My blessed week: the Muslim and the Jew

I'm Hap-hap happy! and here's why...

Part 1: the Jew
An old friend of mums, whose daughter went to school with my younger brother, dropped by today. I went to a new gymn this morning and she was there so I told her to swing by and say hi to mum, but as it turn out Mum was just leaving when I got home.
This lady, N. is not a close friend, but someone we see every couple of years.
Last August she dropped by when my father passed away and we started chatting about religion.
I should mention that N is jewish and her father is a holocaust survivor. Her aunty wrote a book about being a child in Bergen-Belsen a german cncentration camp and ironically one that my grandfather accompanied the army to liberate.
Anyway N. was saying how her studies of the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah and Jesus were interesting. She said how the rabi and people at synagogue dislike discussing certain verses and their dismissive explanations did not satisfy her. She is able to read Hebrew, so she can study scripture in the original language. She believed they confirmed Jesus was the Messsiah, died on the cross and was resurrected.
At that point she had never heard the term 'messianic jew' and I explained that it referred to Jews who believe Jesus is the messiah, rather than calling them christians, it allowed them to retain their jewish identity.
As usual she dropped out of contact until I saw her today! When she called in only an hour ago, although Mama wasn't home, she stopped by for little while, and announced that she had been baptised and is now a messianic Jew!!
Praise God!!

Part 2: the Muslim
I originally just wanted to share my excitement over N, but then I realised a second part to this would be H! Just over a week ago my saudi friend, 'George' rang me to say that another saudi (a student) had become Christian!
George, his wife and 3 children are saudi arabian and Christian! George converted whilst in Saudi Arabia and fled after being persecuted. His wife decided to accompany him, in the hope she could lead him back to Islam, but ended up accepting Christ herself.
They and H. are coming for dinner on Saturday, so my family and I will get to hear his story, and the next day we are going to his baptism.


So in just over a week I have seen a (saudi) muslim and a jew come to Christ! It is amazing how God works! Hallelujah!

Secondly, please please pray for both of them:

H - Will be sure to encounter opposition from friends and family, especially when he returns to Saudi. It will be very dangerous. He is also having visa problems, please pray he is able to continue studies here, the saudi government may also try and prevent this.Pray for continued spiritual growth and faith in the face of persecution.

N- To continue to grow in faith and understanding, to have a strong, personal relationship with God. She has not yet told any of her family, and doesn't know how to tell them, especially those who are holocaust survivors, such as her aunty. They are likely to view it as a betrayal to the jewish people and to family members who died in the Holocaust. Pray for guidance.