Your Mission Report: June 2026
“Four-Hour Visit Ends with a Life-Changing YES!”
When our missionary suffered a fractured ankle and had surgery, she was stuck at home, first confined to a wheelchair and then slowly learning to navigate life on crutches. Rather than being a time of isolation, it became something unexpected—a fruitful season of prayer and witness, as friends came regularly to visit.
One of those visitors was Monica,* a Jewish friend. She came once and stayed for four hours. It was clear she was carrying a heavy burden. Her only son was dating a Muslim girl who wore a burka. The young woman was by all accounts good, respectful, and kind—and yet Monica was in anguish. For Jewish families, faith and heritage run deep, and the implications of this relationship felt overwhelming to her.
She wept, desperate for advice and some kind of hope.
Her homebound host shared the story of Abraham and the chosen people, speaking gently about the importance of true, saving faith in the Messiah. Monica kept returning to the same cry: “My only son! What shall I do?” It was late in the evening when the conversation finally arrived at its most important moment . . .
She was asked directly: “Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins and was raised from the dead?”
Her answer was, “Yes!” Monica went home that night carrying something new—hope that the Heavenly Father would now hear her prayers.
Pray for her son, Chaim,* her husband, Levi,* and her 95-year-old mother, Ida.* They are all in need of salvation and faith in Jesus.
“So You Believe in Jesus, But What Does That Mean?”
It was the kind of question that opens a door.
Over the past couple of months, God has brought a remarkable gift to the ministry near New York University (NYU): several Jewish students from NYU who have begun regularly dropping by the apartment to hang out, share meals, and engage in honest conversation. Every Friday night, the table fills up, and something genuine seems to happen around it.
Jack* had already been asking good questions. He wanted to know about House of Living Waters, what the ministry does around NYU, and what its mission is. The conversation flowed naturally into an explanation of the work: reaching Jewish students on campus and creating a community where Christian students can explore the Jewish roots of their own faith. Jack listened carefully.
Then came the question that reframed the whole evening: “So you believe in Jesus, but what does that mean? And how is it different from believing in God?”
The answer was honest and direct: it is not so different. In fact, the two go hand in hand. Yeshua (Jesus) is the long-awaited Messiah, the one who came to save the Jewish people and the entire world. That is not a departure from Jewish faith. It is the fulfillment of it.
Jack has now been coming to Shabbat for about three months. Something has shifted in him. He sees something special in these gatherings and in the connection they have to Yeshua.
Please pray for Jack. And pray for our ongoing ministry at NYU and Columbia University—that doors of gospel opportunity among Jewish students will continue to open, one Friday night at a time.
A Week of Divine Encounters
Our short-term mission team was barely out of the car when God began to move.
The Student on the Sidewalk
The first stop was Florida Atlantic University. While still searching for a parking space, the team spotted a student standing on a sidewalk and rolled down the window to ask for directions. One question led naturally to another: “What does your spiritual journey look like?”
The student, visibly surprised, shared that he had become a believer just two months earlier. Our worker immediately recognized that this was no coincidence. God had directed their steps before they had even parked the car. He poured out his entire story—from agnosticism, all the way to faith. It was a remarkable way to begin a day of outreach.
I’m Jewish—Ask Me Anything.
Moving deeper into campus, the team came across an area where students gathered around club tables. One sign stopped them immediately: I’m Jewish—ask me anything.
Armed with a laminated sign bearing Isaiah 53 in both Hebrew and English, the team leader approached the young woman behind the table and asked her to read it and say who she thought the passage was describing. She acknowledged that Christians would say it was Jesus—and with that, a thirty-minute conversation about Jesus and prophecy began.
An Orthodox Jewish friend soon joined in. Before long, a crowd of students had gathered, drawn into the lively and spirited exchange.
Five Years of Patient Presence
What was perhaps the quietest miracle of the week had been building for five years. At the team’s regular hotel, the same five Jewish couples have been vacationing for six weeks each year. It took a couple of years just for them to warm up and figure out who this group of Christians even was.
This year, two of our team members were able to share the gospel openly with these couples. Patient, consistent, and loving presence had finally created the opening. It is a theme that ran through the entire week: availability.
As the apostle Paul wrote, “My heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation” (Romans 10:1). When people make themselves ready and willing, God does the directing—through a student on a sidewalk, a sign on a table, and couples who just needed a little more time.
*Names changed
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