Passover and Purim Celebrations

Passover 2019 at the Mercaz

We had a slew of events since our last update. The most recent event was a Passover Seder that we led for the community. We used an online registration system, which worked beautifully. Most of the people registered within a few hours of publishing the event. We had a packed house! Sadly, we had to turn people away because we had not more seats available.


The kids had a lot of fun singing the songs and playing with friends. My eldest, Yonatan found the Afikomen! He was thrilled because there was a lot of competition. What we found fascinating about this seder is that many of the people who came had celebrated Passover most of their lives and yet some had never experienced a Passover Seder that focused on Yeshua (Jesus) being the fulfillment of the Passover Lamb.  These are Jewish believers in Yeshua that are still learning about how Yeshua completes this holiday!  Non-believers came as well and heard the saving message too!

Purim 2019 at the Mercaz

We also held special events for Purim that were well attended.  About sixty kids came to the Purim Kids party and they had a wonderful time. We also had some unwanted guests. The anti-missionaries came and put a sign in front of our door warning people not to enter. Eventually, they left, but by God's grace the people all entered, believers and non-believers. In the picture below our friend is telling the story of Queen Esther and as you can see, the kids are very engaged.

This was the largest turn out for a children's event we have had and we really filled the space. Praise the Lord!


Thank you for your prayers and support!

Prayer Requests

Jason will be taking the first of four exams this Sunday, April 28th. We would appreciate your prayers for him to study well and pass these very difficult exams. 

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