Heartbreak in Beirut

This morning I felt like crying as I talked by phone to a friend and ministry partner in Beirut. He was so weary, having worked to provide meals for over 500 refugees today. He told me about going to the Sri Lankan Embassy where he and co-workers found 3,500 Sri Lankan domestic workers from southern Lebanon who had fled there. They were sleeping under the carport and along the streets near the embassy. There was no water and they had no food. My friend and the team working with him made 1,000 sandwiches to help them. The people there are essentially hostages in the current conflict, stuck with no way to return to Sri Lanka, no safe, reasonable way to get out of Lebanon. They are at the mercy of whoever will help them. Thankfully some followers of Jesus are working overtime to help meet this and other pressing needs all around them.

Without taking sides as to who is right and who is wrong in this conflict, I would like to ask you a question. Would you like to help? Our partners on the ground are trustworthy believers who are committed to pouring themselves out in Jesus' name to help. You can support this effort by sending a "Middle East Relief" contribution to CAMA, PO Box 35000, Colorado Springs, CO, 80935. I can make two assurances regarding any money given. First it will go to help with compassion and integrity people in desperate need. Second, there will be a sensitive effort to accompany these acts of compassion with good news about the Hope-Giver, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. So many there need Him more than anyone or anything else. Thanks for considering this important invitation.