What people are saying
    • The President of the Holocaust Survivors Association in Odessa said of our program to assist survivors that, “You are the only ones that do for us what you say you will do,” referring to our medical, visitation, support and cultural programs for elderly Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.”
    • After helping prepare and lead a celebration of the Jewish feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) in a church in Paris, its pastor said that the presence of God was strongly manifested during the service in a way he had never experienced there.
    • During another celebration of the Jewish feast, Passover, which we led in a church in Paris, one church member told us that she had never before understood the continuity of God’s plan of world redemption from Isaac, to the Passover lamb and then to the death and resurrection of Yeshua, Jesus. It helped her appreciate for the first time how God has and is using the Jewish people to bless all of the nations.





Paris, France

  • Teaching and preaching at Messianic Congregations and churches about Jewish roots of the faith and how to combat anti-Semitism. We have already regularly shared at the two existing Messianic congregations in France and three churches in Paris.
  • Sharing about common roots in Arabic and Berber churches
  • Celebration of Jewish feasts of Passover, Sukkot, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. We have prepared skits to dramatize how these feasts are relevant to non-Jewish believers.
  • Individual discussions with Jewish people about their destiny as Jews and how they can know the God of Israel through a relationship with the Messiah, Yeshua.
  • Invitations to share at church retreats and conferences in France and Europe

Odessa, Ukraine

  • Founding of three congregations in the Odessa region, two Messianic Jewish and one Messianic Arabic. This process began in 1995 and we have raised up local leaders for all three congregations, one of which remains under our senior leadership while we live in France. We will be making trips to Ukraine regularly and can bring short term missions groups there to work with orphans, Holocaust survivors, addicts and worship and dance and camp programs.
  • Founding of humanitarian relief efforts through importing of medical supplies, clothes and food, equipping orphanages with kitchen and computer equipment as well as specialized training equipment for orphans who are deaf.
  • Assisting in or organizing citywide International Jewish Festivals of Music and Dance in Odessa, Moldova, Estonia, Moscow, Budapest and Buenos Aires.
  • Promoting local small businesses of congregants who are making products for sale internationally such as, Judaica and camping equipment.


 

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