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George
Missionaries to Lebanon
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7/1/2026
Greetings in Christ Jesus,
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
This verse seems to have a significant meaning and consolation in places like Lebanon where it seems we live in a constant scattering. It may not be from direct persecution, though that definitely occurs, but rather from the se-vere instability in the countries around us. Nevertheless, we pray that just as happened in the days of the early church the same would happen here.
Brother Adham and his wife traveled from Lebanon on June 21st, after delays, missed flights, and exorbitant pay-ments to the government and landed safely in Sydney. He is adjusting well and visiting the handful of like-minded Baptist churches that have an Arab ministry in the Sydney area. We thank the Lord for the time he was here and entrust him to the Lord’s guiding hand to see what He has in store for brother Adham and his family. Pray for his wife’s salvation and the birth of their child, expected in late August.
The ongoing war in Lebanon continues to displace people and keep the situation all of the country in a state of upheaval. Beirut has been the center for the displaced people from the south and southern Beirut. In the area of the church there is at least an additional 100,000 people living in schools, centers, and sports facilities. We have made attempts to witness and hand out literature amongst them, but with limited success as they have security from both the Lebanese Army and Hezbollah controlling the areas. I’ll let you guess which group is the one that prevents us from ministering.
With the war, instability, and drastic increase in living costs here there is an accelerated return of Syrians to Syria, even though the situation there is not much better. Lebanese, especially the youth, have become overly wearied by the situation and are seeking immigration opportunities out of Lebanon. Two of the Lebanese families we have had Bible studies with over the last year have left Lebanon. We thank the Lord we had the opportunity to share the Gospel in depth with them before they left. Pray for the Haddad family and the Kevorkian family.
Ministry continues with the young men, though they too suffer from the instability. It is very difficult to find work that pays even enough to cover basic living expenses, especially without proper legal papers. Praise the Lord, in the past three months I have been able to get approval for three of the young men’s Lebanese residency permits. You cannot imagine the difficulty in getting these papers. We have weekly group Bible studies as well as consistent one on one time. Pray especially for Ali. He has dreamed for years of having and ID, and when we applied months ago I told him to pray to God in Christ’s name. He is near atheist and has a lot of doubts. But since the time he got the phone call for his approval he has not missed a church service and asks very genuine questions.
For souls who have never heard,
Noah, Souraya,Justin, Trajan,Odin, Jasmine
January February 2026
Greetings in Christ Jesus,
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour
We know that our God is a God of peace, and His desire is that men would find peace with Him first and with each other. Our prayer is that His will would be reality. However, we realize that man’s heart is set to do evil, and so as we pray for a peaceable and quiet life, we also pray that God would use all the events of this fallen world to bring about His perfect will: that all men would be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
In the past decade I have come to realize that God uses wars and catastrophes to shake people out of their false sense of security or even change the make up of nations. We were given the chance to preach to thousands of Syrians due to the war there. Many people who came to Christ realized that it was indeed the hand of God who led them through difficult events to see their even deeper need. Our prayer for Lebanon, and all the countries of this region, is that His gospel would shine as a brilliant light amidst the darkness of sin.
January and February were busy with opportunities to reach some new families and start a couple new Bible studies. Attendance is always a bit inconsistent, in both home studies and public meetings, due to the general instability of life here (even without war). Please continue to pray that the Word of God would have free course and His spirit would convict people of their sin.
Last prayer letter, which I realize was 3 months ago!, I mentioned brother Adham was in Syria with his mother. Unfortunately, she passed away not long after his arrival and he returned to Lebanon not long after. The Lord blessed him and his wife in allowing his wife to get pregnant, something that doctors had said was a lost cause. We continue to study Bible institute classes and work with the young men. Speaking of which, they are doing well with most of them having found work and I have even made progress with some of their legal papers. More importantly though is that we are able to spend lots of time in the Word of God and have very frank and open discussions about many spiritual topics. My greatest prayer for them is that they might be saved!
We have received an outpouring of concern and thoughtfulness for our safety, and I want to thank all you for the heart of love and brotherhood from which that flows. Thankfully, we have not been exposed to any tangible danger. We regularly hear and see the explosions from our house, but the nature of them being very targeted strikes means that as long as we avoid that area of Beirut we remain out of the target area.
We’ve had to cancel a couple of our church meetings due to unrest in the area. As of now we don’t have intentions of leaving, but have made emergency plans. More than all, we covet your prayers.
For souls who have never heard,
Noah, Souraya,Justin, Trajan,Odin, Jasmine