It has been over one year now since we launched Host Israelis and started recruiting and training our first hosts, and God has grown the network and used it to spread the Gospel!
Our team has now recruited and trained 232 hosts in 13 countries! 116 of those hosts are active, and have recorded 19 different gospel conversations (many more gospel conversations have not been recorded). All of those 19 conversations ended positively, and 16 of those conversations were with Israelis who were open and engaged. We currently have 87 active Israeli guests using our network, and some of them have still been traveling during the war in Israel.
Please pray that God would continue to grow this network, that more hosts and Israelis would sign up and use the network, that more gospel conversations would be had, and that more Israelis would come to know Jesus as their Messiah.
As we get settled into life at the Grand Canyon, we are connecting with Israelis in the park and hosting weekly Shabbat dinners for them every Friday night. We made a flyer in Hebrew to invite Israelis to join our Shabbat dinners and were granted permission to hang it in the locked information bulletin board by the visitor center! We also hang these flyers in various other busy locations around the park. Please pray that Israelis read these flyers and come to our Shabbat dinners where they can participate in a Bible study.
Another way we connect with Israelis is by wearing t-shirts with Hebrew writing around the park. The first Friday in the Grand Canyon I wore my “Bring them home now” t-shirt in Hebrew and a passing Israeli saw it and said, “Shabbat tov” (good Sabbath). Please pray that God would connect us with many more Israelis and that He would prepare their hearts for fruitful conversations.
During our next few months in the Grand Canyon, please pray with us for God’s clear direction and provision as we look for a long term place to stay in Northern Arizona. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for our family and our ministry.
Love,
BJ, Carissa, Ari and Aviya