The drama and official results of Egypt’s first democratic election are still ongoing, and we’ll return with more specifics as announcements are made later this week regarding potential candidates for a runoff, appeals, and challenges.
While we were busy being the Egyptian Election “situation room”, there were other noteworthy things happening in the world. Here’s a bit of other news that we’re interested in...
Syria’s troubles spill over into Lebanon. This is not just a border issue as one might expect; there are miscellaneous outbursts of unrest and civil disobedience throughout Lebanon that seem to be growing more violent. CNN reports these outbreaks have "prompted fears that renewed factional rivalries could erupt into outright warfare."
This is obvious concern to us as we are sent to also encourage, support, resource, and serve as ambassadors of the larger Church to the believers and churches in Lebanon. As a first step, Ken and Zeke are planning to be there at the end of August to share with their youth and young adult camp. This invitation has opened the doors to relationship by correspondence. In a reply to an email of encouragement to leaders there, General Assembly Chairman Rev. Joy Mallou shared, “There are threats on our stability and we pray that God gives political leaders wisdom. The economic situation is very bad and there is fear of the what could happen. As for us we trust God who is in control.” Pray for the believers and their leaders in Lebanon; we will be paying a lot of attention to this in the days to come.
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