28 Av 5773 5 August 2013

Let me tell you about Sheila our malkah (Hebrew for angel). As we were leaving Life in the Messiah centre trying to navigate to the subway, and find a place to nosh, she comes in to our path, and wow what a blessing. She helped us around, we were able to also share with this mensche (literally means man, but in Yiddish it can also have the connotation of nice person, an exceptional person) the Jewish Messiah. She was like any other Jew, just trying to be a good Jew, she was not religious, but she had a strong Jewish identity. We got her contact information, and she got Israel's (our team leader) card. 

When we arrived at Bryant park, she called us just to make sure we were ok, and got there alright.

Please pray for her, that she will question, and find the answers only in Messiah.

We arrived at Bryant park, and set up a book table, some stayed there, while the some of us went to the diamond district. While in the diamond district i saw a few old friends, and even a couple old rabbi's of mine. They were happy to see me, until they realized what I was doing in NYC, but hey I'd rather be evangelizing, than being in Yeshivah, not knowing my Messiah. I had the privilege of giving an Isaiah 53 book to a Yeshivah student. He and I talked for a while, and he seemed open to investigating the claim of Yeshua being Messiah. He came from the same Chasidic community I was apart of, Chabad, so we were able to have something common between us.

The book I have him was written by Chosen People Ministries president, Mitch Glaser, who himself was raised orthodox, and he does a great job in explaining the text to a Jewish audience who view the servant as our people as the suffering servant.

Today we are having a cultural day, where we are going to a few museums, and to the famous Katz's deli (so excited have always want to go to Katz's), even as we tour around, please pray that God would open doors for us.

L'hitraot (see you soon)

Michael