Lebanon 3: Meeting the Patriarch

My third mission to Lebanon was even more extraordinary than the two preceding and given that both those were really spectacular, this was truly saying something.

I received a surprise invitation to meet the Patriarch of Lebanon His Beatitude Beshara Rai, who heads the Maronite Christians, on the first day of my two day trip. I found him a humble, gracious man who seemed very happy to meet us. He had already heard about me, and that was quite flattering.

In the evening I received another unexpected invitation to preach in a local Maronite church whose pastor was a gregarious man named Agnelo. He invited us to his house after the service and I was blessed to meet his family in addition to a sumtious dinner.