On The Road Again

It is Passover Season and that means Stewart and I are on tour.  I have a Smart phone and so I have been able to capture some of my trip.  Stewart still has that old faithful flip phone so you won't be seeing any photos of him until he gets back to NYC.  

I am in Oklahoma and Arkansas this year.  Stewart is in Ohio and Pennsylvania.  We are doing a lot of driving.  Please pray for safe travel and effective ministry.  Also that God will raise of new prayer warriors and givers to support our Jews for Jesus fund as we press on to, "Make Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide." 


For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. 2 Tim 1:12

What a Joy to visit with an old friend from Beth Shofar and see 

how God has faithfully answered prayer for this precious family.

Tote n-n-Poke?  

They don't have filling stations like this in NYC!  

It must be Oklahoma or was it Arkansas?

Taken at a Seder in Hatfied, Arkansas where I stayed on the "Fields Ranch"

for two nights.  My host were a wonderful godly couple married for 52 years.  I so enjoyed the fellowship and the beauty of God's creation.  

Thank you Ronney and Carol!

Last Saturday Jewish people around the world celebrated Purim.  This holiday commemorates the book of Esther from the Jewish Scriptures.  One of the things we seen in this story is that God uses improbable or unlikely people to accomplish great things.  Esther certainly was an unlikely hero.  We celebrate by reading the book of Esther or acting out the book in the form of a play.  Traditionally children and some adults come to services dressed up as Esther, Mordecai or Haman.  In recent years the Jewish community has celebrated this holiday as more of a costume party.  And pretty much anything goes.  So you could see Darth Vader posing as Haman and Sleeping Beauty as Esther.  We have even seen the Seinfeld characters acting out the play.  Our Jews for Jesus staff decided to hit the streets in two Jewish neighborhoods the last week to interact with people about Purim and unlikely heroes. 

 We asked this man, "Do you have a hero?"  This gave us opportunity to talk with people about Jesus.

When Shosh asked these kids who their hero was, they replied, "Our Dad!"  They put  his name on our board and then we took a photo of them with our board and emailed it to their Dad. 

 Here is the celebration at our congregation last week.

Please pray that those people to whom we extended 
ministry will consider the fact that Jesus who laid down his 
life for all of humanity was the greatest hero ever!

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Lucy

On Thanksgiving weekend Shoshannah met Lucy.  Lucy is the mother of Amer, one of our co-workers here in NYC. Amer and his siblings had shared the Gospel with Lucy for over 20 years.  Shoshannah challenged Lucy to take a step of faith.  They looked at Ephesians 2:8-9. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Shoshannah told me (Stewart) about the conversation.  I decided to ask Amer if I could call his mother, Amer said, “Yes!”.  After our initial phone conversation  Lucy said I could call again.  And I did.  Every week I called Lucy and answered her questions about the Messiah.  During our fifth phone visit Lucy prayed to trust Jesus as her Lord.  Was Amer excited! Me too!   Amer shared his excitement with our JFJ staff.  Amer said his mom had called everyone in the family using Facetime on her new iphone to profess her faith in Jesus.  What a great encouragement for us to not grow weary in sharing the Gospel.  I still meet with Lucy weekly for discipleship.  She is growing wonderfully.

 Here we are at the Macy's Thanksgiving Pre-parade inflation of the balloons.  We handed out Broadsides and gave away hot chocolate!

 

Eddie and Stewart at Beth Messiah

This photo is a bit blurry, but it is all we've got.  Eddie came to faith right after Hurricane Sandy.  He is reading the bible and growing in his faith.  Eddie would tell you God has answered specific prayers on his behalf.  Eddie has many challenges ahead.  Please pray for his health as he suffers from quite a list of ailments.  Also for his housing and financial needs which are great.  We are trusting God to provide everything Eddie needs.  

"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his

 glorious  riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus."  Phil 4:19

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Shoshannah and Stewart 2013

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We greet you in the Wonderful Name of our Messiah Jesus.  "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Messiah"  Eph. 1:3

We are rejoicing at the salvation of more than a few Jewish people over the last few months.  

Eddie is a Jewish Man from Peru.  He came to faith in November.  He is now attending a Messianic Congregation and growing in his faith.  Eddie asks for prayer for permanent housing and health.


We have also seen two Jewish women, both over 55 years old pray to receive the Lord.  They are both with Stewart for weekly Bible study deepening their spiritual roots.  Such joy!  We don't have permission to give you details on these two precious saints, but in future post we hope to be able to do that.  In the meantime, please pray they will be established in their new faith. 

We have finally made a decision to worship at Beth Messiah Congregation in New Jersey where Stewart served as interim Rabbi many years ago.  Yep, we drive out of Manhattan in to the suburbs of New Jersey each Saturday morning.  Two Jewish men Stewart led to the Lord in the last year ride with us each week.  Here is a recent photo taken after the worship service.

Good Fruit

Stewart has had a role in the lives of each of these faithful men.  In fact he has led two of them to the Lord.  Herman, next to Stewart on the right came to faith last Spring.  Jeff on the far right came to faith about 17 years ago while Stewart served as the leader of Beth Messiah. Eric on the left, is a second generation Jewish Believer and the son of Elaine who was Stewart's secretary almost 30 years ago.

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Summer Witnessing Campaign

Here we are with the Campaign Team on the very first Sortie of the 2012 Summer Witnessing Campaign.  The Front of our Shirts say: Jesus Made Me Kosher in English and Hebrew. On the back of our shirts is a QR code.  Which is connected to the Jew for Jesus website. So  people are scanning our shirts!  This year Stewart and I are working behind the scenes following-up with those Jewish people who give their contact information to learn more about who Jesus is.

This is Mark, a co-worker from South Africa, Handing out Gospel Broadsides.  This Hassidic man doesn't look very interested. But...you never know......

   

                        Awesome News   
A Hassidic woman phoned   our office last week.  She wanted to ask questions about Jesus.  She has been reading the New Testament and has come to the conclusion that Jesus is her Messiah.  She wanted to know if I (Shosh) thought God would punish her for believing in Jesus.  We have met twice now.  She is growing in her understanding of the Bible.  Please pray for her protection as no one in her community knows about her faith. She may lose everything if exposed. I am not sharing her name to protect her privacy.   
 
We Praise God for your generous gifts towards our support with Jews for Jesus as we share the Gospel here in New York City.  Be encouraged to date: We have handed out 188,000 Gospel Broadsides.  And 103 unbelieving Jewish people have given us their contact information for follow-up.  Please pray for the men and women Stewart and I (Shosh) meet with.  Pray they will understand the Gospel and believe Jesus is their Messiah! If you want to contribute towards our support with Jews for Jesus here in NYC click here: http://bitly.com/support-stew-shosh

 

 

The Fields are Ripe Unto Harvest

We are rejoicing at the salvation of Ilene, Vladimir and Valentina.  Last week Stewart had the joy of leading these three precious Jewish people to Jesus.  We are amazed at this season of fruit bearing here in New York City.  Thank you for standing with us as we press on here!

Melissa was here for a quick visit last week. She is about to celebrate her 25th Birthday.  Here is a photo of Stewart and Melissa on the Staten Island Ferry.

 Shosh is looking for creative ways to meet the Jewish people in our community.  Recently she took a course at the Board of Elections and is now a NYC Poll Worker.  On her first day "at the polls"  she meet quite a number of Jewish neighbors.  By the end of their 17 hour work day all her co-workers knew about Shosh's faith and position with Jews for Jesus. Please pray for the new relationships from this day.  

We praise God for your partnership as we press on here in 

New York City sharing the Gospel with our Jewish people.  

Your prayers and financial support are important to us.  

Here is a link to donate to our fund with Jews for Jesus:  

 http://bitly.com/support-stew-shosh