Prison Ministry update 23/11/2011
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Update 23th of November 2011
Amazing News!!!
John Nester our prisoner who co-ordinates our visits, meeting from within the prison had now got his BA in biblical theology He has done a 4 year course in 4 months often working in the early hours of the morning. The course was done through correspondence from Romania!
The reason for doing this course is that now the Israeli authorities recognize his qualification and are giving him permission to hold official bible courses from within the prison! Already 96 prisoners have signed up for the course he will be teaching.
Please continue to support as we buy phone cards, provide basic needs and broadcast our meetings live to the prison from the Old City
Update 25th of October 2011
We continue to broadcast our Sunday night meetings into the prison. The visiting is continuing plus bibles and book being sent. I Netanel am witnessing to a American Jewish prisoner by the name of Eddie who is reading the New Testament. I hope to visit him personally soon.
Update 7th of August 2011
Here are details of recent help given. We are unable to keep up with it all.All these men whom have received help have no family in Israel to help or visit them. We are their only help.
Phone cards
- Gave a Bible to Lyn Lyn a new Chinese prisoner , He found his wife cheating on him and murdered her. He has come to faith
- Nickolai Bruner, a young man, sentenced to 999 years prison, he knows he will never come out. Has come to faith, his Father is sick and to old to travel. A phone card to phone his father.
- Andrash Laslov, Hungarian, he was released and flew back to Hungary. He arrived in Europe and needed a phone card to send to his family
- Keda Maxim life murder 20 years phone card to calll his family
- Ariel poltorac , 25, afraid to go out Ukraine, 1 and a month
We are visiting on Friday August the 12th. Also we plan to visit the womans prison and the mens prison in Beer Sheva
Visit Friday, December 23. Four volunteers from Christ Church went with me. God has answered many of our prayers with regards to the prison ministry, and I want to share with you some of the miraculous ways in which Yeshua is operating among the prisoners.
Answered prayer:
Sergei Golden, age 40, is being released from prison, and we have found accommodation for him! This is a miracle because Sergei is sick with HIV and has gangrene in his leg, and no one wanted him. After much prayer and searching, a man named Sanker is taking him into his home. Sergei was a drug addict who has come to faith in Yeshua and was baptized in prison. Some of the fruits of his commitment to Yeshua include sharing precious food rations with other prisoners and putting others needs above his own and, more importantly, he has drastically decreased his dependence on Methadone which has astounded the prison doctors.
Please pray for Sergei's total healing of HIV, gangrene, and deliverance from Methadone. As soon as he is released from prison, we can take a photo of him to send you. No photos are allowed in prison!
John Nister, a remarkably gracious and humble man, is leading the revival in prison. He has been an awesome example to me. For weeks, whenever a prisoner lacked a towel for the shower, he gave his towel and was drying himself with a floor mop after showers. He also gave his coat to another prisoner.
More answer to prayer:
Please pray that the arrangements for the course go smoothly and that there are no obstacles or delays from the Canadian Law and the Israeli prison authorities. John is also suffering from cancer. He hardly ever speaks about it as tends to be focused on the needs of others. Pray for him to be miraculously and speedily healed of this affliction. Nothing is too hard for God.
Provision for prisoners:
We provided Sergei Golden with 2,300 shekels for rent, and we provided John Nister 1,000 shekels for a heater and winter clothes. We have provided phone cards for prisoners for the last two months at 1,000 shekels. In addition, we have sent Bibles, concordances, and DVDs into the prison. Prisoners have very little money, and they are required to buy their own shampoo, shavers, soap, clothes, heaters, etc. and we would like to help them.
Immediate needs:
The prisoners listen to live sermons from Messianic congregations in Israel every week. The cost is 300 shekels a month for each translation in Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian, totaling 900 shekels a month. We also need phone cards so we can encourage and disciple them individually during the week. This runs another 1,000 shekels a month.
