Beit Immanuel Newsletter
Nisan 5769
 April 2009
The Awesome Aussies
For many Jewish people the term Goyim (gentiles in Hebrew) is a bad word. But not here at Beit Immanuel!  We were so blessed this month by the service of Joy and Allen Stiles and their group from Australia. Together weFeeding the multitudes worked, prayed, worshipped, laughed and traveled around the country and built new friendships for life.
God's Army
Sar-El is an organization that sends Gentile volunteers to serve in the Israeli army. Through the years many of these amazing people enjoy staying and worshipping with us at Beit Immanuel. This month a group from Canada presented a special gift of appreciation to Beit Immanuel. For info click:
Sar-el Volunteers for Israel
  Comfort my People
Our beloved friend Gabi Albert from East Germany  was with us again for a significant time of sharing God's love and comfort amongst our women and the home group members of our congregation.
Youth outreach to Surinam
We are taking our youth group this July to Surinam a poor nation in South America. These 16-year-olds are going to serve amongst the poor and build relationships with youth there. We are looking for sponsors to help cover costs for the flights for these wonderful young people who are so excited about going overseas to share their faith and good works with the people of another nation. Each ticket costs $1340 and if you would like to help sponsor one of our young people please write me at:
david@beitimmanuel.org
We thank God for the number of Arab and Jewish people who committed their lives to Israel's Messiah Yeshua by ritual immersion this month.

 Immersionon on the banks of the Sea of Galilee
There is joy in heaven when....
A whole new group of young people have come to faith in the Messiah of Israel here at Beit Immanuel recently. They are now also being prepared for immersion. A number of them are ex-drug addicts and former criminals.

For your information and prayers, there are now approximately 70 Arab and 150 Jewish congregations in Israel today....and counting.... .

A Chinese Passover
Michaella and I shared Passover again with Chinese Passover Seder the Chinese people of Hong Kong this year. What a privilege to teach the ancient Jewish traditions to a people who truly appreciate God-given cultural heritage. Our dear friend Gloria Mok did a great job of organizing this annual event.  I also taught while Michaella gave flute concerts of Hebrew music in a number of venues around this bustling city of 11 million people.
Messianic Muslims?
In the poorer neighborhoods of Hong Kong there are manyMuslims dance the hora! Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal. Here they are dancing a Hora to Hava Nagila at an outdoor Passover Festival we organized. Many of them also took their first steps in committing their lives to the Jewish Messiah. They are now being trained in their new faith and studying the Bible in Chinese congregations in Hong Kong.