Ministry Updates from Jason and Janice Rose

It occurs to us that some people don't have the opportunity to read all of our updates and since it's been a while, we felt like it was time to provide a brief update about the kinds of ministry that we do on an ongoing basis, the challenges we face (see below) and fruit of these efforts.   To start with, one of the blessings about being a ministry family is that our children have the opportunity to be a part of this ministry. They do not participate in everything, but they are present at a lot of our events. They hear how we minister and we are often able to explain why we share the gospel with people and what we share with people.  Shimon (prominently pictured here), asked Jason at breakfast if one of Jason's friends believes in God. Jason respond, well yes, this friend believes in God but he doesn't believe that Jesus is his Messiah yet. Shimon respond, "well he believes in God. That's step ONE." This was simply a breakfast table conversation. 

Some details and the schedule. Details : We are just beginning to plan our Fall Trip to the USA. And if you were hoping to invite us to speak in your church or small group meeting, we are very open. We are even open for a cup of coffee! Jason really likes coffee! We already have a fixed schedule in certain places and some meetings are either scheduled or in the process, but we would like to give you the general dates and the areas where we will be. We would appreciate your prayers for this BIG trip. During this trip Jason will be preaching and teaching, probably on the following topics:  The Fall Feasts of Israel , Israel in Prophecy , Messianic Prophecy , How to share the Gospel with your Jewish Friends . Of course, we are always open to teaching on other topics if there is a request. Having spent the last two years studying the comprehensive archeology of the land of Israel with its associated history, has really given Jason a much more exciting view of scripture and ho

Jason's Studies. Prayer for the results of the exam that Jason just took would be grateful appreciated, as we await the results (30 days). As we have mentioned before, we are hoping to start a new outreach, in which we take Israelis to Biblical Sites. This required Jason to spend nearly two years (August 2017 to present) in a Tour Guide Licensing class. The class was intense but the examination process is even more intense.  There are four exams that Jason needs to pass and failing one exam means he cannot progress to the next one (typically meaning a delay of six months until the retake is possible). Each exam is progressively more difficult. About three weeks ago, Jason passed the first exam 84%.  Together with 30 of his classmates, Jason took the SECOND exam on Wednesday, June 5th. He feels comfortable that he passed, but we would love your prayers because there is a lot flexibility in the grading and the final grade really depends on the examiner's opinion. We sho

We just want to let you know about a few great activities this week.  By God's grace on Monday, we had a special banquet with music for Holocaust Survivors. It was sponsored by a ministry team from the USA who came to minister along side us. We wrote about this event already, so we won't go into more detail, we just want to point out how phenomenal it is to have a ministry team for a week! Following that event one of our ministry partners hosted a discipleship training event. This was developed to help believers learn how to encourage and minister to others. It is a leadership building series with a strong emphasis on teaching people how to share the Gospel in their workplace. On Wednesday, we held a special English Story Hour for Kids. A guest from overseas came and led the one hour program with a Bible Story and a really fun block painting craft. We also held our Bi-weekly Bible Study that evening. Most of the people who came are first generation believers, some new and s

This is just a quick note to let you know that in September we will be coming to the USA and would love a chance to see the people who pray for us!  If you would like to schedule a time to meet, let us know.  We will be in:   * Twin Cities, Minnesota   * Kansas City, Kansas / Missouri   * Oklahoma Panhandle   * Huntsville, Alabama We have not booked our tickets yet, and so we would appreciate your prayers for the preparation, flights and travel! Blessings in Messiah, Jason and Janice Rose

This week we were blessed to host a special event for holocaust survivors in the Greater Tel Aviv Messianic Center - which we call HaMercaz (the Center).  About 40 survivors came. We have several staff members who work extensively with Holocaust survivors and they did a wonderful job organizing this event. There was about an hour of music and a full banquet meal. The event was sponsored by a missions team from the USA who wanted to bless Holocaust survivors in Israel.  The following day, they sponsored an identical event in the southern part of the country for another group of Holocaust survivors.  They also packed food packages for distribution to needy families. It is so refreshing and encouraging when groups come from abroad and choose to come serve along side us. Without their financial contributions we couldn't bless these holocaust survivors with a banquet, but with their contributions together with the relationships with have through our staff, enabled us to demonstrate Go

At 2:30am this morning we awoke to the good news of a ceasefire. In the last 48 hours: 234 Israelis were injured, 4 killed and the terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip had fired 690 rockets into Israel.  Many people are wondering what happened. So, I'm gong to take just a few minutes and explain it in a little more detail, but I will try to be concise. On Friday, May 3rd, the Hamas arranged a protest along the Israeli - Gaza border called the March of Return. They have repeated this protest every Friday for one year. The stated goal, is not just a protest but an attempt to breach the border and return to the historic family homes that were left in 1948 ~ literally to March and Return to their historic villages.  There is a lot of history here.  To summarize the history.  In 1948, even before the Israel's declaration of Independence [5/20/1948], on November 29, 1947, the UN announced it's partition plan for the British Mandate Palestine creating two states for