Source: Mission Network News, October 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surviving another week is the goal of many in Lebanon. Others try to profit by hoarding handouts from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and selling them on the black market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are [like] sharks around us, you know? They know that NGOs are receiving money, so they all try to get as much as possible from NGOs,\u201d Nuna of Triumphant Mercy Lebanon<\/a> says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome commodities are not available anymore, so people can monopolize it, put it at the price they want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Triumphant Mercy demonstrates the love of Christ by meeting everyday needs. September \u201cwas the back-to-school month,\u201d Nuna says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TM Lebanon partnered with School in a Bag to distribute school supplies and children\u2019s backpacks to needy families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat was such a relief; many people cannot afford a backpack with notebooks and pens, and all these [basic supplies] that they need,\u201d Nuna says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grateful parents couldn\u2019t stop thanking Triumphant Mercy team members. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know how we could do this (get school supplies for our children), and then this specific help came,\u201d parents told Nuna and her team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Believers gladly shared the reason and source of their generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe keep on turning people\u2019s eyes towards God, and I\u2019ve never seen Lebanese people so open,\u201d Nuna says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s so much pride in Lebanon; they did not need Jesus. But now everybody needs him, and that\u2019s amazing; we\u2019re seeing people open to receiving Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The full story<\/a> includes links to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep praying for Lebanon in these difficult times. See also Aoun\u2019s Presidency Ends Leaving Power Vacuum in Crisis-Hit Lebanon<\/a> (Reuters).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, October 27 Surviving another week is the goal of many in Lebanon. Others try to profit by hoarding handouts from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and selling them on the black market. \u201cThere are [like] sharks around us, you know? They know that NGOs are receiving money, so they all try to get … Continue reading Lebanon: Crises Open Hearts to Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11509,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11507\/revisions\/11509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}