Due to the ongoing pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in Israel, we had to postpone the launch of our pilot program for Host Israelis to the Summer or Fall of 2022. This feels like a setback; however, we know God makes no mistakes and wastes no time in fulfilling his plan. This “setback” has given us extra time to work on further development and polishing up our system before the pilot launch.

Our team is currently creating about 20 training videos, each less than 10 minutes long, on topics ranging from understanding Israeli culture to handling unmarried and same-sex couples. These training videos will be a great foundation to equip our hosts to love and serve Israelis through hospitality in a culturally-sensitive and God-honoring way.

Please pray for our team as they edit and publish these videos, that we would be able to produce excellent videos and that God would use them to equip our hosts to love and minister to Israelis in the name of Jesus.

We left Virginia at the beginning of January for our 2022 RV road trip! We traveled down to New Orleans, then across the Southern border to Arizona, where we are currently. We will spend a couple weeks in Arizona connecting with churches. We also need to buy a pickup truck in Arizona before we can go get our new travel trailer in California.

We will spend some time in California moving into our new rig and visiting with friends and co-workers, and then continue on with our travels. We plan to visit National Parks and other popular Israeli destinations in order to connect with churches in those areas to recruit hosts for Host Israelis.

Please continue to pray for us as we travel, that God would provide full funding for our ministry and a pickup truck for us, that He would provide many encounters with Israelis with whom we can share the love of Jesus, and that He would connect us with all the right churches to partner with us in reaching the 40,000 Israeli young adults that travel the world every year.

Thank you for your prayers and support, we are so grateful for your partnership in reaching Jewish people for Messiah.

Blessings in Him,
BJ, Carissa and Ari