Dear Friend,

           Shalom and Warmest greetings to you in the Worthy Name of Him who is The Glory of His people

     Israel and Savior of the World. Thank you for your friendship and partnership by your prayers and giving

    for this ministry of reaching the Jewish and non-Jewish people with the Word of God. May the God richly

    bless you in the new 2010 year. May you have a Happy New Year. We also are praying for you all, realizing

    that we need each other to fulfill our Heavenly Father’s will at places where he put us to serve Him.

    His will is to save the lost, heal the sick, bring deliverance to those who are bondage, preach the Gospel and

    share the Good News with people. We believe that this year is another year of preparation for the Church for

    the coming of Yeshua. In these days, the Lord is calling us to get closer to Him to hear His voice and get

    filled with Holy Spirit every day and walk in obedience to His will.

          In the month of December’09 we witnessed to more than 100 people. I met one Jewish woman in the

     street whom I witnessed to before. I witnessed to her again. She said that I am an evil person because I

     cursed her before. I asked “How did I curse you?” She answered me that she doesn’t remember. I said

     maybe I explained her that Yeshua is the only way to be saved and nobody can see life without Him? She

     said:” Exactly”. I underlined that I can repeat the same thing again because this is the Truth of the Bible, that

     nobody can see life, without Jesus. For Jews or for not Jews, we have only one name under the heaven

     through whom we can be saved. The woman sat in the car and drove away.

         I met a Russian speaking Israeli who took  all materials from me. A family from  Uzbekistan also got

     materials from me. One lady whom I met in the street asked me to pray for her salvation. One of the Russian

     famous doctors in our Russian Jewish community whom I’ve known for many years told me that he is

     Jewish and he wants to stay away from Jesus. Another Jewish person who always says bad words to me

     called me this time again a betrayer.

          In the Strongsville mall I met A. who lives in Israel and speaks Russian. She was very open to receive the

     witness. She took from me 2 Bibles, one for her and one for her parents. They immigrated to Israel 20 years

     ago from Russia. Please pray for her because I mentioned to her about Messianic Congregation in her city in

     Israel. Another young Israeli M. didn’t want to take from me Holy Scriptures.

          In Beachwood mall, I met one young Muslim lady from Lebanon. I had an opportunity to witness to her

    and give the Bible in Arabic. While I spoke with her someone touched my shoulder. I saw the young man who

    told me that he is Lebanese too, and the lady works for him. He said that I am doing problems by speaking

    with his worker about Jesus. I saw the cross on the chain of this man. I said to him that he should be

    encouraged as a Christian that his Muslim worker received a Bible. The man answered me that he doesn’t

    care about Christianity or Islam religions, he cares only for the money. After that his brother came to me and

    said that all Christian literature that I gave to him he threw away to the garbage. These Lebanese guys were

    very angry. I felt that something bad is going to happen if I stay, and I decided to leave. They called me bad

    words, but I just prayed to the Lord.

          Please continue to pray for my family, especially for my oldest son.

           If God leads you to start or continue to help us financially, please send your donation to the Beth-El

      Messianic Congregation, P.O. Box 360165, Cleveland, OH 44136.

           Please pray to the Lord for guidance to start or continue to help us as partners with the ministry. Thank

     you for your help. All donations are tax deductible. You’ll receive your receipts for 2009 in the middle of

     February.

          If you know someone or if you know churches who may be interested in this ministry, would you share

     with them about us? We are praying for more faithful supporters of the ministry as we need prayer and

     financial help to continue to reach lost souls for our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

          May the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel bless you.

          In Lord-Messiah Yeshua, Beth-El Messianic Ministries and Pastor Igor, your missionary.

          Shalom.