October 06 , 2011 --- Tishrei 08 , 5772.

     Dear Friend in the Messiah,

          Shalom and warmest greetings to you. Thank you very much for your faithful support by your

     prayers and financial giving. It is a privilege for me to write you a letter about the work of the

     Beth-El. Thank you to be a co-laborers and partners together.

         One unknown author said, “For the days are dark and the work is great, and the time is

     slipping away, so whatever we think of doing for God we had better do it today.” I believe that

     Jesus is coming very soon. Maybe for us it is the last opportunity to share the good news to the

     people around. I believe, the best blessing that we can give to the people is to let them know

     about Jesus as a Redeemer and only the way to be saved because without Jesus, there is no

     salvation.

          In the month of September I witnessed to more 100 people. In Philadelphia Streets, I met a

     Turkish young man. He didn’t want to take from me Christian literature, but the Lord blessed me

    to witness to him. After that, he accepted the literature from me. An Israeli family, father and son,

     after my witness to them, didn’t want to continue to speak with me. Another young Orthodox Jew

     listened to my witness, but after he went to his car and started driving. He screamed through his

     window that I have to be ashamed as a Jew to believe in Jesus. An American Jewish family very

     disliked that I shared the Gospel to the Jewish people in the streets. Two Israelites also screamed

    at me together with a Russian-Jewish woman. I came to the Russian Jewish woman who screamed

     at me and I started to speak with her. God calmed her down and then she accepted the literature

    from me. I also met five families from Albania, three people from Poland, people from Italy,

     Georgia, Ukraine, Romania, and two Turkish people. Some Jewish people whom I met asked

    questions about the Messiah and I had an opportunity to answer them. Another Jewish people just

     made jokes on me and Jesus. A Hassidic family listened to me more than ten minutes, but

     unfortunately, they didn’t take anything.

          As I mentioned in my last letter, I had an incident with Police in Buffalo, NY. I witnessed in the

     Buffalo malls within two days during my speaking in churches. First we went to the Galleria mall,

     the biggest mall in Buffalo, NY. I met one Israeli who was very kind to me until he learned that I

     believed in Jesus. At the end after my witness, he angrily told me that I bother him and it is better

     for me to leave. I met two Turkish people who accepted two Bibles. Two young men from

     Azerbaijan also accepted two Bibles. A Pakistani accepted a NT and a Jesus DVD, and a man

     from Bangladesh accepted a DVD Jesus movie. After witnessing in the Galleria mall, we decided

     to go and witness in the Niagara Falls mall. I met two Chinese people who accepted a NT. The

     young Israeli woman, whose parents were born in Morocco, also accepted a Bible from me in

     Hebrew. I witnessed to two Americans as well, and a person from Nepal. After that, I saw that

    Police with the security guard came. The police officer was showed me his badge of the Amherst

     Police Department. He was very angry and spoke with me very aggressively. I told him that we

    do not do any solicitation, we do not stop people. We just speak with the business owners who

    have the kiosk, if they want to speak with us. I don’t see any problems. The police officer asked

    me to get out. I told him that I am an American citizen and he cannot speak with me like this,

   and I asked for his name. After that the police officer became even angrier and took my ID to

    make a report. When he finished, I asked him to give me his pen to write his name for my

    records. The police officer told me that he is not going to give me any pen, and if I want I have to

    search from different people. After that the police officer told me that he is going to arrest me if I

    am not going to leave. I said that he threats me for no reason with an arrest, and he has no rights

    to do it. But they forced us to leave the mall. They followed us and left only when they saw that I

    sat in my car and drove away. This is what happened in the Buffalo, NY.

           Thank you for your prayers about my family. Anbar is a little bit better. Please also pray for

    my second son Emmanuel. He started attend high school and is attacked by evolution concepts

    teachings and freedom of opinions, and that the best way to live is to become an atheist.

          Thank you again so much for your partnership with us. Please remember that we need very

     much you prayer and financial support to continue the work. 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.

       In the Lord-Messiah Yeshua, BethEl Russian Messianic Ministries and bro. Igor.