Ministry Updates from Jason and Janice Rose

We hit the ground running when we landed in the USA on August 22nd.  After about 24 hours in the country we drove up to Detroit Lakes, MN to visit a wonderful church. They treated us so amazingly and we were so blessed by their love and care. Jason was able to teach in their Sunday school class about how Messianic Prophecy separates our fact based faith from other religions and proves that God is real and that Jesus is the Messiah. Now that we are in the USA, we are thrilled to be able to teach the Bible, share about our ministry in Israel and answer many the many questions that people want to ask us face to face. We have had a precious time with Grandma and Papa (Jason's parents), who are so thrilled to meet and hold Gidon (3yrs old) for the first time. They love having the noise of five active boys running around their house! We are so blessed that we were able to come as a family this time and would appreciate your prayers for us as we travel around the center of the

Sharing the Gospel with Israelis at the Site of a Biblical Event. We are always looking for new strategies to share the Gospel in a way that lowers the barriers to the Gospel and indirectly addresses the common misconceptions. One of the biggest common misconception is that the Bible is just a dusty old book of Jewish mythology. Most secular Israelis respect the Bible, because it is an important Jewish work, but they don't necessarily see the contents as historical, relevant or significant. In fact, most have never read it. We want to find ways to bring the Bible to Life! It might sound strange, but in the land where most of the Biblical events occurred, the majority of native Israelis rarely visit Biblical sites and don't know much about them.  Not long ago, a colleague brought his Jewish family to Israel and took them on a tour of the country. At the end, one of his family members said that she has never read the Bible, but after this trip she is eager to read the Bib

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