Redemption Story in South Tel Aviv

Tiferet Yeshua Congregation

Tel Aviv

South Tel Aviv is Israel’s capitol of homelessness, drugs and prostitution. That’s where I and a team of volunteers go every week – heading out from our soup kitchen to bring warm food, first aid, and the word of hope to those suffering in the depths of hopelessness and darkness. In recent months, many we have ministered to have been very open to receiving prayer and are hungry to hear about the love of God that brings us to the streets to serve them.

It is extremely difficult to break free from the cycle of drug addiction and be accepted into a rehab program, but over the years we have witnessed miraculous stories of people enslaved by drugs and living on the streets set free and given a new chance of life in Yeshua. I would like to share this short testimony from last month, of one such amazing redemption story we have been a part of at Feed Tel Aviv:

There’s a woman we have known for years, who was unfortunately working in prostitution in South Tel Aviv. One day her heart was receptive when our group was ministering. She started talking with us and after a difficult two year process she received Yeshua and was baptized. She’s been attending a Russian speaking congregation in Jaffa (with other believers who serve with us in the soup kitchen). 

What I especially wanted to share with you, is that after two years of being strengthened in the Lord, she accompanied us this week to serve on the streets for the very first time. I said, “Wow.” We thought we would keep her in the soup kitchen, but she insisted on going out with the team. And what a blessing she was! Why? Because even though she hadn’t been there for a long time, many of the women and men still recognized her and said to her, “How have you changed? And how are you now on the side of those who come to bless?” And she recognized people and hugged them. And truly through her, that day’s outreach rose to another level. Because there was the personal aspect and the testimony, and people saw it. All this in the name of Messiah Yeshua!

Thank you for standing with us and actively taking part, whether in prayer or financial support, in our labor of love in the Land of Israel.

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)