Outreach Report - June 11th 2025

Wednesday, June 4^th, 2025

4 sets, 1Tanakh were given.

Report from Team #1

At the first centre:

It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day at the local mall where this team began their outing. They had a conversation with a Jewish woman who agreed with everything that was shared. She confided in them that she was not religious but secular. They spoke about a personal relationship with God aside from religion and about the importance of being reconciled with God through Yeshua. They shared Isaiah 53 with her concerning the blood atonement required for the forgiveness of sins (Yom Kippur). They told her that there are now no more sacrifices as there is no longer a Temple. They shared how in Leviticus 17:11 it states that Yeshua can remove all sins. She seemed to understand that it was by faith that one can be saved. They clarified that faith in Messiah, Yeshua brings salvation by grace through faith. They told her that the soul does not die, referring to Daniel 12 where it speaks of one of two places where the soul could go after death: eternal life or eternal shame. The woman, with watery eyes, said her mother died last year, and she believed that she would see her again. They gently stressed the importance of knowing where she herself would go when she dies and that Yeshua is the only intermediary between man and God. She received the antisemitism tract, the comfort card and the Beth Ariel contact card. She was given a pin which she deposited right away in her handbag.

They spoke with a woman from France for about 10 to 15 minutes.  She did not want to hear about religion and shared that she prays to God directly. They were able to share their faith in Jesus and stressed the importance of knowing with certainty where she would go when she dies. They gave her a Beth Ariel card and an antisemitism tract, but she was not ready to accept the Bible as a gift. They were very thankful for the time that they had with her.

One Hebrew set as well as an antisemitism tract in Hebrew was given to an elderly man who was wearing a kippa.  He shared that he fought with the IDF when he was younger and that now his two grandchildren are in the Israeli army and stationed in Gaza. They shared that they were praying as a group on Mondays and were continually praying for the situation in Israel, as well as for the soldiers.  He received all the literature as well as a pin for which he was very thankful. They were very touched by the whole encounter with this humble and gentle man.

A comfort card was given to a very religious man. Right away, he stopped and started to read the card.  One of the team members gently approached him and spoke with him. He received an antisemitism tract and a pin. He was very touched by the encounter, and so was the team.

They also spoke with another religious woman who received the antisemitism tract and a comfort card. They had a small conversation with her, but she was skeptical about the messiahship of Yeshua.

They then went to another centre and a Tanakh was given to a woman. She was offered the Brit Chadashah but she decided not to take it. She took all the literature and the Isaiah 53 leaflet. They encouraged her to listen to the radio and the internet and shared that their rabbi was from Morocco.

One set was given to a woman who lives in Spain and was returning there the next day. She was happy to receive everything and there was a brief conversation where she was encouraged to read the messages and listen on the internet. As they were leaving, she said with a smile, “I have a lot of reading to do”.

Another set was given to a woman who hesitated at first but then decided to take the whole set. She responded by saying, “I will show it to my husband”. The team shared that the Brit was written by Jewish men who believed that Yeshua was the Messiah.

The last set was given to a man who was in a hurry, but he received everything. When he saw the set, he was very thankful that he had slowed down long enough to receive this beautiful gift!

The team had many conversations and gave out many pamphlets and pins! It was a great blessing and comfort for them to be able to share the Word during these times of persecution in the Jewish community. They felt that the people were comforted, happy and willing to share. They thanked all who prayed and are praying for them.

Report from Team #2

1 set and 1 Tanakh and many pamphlets

This team was at another shopping mall in the same community. At the first shopping centre, they had just begun to hand out their pamphlets when they spotted a worker who was collecting the carts and was staring at them. He stood transfixed, not moving and focused entirely on them so they returned to their car as one member recognized this man as having confronted them before. They decided to leave, and he continued to stare as they drove off.

At the second mall they were handing out pamphlets when they approached a Moroccan woman wearing religious attire.  She took the pamphlet, and they presented her with the Tanakh. As she hesitated, they informed her that they were bible believers asserting that Yeshua was the Messiah. They mentioned that they were volunteers with the SDHS. She told them she had a French Tanakh and so they gave her the Beth Ariel contact card and told her that their messianic rabbi, Jacques Gabizon, was Moroccan. She apparently knew him, and so they continued to speak concerning the forgiveness of sin, and the two comings of the Messiah. It was a very touching conversation and offering her a hug, she told them that she appreciated the work they were doing.

They then met a Filipino, Christian man who was surprised to hear that there was an outreach to the Jewish community. He accepted a contact card and was encouraged to listen to the messages online to find out more about the messianic viewpoint.

A young, very well-dressed man was sitting in his car with an open window when the team approached. He was offered the antisemitism pamphlet, and they discussed the messianic viewpoint of the Messiah. They offered him the Tanakh and later the Brit Chadashah and he took them both. They told him that they were believers in Yeshua the Messiah. He took the Tanakh after they said they were volunteers with the SDHS assuring him that this Tanakh had the same Hebrew wording that he would find in the synagogue’s Tanakh. They discussed Isaiah 53 and the two comings of the Messiah and what the rabbis of the first century taught concerning the suffering Messiah. One team member informed him that it was the well-known commentator Rashi who had changed the interpretation of Isaiah 53 from an “exalted Servant” to the nation of Israel. They then asked the man, “Did Israel die for our sins?” He shrugged his shoulders in response, so they turned to speak of the forgiveness of sin, blood atonement, the kaparah and God in the Passover. The man took the Tanakh and the Brit Chadashah with thanksgiving. They said that he was very attentive and responsive as he said, “Oh, this is too much!” (referring to the gifts). He was also given a yellow hostage pin.

A young, Gentile woman approached the team and asked them if they knew where a good hairdresser was so she could take her mother there. She said she lived a bit further away but that her mother lived close by in a Jewish residence.  They spoke for a while about her mother and then they offered her a Tanakh because the daughter said that her mom attended every Shabbat service in the building. They told her that her mother could offer it to a friend in the building and she was happy to do that. She was given the Beth Ariel contact card for herself and they encouraged her to listen to the messages.

They then met a Jewish couple but first approached the wife sitting alone in her wheelchair. She was at the entrance area waiting for her husband who had gone back to purchase something. The woman was frail and obviously handicapped and commented that she had severe spinal issues and had been operated on only a month prior. She told the team that she had prayed to God everyday and the outcome of the operation was a success. Hearing this, the team told her how important prayer was and she agreed.  Her husband returned and joined them and gave a brief history of their faith background. His wife was from a reformed background, and he was from an orthodox family but as a couple, they had become more open. He told the team he had many questions and the first was about the lineage of Jesus. He said that he did not believe He was the son of God because this line was cut off. They told him that although the line had been cut off, our omnipresent God knew this would happen and had provided a way for His master plan to continue and that the line of Yeshua led back to King David through the mother, Miriam. He then asked, “How can God have a son?” so they told him about the plurality of God and the triune meaning of “echad”. They referred to John 5:46 because of the man’s faith issue where it states, “If you had believed Moses, you would believe in Me”.  They told the couple that Yeshua loved them very much because He came to the lost sheep of Israel first and that He came to fulfill the law and not to destroy it. They told the couple that God gave Israel a new covenant through Yeshua and that the Messiah gave His life as the atonement for their sin. They explained that if they repented of their sin they would be born again through the Lamb of God. They were given the contact card to reach out to the pastor for any further questions. When the team was about to leave, the man said he was going to miss the team.

The team thanked God for allowing them the opportunity to bring His word to His people and for those who had prayed for them on that day.