Rev. Schmid and Dr. Gräbe in Lebanon
Rev.
Klaus Schmid and Rev. Dr. Uwe Gräbe visited Lebanon in October
2013. The main event of the visit was the Schneller board meeting which
was held on 10 October 2013 in the hall of the National Evangelical
Church in Beirut.
Rev. Dr. Uwe Gräbe had other meetings in Beirut the following days
with EMS partner institutions.
Rev. Schmid travelled to Schneller School after the dinner kindly hosted
by Mrs. Wadea Badr at the end of the board meeting.
He had various meetings in JLSS the following days and was able to catch
up with developments in school. He was particularly interested in the
Syrian refugee program in JLSS which is totally financed by EVS/EMS. He
checked on the 27 Syrian refugee children studying in JLSS this year,
and how they were doing emotionally and academically. The director also
discussed with him plans for a vocational training program for Syrian
refugee single mothers.
Rev. Schmid returned to Beirut on Sunday morning 13 October to attended
the service in the National Evangelical Church in Beirut. He flew back
to Germany on Monday.
We thank Rev. Klaus Schmid and Rev. Dr. Uwe Gräbe for their visit
and for the wonderful support JLSS receives from EVS/EMS that enables it
to continue its ministry to disadvantaged people.