For many believers, Passover is something we read about in the Scriptures, but has little to do with our way of life.  For those living in Israel, Passover is a highly-celebrated holiday, similar to the American Thanksgiving.  It’s a time to gather with friends and family, hand out gifts and share with those in need.

Tents of Mercy is one of the ministries that Patricia King & XP Missions supports on a monthly basis and they recently shared how they helped to celebrate this pivotal holiday with those they serve among.

They gathered 250 people, most of them living in poverty, both Jews & Christians, Israelis and Palestinians – a wonderful unity among them all.  They ate, sang songs, laughed and played.  They also distributed food to the poor and shared what they had with these people.

Marty Shroud, the leader of this organization, says it best:

“To lend a hand and be a blessing to those in need in the name of Yeshua is a great privilege. Following in the tradition of Jewish Passover, charity provides an occasion to shine our light and affirm our place within the community.  As a local Messianic Israeli organization, Tents of Mercy stands within the community. We are not those helping from outside – we are friends and neighbors joining others to make our community a happier and more prosperous place.”

The month of May is an exciting month for those of us involved in XP Missions, as we host three weeks of outreach schools, two weeks in Cambodia and one week in Poipet.

We’re convinced that the Lord brings us the best people to share these short-term missions trips with – people full of faith, full of Jesus’ love, and just plain fun!  They come from around the world and some weeks, we’ve had up to 9 nations represented, all carriers of God’s life and His glory.

Time is spent in prayer and worship, then serving the local people in a variety of ways – distributing food to the poor, praying for the sick, prayer walking the border towns where trafficking is rampant, playing with the children & sharing Jesus with both words and action.

Please pray for our times of outreach through these weeks, that the Lord would show up powerfully:

• May 13-19  Popiet, Cambodia
• May 20-26  Popiet, Cambodia
• May 27-June 2  Pattaya, Thailand

Even though our schools in May are now full, please pray about joining us for future schools by visiting www.xpmissions.com. You may also listen to Andrea, our worker in Cambodia, share about the Go Call:    http://www.xpmedia.com/jc3Ey9SvWKLy

We are called to PRAY and to GO!!!

Children caught in the ravages of internal war are the greatest victims.  They learn to live in fear, violence, and fight a constant battle just to survive.  Sometimes it’s drug cartels they get abducted for, other times it’s for political reasons, but no matter the cause, they remain a victim of terror.

Divine Inheritance is an amazing organization that works to help save these children from their current conditions and place them in homes, where they can receive a normal life of a child.  There are homes throughout Southeast Asia, but they often cannot refer to specific locations, due to security reasons and fear of recrimination from the existing factions of soldiers and/or drug lords.

The children attend school and learn basic life skills, such as help to plant and maintain gardens for their food, and even get to participate in a simple sport like soccer (football to them!).  Simple activities that many take for granted in the West, but are a rare treat for these abused children.

Click here to read an interview with a former child soldier.

Please pray for these children, along with the dedicated people that often place themselves at risk to rescue and care for these children!

Patricia King and XP Missions are thrilled with what God is doing over in Mozambique through her good friends, Heidi & Rolland Baker and the IRIS team.  People are getting healed, saved, fed & clothed, educated and given life and hope in so many areas. One IRIS project that we sponsor on a monthly basis is the Meize Village, run by Don & Elizabeth Kantel.  So many lives of impoverished children are being impacted and only heaven will fully be able to account for all the lives that have been changed!

One recent activity is the opening of the new Learning Center there – this multi-purpose building has been equipped with computers, and the children of all ages are now learning how to use them. Imagine the delight of a child that has been raised in abject poverty, living in a mud hut without electricity and then now being able to learn how to use a computer!  This will assist in their learning, as well as equip & prepare them for future jobs.

Two new teachers have been hired for the Learning Center children, and this place has also become where they receive their meals and one of the skills they’re also acquiring is to learn to properly use cutlery!

For those of us in the West, we cannot imagine how far these precious children have come from their previous lives.  And it’s all because of the prayers and support of people around the world, people just like YOU!

To learn more about Iris & Meize Village, please visit this page: http://www.irismin.org/mieze-village/home.

Should you wish to contribute to this project through XP Missions, please visit www.xpmissions.com

XP Missions has a full-time worker living in Cambodia, whose heart is filled with passion and compassion for the Cambodian people.  Andrea Aasen is an amazing woman, filled with the joy and love of Jesus, and is building relationship with many of the local people, including some women in the brothels.

The first video below shares a powerful story of how simple acts of kindness and friendship have opened up the door for Jesus’ love to powerfully impact these women that have been hidden in a very dark place:

A POWERFUL BROTHEL TESTIMONY

This next video by Andrea is another powerful testimony of the healing love of God towards a young man, in a TB/HIV clinic, that they had the opportunity to pray for and that was touched and healed.  The love of Jesus is so amazing!

JESUS HEALS

If you’re interested in visiting Cambodia with Andrea and our XP team, visit www.xpmissions.com and check out our next outreach school and other opportunities to sow and serve in Cambodia!