Dear Friend in Lord Yeshua!

Shalom and warmest greetings to you. Thank you very much for your prayers and faithful support of this work to reach lost people for The Messiah. We read in Deuteronomy 6:10, 12: “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build.”; “then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”

It seems to me, that the Lord wanted to teach Israelites many things from the His Word. One of them is to have a thankful heart. It happens very often, that in our everyday life we do not count our blessings, but have bitterness inside from different problems. I am praying for you and for me that we will not miss thankfulness to the Lord for everything He is doing in our lives. In the time of Thanksgiving I am grateful, that I have you as my faithful partner and supporter. 

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7).

The thankful heart is so dear to God that He fulfills this promise of inexplicable peace in a matter of seconds, minutes or hours – and continues on for days, weeks, months and years. When teaching Beth-El Congregation that the living God actually, really, truly, honestly, in face works in our own lives to make His principles and promises happen, I have often turned to this Bible passage and encouraged them to pray this way, with thanksgiving. I absolutely know that He will reveal His mercy to us through this.

In October I witnessed to more than 100 people. In Arden mall, Sacramento CA I met one Muslim from India. The man told me that all gods are the same, and whatever people think is true is all right, and there are no differences in all religions. I needed to witness to him that there are big differences. I talked about Jesus, and the man accepted from me a Jesus DVD movie. Another Muslim man from Bangladesh also accepted a Jesus DVD movie. A Buddhist from Vietnam accepted Christian literature, two Israelites accepted NT’s. I met three other Israelites, but only one of them M. accepted NT.

 In the street I had an opportunity to meet one Jordanian Muslim I. After my witnesses he accepted a Jesus DVD movie. In the kiosk I met a lady who told me that she is from Jordan too. She told me that her mother was Jewish who converted to the Muslim religion to marry to her father. I witnessed to the lady and she accepted a Bible from me in Arabic language for her father. In the café I met I. who is a Jewish owner of the place. I witnessed to him and he got from me a NT in Russian.

In the Roseville mall I met five Israelites. Three of them declined to take the Holy Scriptures, but two of them accepted. One of them was a lady who spoke Russian. It was very blessed because she opened her heart to listen about the Good News.  A Muslim lady from Afghanistan didn’t want to listen anything about Jesus who is the Lord, but a Mexican young man accepted a NT. We also witnessed to an American Catholic woman who told us that some things in the Bible are right, but also some things are wrong. She said that she believes in evolution and different ways of salvation. We witnessed to her, but our conversation stopped fast. In the second floor of the same mall, I met three more Israelites. Two of them accepted a Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew. The third man was Jewish from Columbia. His English wasn’t very well, so he gladly gave us his home address, and we already sent him the Hebrew-Spanish NT.

 In the Cleveland streets we had opportunity to witness to more than 40 people. Most of them were Jews, who declined our witnesses.

In the Beachwood mall I met one Russian and one Ukrainian men. Both of them accepted New Testaments. I also witnessed to one man from Italy who said that he attends the Brethren church in Italy, but still has a lot of questions because he is from Catholic background. I witnessed and prayed for Him. Three Israelites whom we met in the Beachwood mall were very aggressive.

 In the Strongsville mall, I met H. who is from Syria. She accepted a Bible in Arabic language.

A group of students from Russia and Ukraine whom I met in the airport during my flight also got witnesses and brochures from me.

Two Tatar Muslim ladies whom I met in the Cleveland airport got witnesses from me. One of them gave me her address in Toledo for the New Testament, and we sent it to her.

 In the last month I had privilege to visit a Jewish man in Parma hospital. His name is B. Please pray for him as he needs trust in the Lord Jesus as the Messiah and Savior. My wife Tatiana also is witnessing to her new friend.

If you remember, I shared with you about my son Rafael who got a complaint from his teacher to stop speaking about Jesus to his friends. Now the principal came to my 9 year old son and told him do not speak about Jesus in the school. Rafael told me that he talked about Jesus only at break time.

 Thank you again for all your help and support of the Beth-El Ministry. Thank you that you as our partners remember us. Without God’s grace and your help, we couldn’t do this ministry. If God leads you to start or continue to help us financially, please send your donations to the Beth-El Messianic Congregation, P.O. Box 360165, Cleveland, OH, 44136. All donations are tax deductible.

May the God of Israel richly bless you and thank you for being our partners.

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday. Shalom.

In The Messiah-Lord Jesus

BethEl Messianic Ministries and Bro.Igor.