SUNDAY MORNING- This week if I start the meetings back up [I might wait one more week] all I will do is overview my month in North Bergen- and try and tell the most interesting stuff.

On the trip I made comments on the pictures- so some of you might be familiar when I re-tell.

Ok- one of the verses [actually a few] that these past few years I felt were significant about the teaching/outreach ministry deals with the ‘Princes of Abraham’.

In the bible Abraham had kids- The first 2 were Ishmael and Isaac.

Ishmael is the father of the Arab [many are Muslim] people- and Isaac is the head of the Jewish people [and according to the apostle Paul- Christians are the promised seed].

So- in my teaching I try and speak into these 3 groups- Jews- Muslims and Christians.

So- one day at Burger king Abe walked in- he is 99 years old and owns lots of real estate in North Bergen- worth between 50-100 million [Danny told me].

Danny introduced me to Abe- and his sweet wife Regina- who is 97.

Regina would walk up to me and Danny and give us lollipops- it was cute- Danny’s in his 70’s and I’m in my 50’s- but she saw us as kids.

Abe told me his story- he grew up in Poland and met Regina [also from Poland] when she was 5 years old.

Abe fought with the Russians against the Nazi’s during WW2 [called a partisan] and he told me he killed many Nazi’s.

They married in 1945- and came to the U.S. in 1947.

Abe studied in the Yeshiva university in Poland [famous school for Jews who study to be Rabbi’s] he and Regina speak 9 languages- and Abe is well versed in the Torah [the Christian Old Testament].

Danny told Abe I was a street preacher- and Abe mentioned some stories from the Torah.

He talked about Hamman- and I went on and told the story that we find in the book of Esther.

Hamman [I have not read it in years- so bear with me] was a persecutor of the Jews- and hatched a plan to execute them- on a gallows.

Esther was one of the wives of the king- and she was also a Jew- but no one knew [like Regina- she owned a grocery store in Poland during the war- she provided food for the Catholic church- and was saved from the Nazi’s by pretending to be Christian].

So- Hamman built the gallows- hatched a plan to kill the Jews- but Mordechai- a relative of queen Esther- said to her ‘who knows if you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this’.

He prodded Esther to reveal her true identity to the king- and to stick up for her people.

She tells the king the plot of Hamman- and the tables turn- and Hamman himself is hung on the very gallows he built to kill the Jews.

Now- as I told the story off the cuff [like jus now] Abe realized I did know the Torah.

I did this with a few other names/events he mentioned form his years of study.

Abe did ask me if I knew any other languages- I told him no- but as a bible teacher I have learned some Hebrew and Greek.

Of course Abe knows Hebrew.

As we talked I tried to think if I can speak any Hebrew words- sure enough I told Abe ‘I know a few words of Hebrew’.

I asked Abe ‘What does Yeshua Hamishia mean’?

Abe told me- it means ‘when salvation/freedom comes- he will be on a White horse’.

I told Abe that Yeshua- or Joshua- in Hebrew means Jesus in Greek [The New Testament was written in Greek].

So the same name is Jesus for Christians.

The translation I gave is ‘Jesus is the Christ’.

Now- I don’t know if anyone ever told Abe this- it’s one of the main points a Christian would share with a Jewish friend.

I talked a little more about Isaiah 53- which is a key chapter as well- it is in the Jewish bible- and is the most clear prophecy about Jesus.

As Abe walked away- he came back to my table [in the Burger King- which he owns the property].

And he walked up to my table [he can do what he wants- he and his family never pay for food when they eat here].

And he sang- in Hebrew- a Jewish blessing over me.

The bible says if you give a cup of water to a prophet- you get a reward.

In a way Abe received the words I spoke- he gave ‘a cup of water’ [the blessing] to someone who testified to him about the Christ- from his own Torah.

[The bible says in the book of Revelation ‘the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy’].

SUNDAY AFTERNOON-

 Ok- Today I saw Cameron for the first time since I’ve been back- I met Cameron at our halfway house about 2 years ago.

He’s ‘one of my disciples’ [that’s what he said to my Muslim friend who came around looking for me this month].

Now- he has been in my meetings this year [by the way- I committed to do the meetings- for one year- it was an experiment of sorts- and actually went much better than I thought it would- I’ll talk more about it later].

So- when Cameron left our halfway house 2 years ago- the next day I went by- and saw he had my old fire dept. bible open [I donated it to our halfway house] and it was funny- he had it open and I saw he was reading the psalms- with all the notes I made in it years earlier].

So- Cameron has been texting me when I was in North Bergen- telling me his landscaping business is booming- and he has all types of accounts- making good money.

To be honest- I thought the kid might have been trying to make me feel good being I was gone [he’s like an adopted son of sorts].

So- today he showed me all that’s going on and sure enough- he was telling the truth.

Now- I had a guy- Mason- cut a tree for me a few months back.

I told the story- he was also one of the guys that sat in my meeting at another halfway house.

So- he said he cut trees- and I had him do mine.

He knows his stuff- but uses [drugs].

So- he never finished the job- I decided to pay him anyway- and he came back a few days later with his partners.

He never told them I paid him- and we got into it.

 I made up with Mason and he sat in my meetings again [my ‘fellowship’ is real- some of the guys have gotten into it with me- or I them- and later we make up- very real stuff].

So- Mason has joined with Cameron and they are making good money.

As we left church- Mason was carrying- you guessed it- that same fire dept. bible. [By the way- they never met before- I knew them both- but they never knew each other- Mason ran into Cameron on the street when I was gone- and that’s how they hooked up]

Cameron gave it to him [see the pics- all the pics I’m posting on Facebook relate to these posts].

One of the many verses God gave me while in New Jersey was ‘Isaiah 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

 God requires of us to hear him daily- to be open to change and new things- conversion is not only a static event [one time thing] but an ongoing process.

I’m glad I stuck with the kid- and made up with Mason- they are a good team.

SUNDAY NIGHT-

Just got back from the beach baptism- I didn’t baptize- but went to a Rock City Church baptism.

We had a good time- the pastor- David- is a great guy. I’ve talked with him- shared prophetic stuff- he wants me to fit in more- I’m just supporting him in a way- being pastors need men who have a background in stuff. So I think that’s my purpose at this time.

I sat at one of the picnic tables- there are lots of people at a function like this who know stuff about the bible.

Sometimes when people see me smoking and stuff- they think I might be someone in need- that’s ok.

A lady came by- she writes- I gave her my card and talked a bit.

I shared some stuff with the pastor- he thanked me.

Then there were 2 ladies who sat by me- as we talked it turned into about a 30 minute meeting.

One of them said ‘I wish I could quote the bible like that’- I told them that I’ve been doing this for many years- and it comes over time.

They did know the bible- and were sincere Christians.

One of the girls realized she could learn stuff that she has questions about.

I did a teaching [spur of the moment] on whether or not Christians should obey the Kosher food laws of the bible.

I did a history of when God first allowed man to eat meat [after the flood] the various verses in Corinthians and Romans about the issue.

Many good Christians have questions on this.

I quoted a lot- gave some background- in the end I said it’s a mater of grace- your allowed to eat whatever- but some choose to be vegetarians- and that’s ok.

It was funny- I never planned on doing a meeting type thing at the baptism- but it worked out well.

On the way to the island I saw Austin for the first time.

Austin is an Afghanistan vet- who out of all the kids I work with- he’s in the most trouble [that’s his nick name].

I just asked Cameron earlier in the day how he was doing.

He told me bad- he got beat up in the face with a bat when I was gone- they disfigured him- for life.

He said you wouldn’t even recognize him.

Austin got stabbed before I left Texas on this last trip.

I remember the guy who stabbed him [who I know] as acting strange that day- outside the mission.

I asked him ‘how you doing’- he looked at me- I could tell he was ready to do something.

He said ‘what did you say’.

I replied ‘I asked how you were doing Bryan’.

He looked at me and said ‘blessed’.  A few minutes later he stabbed Austin- it made the news that night.

I recognized Austin as he crossed the street- and yeah- he looks different.

I noticed he took off his sunglasses for a 2^nd- and put them on fast.

He didn’t see me- and I was on the way to the island.

I’ll try and cover a few more things this week- sort of like journaling.

As of now- I think I will wait before I re-start the meetings- I do enjoy them- but I feel I should wait.

It’s not easy for me to not be busy- so I’ll have to try and settle down some.

Ok- enjoy this update- I might do 1 or 2 more and that should be it.

http://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/black-sabbath-2014.zip [Black Sabbath drive- to My North Bergen friends- this video is a drive I took with Cheech in the old town- you can see 91^st street and stuff- for those who moved out of the area long ago- you might like it- I did mention some names of the old friends from the area as I passed your house’s- see who you are!]

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