, Igor shared that he was still unemployed and his savings were running out. What to do? Anna answered: “I can pray, but you must agree, and say ‘Amen.’” Igor laughed but agreed. So Anna prayed for God to send Igor a good job in Jesus’ name, and he said, “Amen.” The very next morning he called Anna and said, “I just got a call from a very prestigious company. They invited me for an interview.” Anna said, “God is answering our prayer!” Igor answered, “Would you please continue praying for me? It looks like God hears you!” A RABBI MEETS A DOCTOR Recently, our worker Larry went for his annual eye exam, and his Jewish optometrist, a smartlooking man in his mid-forties, noticed that Larry was Jewish. He also noticed that Larry had listed “Messianic rabbi" as his occupation on the paperwork. Clearly intrigued, the doctor put down his notepad and asked, “How did you become a Messianic rabbi, and what is that?” Larry shared how he came to faith in Yeshua, and the doctor responded by commenting on antisemitism and the persecution of the Jewish people over the last 200 years. The doctor kept asking questions (he was very interested) and finally said to Larry, “Maybe we should talk a little bit about your eyes now… and if you don’t mind, I can give you a discount because of what you do.” Wow! Larry thanked him and invited him to services at his Messianic congregation, Shuvah Israel. Please pray for the doctor, that he and Larry will have more chances to speak and that he might visit the congregation soon and accept Yeshua! A SECOND CHANCE INTRODUCTION A few years ago, staff member Jon and his wife Tammy met Laurie,* a Jewish woman, at a Christian wedding they were attending. As it turns out, Jon and Laurie attended the same high school. Jon, Tammy, and Laurie continued to chat and get to know each other, but once Laurie found out that her new friends were Messianic Jews, she abruptly walked away. Tammy and Jon stood there shocked! Fast forward a few years. Recently, Jon was finishing up one of his shifts at the hospital where he serves as a chaplain, and this particular day he stayed unusually late. He started talking to a new volunteer who was just beginning her shift. They made introductions and the woman said, “I know you, I met you at the wedding!” At first Jon didn’t remember her, but later he realized that this was the same woman who walked away from him and Tammy a few years before! The Lord works in awesome ways and clearly God did something to change Laurie's desire to hear the Gospel! *names have been changed Our worker Boris G. and his wife, Shulamit, spent three weeks doing ministry in the Ukraine. They began in the western part of the country, the city of Lvov, which unfortunately has a long history of antisemitism. Even so, Boris was encouraged to lead over 30 Christians in the ministry’s five-day Summer Training and Evangelism Program (STEP). This outreach included teaching on specific Jewish topics, as well as practical street evangelism. Each day during STEP the volunteers bravely went out on the streets of Lvov and shared the love of Yeshua and challenged people to care about Jewish evangelism. This program was a partnership with the Chosen People Ministries staff in Germany and Finland. It was team work and as a result, Boris received contact information from hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish people who want to learn more about the Lord. Please pray for a successful follow-up program.
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