On Saturday, 8-29-26 my team was evangelizing at the Oakland County Farmers\' Market.  It\'s a great place to witness and we had many opportunities to pray with people, both Catholic and non-Catholic.  On this particular day one contact stands out for me.  A Jewish man approached our table.  I asked if he was a Christian.  He said \"No, I\'m Jewish.  I\'m just interested in what you\'re doing here.\"  I said that\'s wonderful.  You guys gave us the Old Testament.  I asked if I could read a passage from the Old Testament to him.  He said \"Sure.  \"I read the entire chapter of Isaiah 53.  He listened intently.  I said that\'s a perfect description of Jesus and what he did for us.  I then asked if I could read Psalm 22, which is a graphic description of the crucifixion of Jesus.  But at the time it was written crucifixion wasn\'t even known as a form of capital punishment.  Crucifixion was introduced much later by the Romans.  He said, \"No.  You\'ve given me a lot to think about already.\"  I urged him to take the time to read Psalm 22 on his own.  He then mentioned the story of Abraham and Isaac.  He asked if I was familiar with that.  I said you mean the story of how Abraham was told to sacrifice his son?  He said yes.  He said it\'s read in the synagogue every year but he really couldn\'t understand it.  He couldn\'t understand why God would ask that of Abraham or how a man could be willing to sacrifice his own son.  I said as Christians we see that as a type or symbol of what God would have to do for us.  He would have to sacrifice his only son for our salvation.  He gave Abraham credit for his faithfulness and willingness to do this.  But he stopped him before he had to do it.  But God would make that sacrifice for us.  I mentioned to the man that the Catholic Church has incorporated much of the Old Testament worship services into our liturgy.  We have the altar, the priest vestments, the tabernacle, the table of instruments, the candles, incense, the washing of hands etc.  But the sacrifice we offer is the perfect sacrifice of the body and blood of Jesus.  He said he\'d actually been to a couple Catholic services and he noticed the similarities.  I also mentioned that there\'s a Messianic Jewish congregation nearby that recognizes Jesus as the Messiah.  

It was a great conversation.  It seemed like this man was really open to the truth.  I believe the Lord is drawing him to Christianity and possibly Catholicism.  His name is Alex if you\'d like to mention him in your prayers.

My team has been evangelizing from the beginning at the Matchan Nutrition Center (usually the second Tuesday of the month at 10:30 AM).  But this year God opened the door for us to also evangelize once a month (usually the 3rd Saturday) at the Oakland County Farmers market in a prominent location by the entrance.  It\'s been a great blessing.  Even for those who don\'t stop at our table, our mere presence there is a witness.