China has changed. They say that there are now as many billionaires in China as there are in the United States. I am now in China and the first people that I met here were two very intelligent Chinese women who had given their lives to the Lord and have brought their whole family to the Lord. The interesting thing in this story is that they both accomplished this task on their own with only God as their helper. It would be presumptuous after one day in China to say that I see revival here, but it is not at all presumptuous to say that I see God at work here. I am in a very beautiful hotel that would be given 5 star deluxe status in Europe and it seems like so many of the young hotel workers are interested to hear about Yeshua. Today I shall start a two day seminar dealing with the Restoration of the ancient paths. Yesterday I was on the Island of Maccau and there too there was a group of mainly young people some who speak Portuguese and a few Brazilians who had been following Netivyah’s work in Brazil and have been reading and hearing Netivyah’s teaching on the Internet. We have been given by God end-time tools to reach the World with the Good News, not Religious news, but life skill, better life, and greater joy tools, that can change us and change the world. This is the Good News a better life that Yeshua as a teacher, as a savior, and as a ruler and King of the World can give us and every man who will follow Him.

I have good news that is bad news for some! We have totally run out of commentaries on Jewish Roots of the book of Acts. We don’t have any commentaries left. The last ones have arrived in Hong Kong for the four day seminar that will start on Sabbath, but in Jerusalem there are none left. We are going to have to reprint and we have started negotiation for this project. Those of you who have the commentary and are enjoying it please make a contribution to Netivyah so that we can re-print it and give a chance to others to enjoy this good commentary on Acts of the Apostles from a Jewish historical point of view.

In Israel the good news is that the person who bombed a year and a half ago the Ortiz family home and almost killed Ami their son has been arrested. He is an American born ex-marine who has become Orthodox and is living in a radical settlement in Samaria. He is a father of four children in his late 30’s and he has been hearing the teaching of some radical Jewish Orthodox Rabbis who have been preaching and teaching the same false doctrines that a person can kill and harm those who are not in full agreement with the radical extreme and hateful religious views. This is the same phenomenon as the radical Islamic preachers who have pumped people like Major Nidal who went on a killing rampage in Fort Hood Texas last week. This shows to me the great power that teachers and preachers have in the words that come out of their mouth. The most powerful influence in the world is also the most available power to all, both poor and rich, educated and ignorant, man and woman, is the Word that comes out of our mouth. As disciples of Yeshua we need to understand that God was wise in delivering His most important and powerful force in the Universe with a Word! Let us understand and be wise and be smart on “how” and “what” and “when” we use His Word. Please pray for me and pray for yourself in the way that we use our word and above all how we use His “Word.”

Marcia is in Tennessee with her family. Please keep her in your prayers and pray for Marcia’s mother and her health.

All the workers of Netivyah need your prayers, Udi and Shaul, and Beth, Hannah, Ludmila, Nancy, Miriam, and Yuda. Things are very busy and we have so much to do and a very limited strength and talent to do it. Everyone in the Netivyah office invests into the Lord and His Kingdom much more than possible under the circumstances. We have not given a raise or a holiday gift to the workers of Netivyah for several years. We need to pray for those wonderful people and see if we can be blessed by God so that we can in January 2010 give our great staff at least some financial raise.

Please continue to pray for our sick brothers and sisters in Jerusalem. We have several 85 year old members of our congregation and all of them need prayers for better health: Ahuva needs to be able to hear better and we need to find someone to volunteer to live with her and take care of this wonderful pioneer in the Lord’s work for Israel. We have Lea and Ilana and Sara and Zvi and David and Miriam and Ludmila all wonderful brothers and sisters who need God’s gracious and healing hand to touch them. In the United States we have another pioneer in the Lord’s work in Netivyah and that is Ruby who has been and is suffering chronic pain and disability and in Brazil we have a young man named Paulo and in Japan we have two wonderful older people who are suffering serious illness, Kemi San, and Mr. Ishiida. Please lift all those wonderful people and all those whom you know personally in your own circles and pray for the Lord to show mercy and healing for these fine brothers and sisters.

Keep the Soup-Kitchen and the Building project and the situation with our books that need to be re-printed and my travel and success in sharing the Word of God in your prayers. Please also pray for my wife Marcia and for my children, Barry, Beth, Joseph, Danah and Noaam, in your prayers for God’s blessing and healing and safety over my family.

God bless you all and make His face to shine upon you both in Summer and Winter,

Joseph Shulam