Ministry Updates from Jason and Janice Rose

Prayer Requests for the Rose Family Dear friends, we would like to ask for your prayer for the following: Please pray for Jason's preparation . Jason's final Oral Exam before a committee was officially scheduled for August 1st . In the past we thought it would be July 21st, but that was a misunderstanding. The Exam will take between 15-45 minutes. Jason will start giving a detailed presentation, which they will stop usually at the one minute mark. At that point, they will begin to ask him questions to test his knowledge. We would appreciate your prayers as Jason prepares for this all encompassing exam.  Please pray for our English Camp . Janice and Jason are working together with a great team to host a English Language Day camp for kids this week. Pray that all of the kids come and that the parents send in their permission slips. Please pray for the preparation and especially for our amazing interns who are running this project. Pray for no injuries, for lots of fun

Celebrating recent Birthdays! We celebrated the recent birthdays of Shimon (9), Binyamin (7) and Gidon (3) with one big party this week. We were so blessed to have so many of their close friends come to our apartment. With so many kids, we expected a lot of altercations, but these were great kids and behaved so well!  We were really impressed but how much fun they had without any problems. One of Janice's good friends made each boy a special cake with their favorite colors and characters! Such talent! For two of them the birthday party was quite delayed because of logistics, but it was great for them to share a party! The kids had a great time, and the parents also had an amazing time too as they got caught up with each other. We love hosting these kinds of events in our home! This week's Big Summer Hurrah! This week we will have two larger events and these will nearly close the summer for us. On Tuesday, we will hold a concert with two very talented musicians. One is

Recently, we held an event for young adults. Jason was introduced to a young man who is just starting on his faith journey. He has just started reading the New Testament and we were able to encourage him in his faith. We were so blessed to learn afterwards that someone is already following up with him and has a wonderful discipleship program at his disposal. Would you pray for John (not his real name), that God would continue to instill a hunger for the scriptures and desire to learn and grow. We invited John to some of our other activities and hope to continue to encourage him. A few people came who had never been to one of our Young Adults events. One person was really blessed by the time we dedicated to socializing. Another person was really touched by the short message that was given after the meal. Others were blessed by our childcare volunteers who enabled them to hear the message, while their children were well cared for. This event is special because it enables young peo

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