Often they are invited into homes for juice or freshly picked cherries. At one home, three team members receive a whole basket of plump cherries. During the week, one man prays to receive Christ as Savior after going through the tape and materials the team leaves. Local Christian workers among the Druze are delighted with the warm response the Warren team gets and comment that the Druze are more responsive to the Gospel than ever before. They plan extensive follow-up visits and discussions with the many Druze who express interest in the Christian message during the team's weeklong visit.
Prayer is a vital part of the Golan Heights project.
More than 1,000 people support it with prayer. The church prayed for months before adopting the project. Once they did, each member of the team signed up 50 prayer supporters for it. And the team spent their first day in Israel prayerwalking through the villages in which they later would work. He also beams with pride at the maturity and poise his team displays as they hand out materials and share their faith.