Personal Note

Shalom! Many thanks for your prayers; Rich was able to finish his PhD dissertation, and it was approved in time to graduate last May. He had been working on it in his spare time (Which really was not a lot of time!) for the past six years. But God is good and He gets the glory. Rich is definitely not getting used to being called a “doctor,” but it has been a humbling experience.

Summer is upon us, and we have had 105-degree weather for a while now. The family is doing wonderful in the Lord. Awanas finished another school year, our summer schedule is pretty much set, and God has blessed our ministry!

Passover Seder 2010

Beth Yeshua had our annual Passover Seder in which God blessed tremendously. Our capacity is normally 130, but God overfilled our cup to 140 participants. We had some unsaved Jewish people in attendance and eight people received Jesus that night at the salvation call.

Veterans’ Home

Rich performed an abbreviated Passover Seder for the veterans’ home in Boulder City. We had 50 in attendance with at least six unsaved Jewish people. No one accepted Yeshua as far as we know but all heard the Good News message. Many of the Jewish people said they liked the Seder. The veterans’ home was very open to having a messianic Seder for the veterans. They even advertised it that way to all their clients.

Michael’s Salvation

We received an email from a long-time supporter, “Stephanie,” who attended our Passover Seder in 2009 with her unsaved Jewish husband “Michael.” Michael heard the Good News message in a clear, concise Jewish way, and attended a bible study with Stephanie for quite some time. He finally answered an altar call this past Resurrection Day at their church. We were so excited to receive this email and praised the Lord for his salvation and that God used us as a link in Michael’s chain of salvation!

Homeschool Network Group

Rich was invited to substitute teach a Christian homeschool teenage group that was studying apologetics. Rich taught 15 Christian teenagers on “How to Witness to the Jewish People.” It was quite amazing that most of the students listened and took notes. Some were very appreciative for the teaching! We pray that God would bless each one with opportunities to reach their Jewish friends.

UNLV Outreach

The UNLV campus outreach screeched to a halt in May, but not without some salvations. God blessed us this semester with a new volunteer who led a young man to the Lord on his first campus outreach! Rich also led a student named “Leo” to the Lord on our last day of evangelizing. Leo attended a Christian church in Las Vegas most of his life, but had never given himself to the Lord. He was ripe for the plucking and joyfully received Jesus after hearing the Gospel.

This school year we reached our goal of spreading the Good News through tracts. Praise the Lord that we were able to distribute more than 20,600 tracts to students, faculty, workers, and anyone on campus who would take one!

Flag Football

Rich coached Isaak’s flag-football team this past spring. The Lord put it on Rich’s heart to make playing football more meaningful for the children and the adults. So he minimally required that parents and children accept a Christian theme. We chose to be the NY Giants, and our motto was “Giants for Jesus.”

The idea was that we would glorify and honor God through our playing, and not focus on the worldly “must win at all costs” mindset. We would pray before, during, and after practices and games. Before the games, our team would huddle up and yell, “Giants for Jesus,” so everyone would know what our team was all about. God truly blessed us with miraculous events during the season where the children knew that God was the only one who could have performed them! We actually made it to the championship game, but finished in second place.

A few days before the championship game, Rich shared the Gospel with the boys and five of the nine players received Jesus right there on our practice field. Rich was pretty shocked because he thought most of the boys were already saved. Although they knew of Jesus, they just were not presented the Gospel in a way they could totally grasp. They were eager to receive Jesus once they understood it—praise the Lord!

Skip

For years we have been a quiet witness to Skip, our children’s after-school coordinator for gymnastics, basketball, and football. He grew up Catholic and believed in Jesus, but never made a profession of faith. The community school was making many cuts, and he was looking at losing his job. It was at this difficult time in his life where Oanh was able to share about Jesus and His love for Skip.

Skip was ready to receive Jesus and joyfully did! Afterward, he said we were his favorite customers over the years. We were just glad to help him see the light of the Lord. Please pray for Skip as he is now experiencing a new challenge to finish his bachelor’s degree at UNLV. Who knows, maybe he will become a volunteer to witness to the Jewish people on campus?

Salvation Update

Since the previous issue of Rich’s Reporter, 38 people received Jesus as their Lord and Savior through our ministry. In 10 years of ministering in Las Vegas as CJFM missionaries, we have led a total of 683 souls (including 51 Jewish people) to the Lord. We praise the Lord for using us to His Glory!

Please Pray for . . .

• God to continue to bless and open more doors of opportunity for each of our outreaches: Beth Yeshua, UNLV, mall, speaking in churches, and one-on-one referrals.
• Even more volunteers for our UNLV and mall outreaches this summer.
• God’s revival in Las Vegas and on the UNLV campus.

Thanks from the Hill Family

You are greatly appreciated! Without your prayers and financial support, we would be unable to continue as missionaries to the 80,000 Jewish people in Las Vegas. We praise God for you and thank you for your love and commitment!

If our ministry has blessed you, then please consider joining us as consistent financial partners. We need your help! Thank you, and may the Lord continue to bless you with His promise! In Gen. 12:3, God said to Abram, “And I will bless those who bless you.”

In Messiah’s love,

Rich & Oanh