How do you respond to the greatest humanitarian crisis of
our century? I’m not sure, but one
Saturday a month is a good place to start.
During this calendar year I have participated with Youth for Christ
Lebanon’s outreach to Syrian Refugee youth by helping their monthly meetings in
the Bekaa Valley. The setup is simple:
receive around 100 children from a refugee camp and fill a few hours of their
day with games, conversation, Bible skits and discussion. It isn’t the most sophisticated of ideas, but
it is taking a small step to ease the pain of a terrible situation. Month by month we get to know these children
a little better and share small, but meaningful, parts of our lives
together.
I have been encouraged to see Youth For Christ Lebanon
recently increase their initiatives to reach out to the some of the many
thousands of youth that have entered Lebanon in the last number of years. The testimonies coming out of this ministry
is exciting as I hear about how individuals are sincerely responding to the
teachings of Christ. For many, this has
been their first opportunity to hear, see and experience a demonstration of the
gospel. The fruit is in God’s hands; our
call is to be faithful to sow, water and nurture the seeds that He is
planting. We only see a small part of
His big picture, and I am thankful to have my own small part within this small
part.
