A Saturday is a good place to start

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.