MARCH 2018 / THE CHOSEN PEOPLE - 7
ORTHODOX FAMILY
HEARS ABOUT JESUS
The Bible says in John 4:37,
“For in this case the saying is
true, ‘One sows, and another
reaps.’” Staff member Greg
S. recently saw this verse in
action when he ran into Lydia*
at the grocery store. She recognized
Greg because he had
done a Messiah in the Passover
presentation at her church
last spring. She told Greg that
the day after he spoke at her
church, she was invited to her
Orthodox supervisor’s Passover
Seder. Lydia shared the
Gospel truths that she had
learned at the Messiah in the
Passover presentation. Lydia
even had the chutzpah (Yiddish
for “nerve”) to offer the
family some evangelistic literature
that she had picked
up at the presentation. Lydia
said, “The family was literally
stunned. They were speechless,
so they kept on reading
the Hebrew liturgy.” Please
pray for this family, that the
Gospel seeds will take root!
CONCERTS BRING JOY TO
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Staff members in Moscow,
Kirill and Vera, hosted a series
of concerts for Holocaust
survivors when they visited
Israel. The first one was held
at the Jerusalem Messianic
Center, and more than fifty
Holocaust survivors attended.
The second was held in the city
of Ofakim, located in southern
Israel close to the Gaza Strip.
This concert was actually held
in a bomb shelter! The room
was small and could barely
accommodate sixty people.
However, Kirill and Vera were
very surprised when about
120 people came! The entire
hall was packed with standing
room only! A third concert
took place at the Ramat Gan
Messianic Center in greater Tel
Aviv. A tour bus brought sixty
elderly people from the city
of Migdal HaEmek. All three
concerts were a great success!
These are very open people,
ready to hear the Good News
of salvation in Yeshua the
Messiah. The Lord continues
to perform miracles! Today
Russian Jews in Israel are the
most open Jewish people, and
they receive the Good News
with grateful hearts.
ISRAELI TRAVELER FINDS PEACE AT THE ZULA LODGE,
NEW ZEALAND
“Ela* is an Israeli girl that your prayer and support is helping reach
with the Gospel,” writes staff member, Stephen A. You can tell that
her time at the Zula Lodge had an impact on her by what she wrote
in the guest book:
Right at the first moment when I arrived at the Zula, I felt at home.
Something in me just calmed down. I didn’t know yet how this
place would soon become a real home for me. This is the first
place I felt like this after six months of travels, and this is not just
because the Zula facilities are so amazing. It is because of the
special family that you are. Thanks for not only opening your house
to me and including me in all your daily routines, but more than
that, for opening your hearts and really letting me feel that I belong
in the most natural and generous way. These days with you were
a unique opportunity to learn and get to know a different way to
live life in this world… Thanks for making me ask questions and
having the patience to answer them too. You are, without a doubt,
a big and meaningful part of my trip around the world, and of my
life journey.
Stephen continues, “It was such an amazing opportunity for us to
talk with Ela more about the Gospel in Isaiah 53 and live out our faith
before her eyes.”
*names have been changed