Since 2012, Carissa and I have dreamed about hosting Israelis in our home and sharing the Gospel with them over coffee or a home-cooked meal. God closed the door for us to do this in Brazil, but He just opened a huge opportunity for us to multiply this dream a thousandfold! And I’m not even exaggerating.

My co-workers at Chosen People Ministries and I are developing an Israeli hosting network with the goal to launch a pilot program this October! Our first year will be a small test group of about 50 hosts in the U.S., but ultimately we plan to recruit over 1,000 Christian hosts in the U.S. and many more all around the world to be a part of our network.

My role is the Technology Lead for the U.S. team working on this project, which means I am coordinating with the software developers for our app and website, and overseeing the tech side of the hosting network.

The app will be similar to Airbnb, but specifically for Israelis to find Christian hosts anywhere in the world to stay with for free. This will be huge! My prayer is that every single Israeli that leaves on a trip would stay with one or multiple hosts on our network and hear the Gospel repeatedly throughout their travels. Before COVID hit, roughly 60,000-70,000 Israelis traveled the world every year, but as I write this they are in lockdown and no one can leave Israel. We are trusting God to work everything out for our network to begin hosting Israelis this year.

Please pray with us:

• For the end of COVID and/or that the vaccine would be effective, so that Israelis will start to travel again this year.
• That the website and app would be completed, tested, and all the bugs worked out by the end of this summer.
• That God would raise up and equip the right 50 hosts to pilot this network.
• That the right Israelis would hear about this network, have wonderful experiences and conversations with our hosts, and tell all their friends to use our network.
• For me and the other leaders as we get this network up and running – there is so much work to be done.
• That God would use this network powerfully to reach Israelis with the Gospel, and that thousands would come to faith in Jesus as their Messiah.

Thank you for your continued prayer and support, we sure do appreciate you.

BJ, Carissa and Ari