Japanese Cultural Event and more

Dear Prayer Partners,
As you know, we hold many different activities at the Greater Tel Aviv Messianic Center and these enable us to meet real needs, lower the barriers to the Gospel and help us connect with our local community. During the events, we always have the opportunity to meet new people, encourage believers and even share the Gospel, as the Lord leads.  We find that music brings people together! Along with our free English classes, Bible Studies, prayer meetings and other ongoing activities, these larger events widen our reach out into the community of believers and non-believers. We have found these events to be easy to develop and very worthwhile for building solid Messiah-Centered relationships. We appreciate your prayerful support for this ministry and for our ability to share the Gospel in Tel Aviv.

Worship Night. In December we had a lot of events that met various needs. Our worship night event was intended for believers and we had a great turn out.  The Musician that we invited, Shilo Ben Hod is a dynamic worship leader who has been with us a few times. Many young adults in Tel Aviv don't have the access to quality worship teams like Shilo and his friends. We are so pleased by the opportunity to serve the local Messianic community in this way.  

We also had a wonderful event for Holocaust Survivors. Some wonderful believers from Europe travelled the country and attempted to show the Love of Yeshua (Jesus) through music. They are very talented musicians who really blessed this group of Holocaust Survivors. You may not be aware, but holocaust survivors as a group are huge lovers of music and many are talented musicians themselves.  In 2019 we lost 14,800 holocaust survivors to old age in Israel and now we have only 192,000 left. Our ministry is very aware of the fact that we only have a limited time left to enrich their lives. For this reason, the primary focus of some of our staff in Israel is meeting with and organizing events for Holocaust Survivors. This event and others like it are an important part of our efforts to engage our community. Recently, I had a conversation with a friend of mine, who is a holocaust survivor and a believer. He is so excited for every opportunity to share his testimony of how God saved him in during the holocaust and brought him to faith in Yeshua in his golden years through our ministry. It is discussions like these that encourage me to continue to love these amazing people who have suffered more than almost anyone on earth.

Hanukah Kids Party. We also held an amazing event for kids. We try not to post pictures of children online or in our newsletters, so these may not be the most exciting pictures you will see. So you will have to use your imagination. We had crafts, games and even a children's choir. Three of our five boys were able to sing in the choir and Yonatan (our oldest) had a solo!  

We also held a Japan Cultural event that was geared towards people who want to travel to Japan.  We were NOT surprised to learn how many Israelis want to visit Japan and what it is about Japan that appeals to them. We have known for some time that Japan is a growing hotspot for Israeli tourists especially for the "after the army trips."  We knew that young people are traveling to Japan in droves but those who came were not only young people, but people of all ages! Our colleague David, who works closely with Jason has been to Japan many times to develop relationships and teach the Japanese believers how to reach Israelis with the Gospel. For this event, we brought in an expert who helps Israelis plan their trips to Japan. This event was both informative and tasty!

Going to Japan! Our work in Japan is just beginning!  In April, Chosen People Ministries is arranging a pastors conference in Japan and several of our Tel Aviv staff will be going there to teach. Our long term goal is to establish a guest house for Israeli travelers in Japan, like our Zula Lodge in New Zealand and our guest house in Hong Kong! Jason will be teaching at this pastors conference and several other locations in Japan this April and we would appreciate your prayers for this trip. Also, we would appreciate your prayers that if it is the Lord's will, Janice will be able to join Jason on this trip.






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