“I am one of the counseling students who came to the Jewish Shabbat that you held at your house a while ago! Thank you both so much for the time you took to help our project. We are really hoping to educate our class about the Jewish people and their culture as accurately as possible… to reduce stereotypes and bring awareness to avoid micro-aggressions in the realm of counseling.”

“My name is Nate. I am a student, and I recently attended a Chosen People Ministries event in Lynchburg, VA. It really opened my eyes to see Israel not just as a place where Jesus lived, but also as an unengaged country with lots of lost people.”

While the continued growth of attendance to our Shabbat dinners has been tremendously encouraging (one event this semester brought over 50 students – our house was so packed they were eating dinner on our stairs!) they are truly the means to an end. Presenting Jewish ministry through traditional cultural experiences, family environment and home cooked meals, enables us to forge personal connections with students who will take the ideas and perspectives they have learned in college into countless career paths and communities around the world. Our first and foremost goal is to send God-appointed workers into full-time ministry to the Jewish people, but perhaps it is no less essential to be a part of shaping the minds and hearts of individuals who we pray will carry God’s heart for the Jewish people into the fields of politics, business, medicine, counseling, education, and church ministries. Because of your partnership in this ministry, their testimonies may have untold impact on the community around them; and wherever God takes them, they most likely will meet Jewish people with whom they will have opportunities to share the love and good news of our Jewish Messiah.

We concluded the Spring semester with a full Passover banquet at our church attended by dozens of Liberty students who got to learn biblical truths that are not only deeply faith-enriching, but also provide powerful tools for sharing the Gospel with Jewish people. While students are away for the summer, we will focus our energy on becoming new parents to our sweet baby girl, building connections with professors at Liberty, and continuing our fundraising efforts.

Thank you for the integral part you play in making this ministry possible! We thank God for you.

B’shalom Yeshua,
BJ and Carissa