Shalom, Shalom!

There are times when everyone gets discouraged, and we are no exception! At times like these it's encouraging to look back and be reminded of what the Lord has accomplished that we've been a small part of. Recently, a friend shared the following letter with us.

"My wife and I were allowed by God to enter full-time Jewish ministry in the summer of 1984. The Lord opened the door for us to do a Jewish ministry internship in York. We were serving as Associate Pastor of a church in Wisconsin, and in order to become Jewish Ministry Interns, we had to raise our financial support for our time in York. A young man in the church we were serving gave me a copy of The Olive Tree Connection by Dr. John Fischer. The clear way that the message was presented in that book allowed me to share the Messianic Vision with the same clarity, and this was the main factor that helped us raise the needed support for our Internship in Jewish Ministry.

"God allowed a non-Jewish couple to be trained and raised up in the Messianic Jewish Movement. It is a great privilege and blessing to serve God in this movement, and is something I thank God for regularly. So, thank you, John Fischer, for having an impact on a young minister that is bearing fruit to this day."

The writer went on to be the rabbi of a Messianic synagogue in the Chicago area.

The following came by e-maili from the rabbi of a Messianic synagogue in Sacramento, California.

"I have taken several Yeshiva courses; I was concerned with having the training to be an effective leader. Your course transformed my ministry. My preaching is more biblically-based and sound than before. My delight in studying the word is greater than before.

Thank you for your work in the Yeshiva and for the Messianic movement and personally for what your course and your siddur has meant to me and my congregation."

Another piece of correspondence also came recently by e-mail.

"Let me again express appreciation for all you did for me while we were in the U.S. a few years ago. You made it possible for me to embark on a great adventure, which G-d used in my life to excite me about Him, and to move on from inevitable disappointments of life."

This friend of ours went on to become Dean of King of Kings College in Jerusalem and a founder of a Messianic synagogue there as well.

Your financial contributions and prayers have enabled us to have this impact. Thank you for being a part of all this!

Warmly in our Messiah,

John & Patrice Fischer

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