By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS - July 30, 2015)
-- Caleb Scott and Ben Drolet will be juniors next year at Pepperdine
University in Malibu, California. While some students may have chosen to
surf the waves in Malibu during their summer vacation, these two
Jesus-followers decided to minister to Syrian refugees in northern
Jordan for almost six weeks.
As International Studies
majors, they had been following the warfare in Syria and the tragic
plight of refugee families victimized by the crisis. “We wanted to be
part of the solution,” Caleb says.
They emailed several ministries
working with refugees and a Christian Missionary Alliance Church in
Mafraq, Jordan was the first to respond to the young men’s inquiry.
“They needed workers and asked us to come,” Caleb notes.
Weeks later they found
themselves at the church, ideally located in the heart of the city, only
eight miles from the Syrian border. While the al-Zaatari refugee camp –
located nearby – holds 81,000 Syrian refugees, there are another 76,000
refugees in the city — essentially overflow from the camp.
Caleb and Ben helped distribute
food boxes, medical supplies, mattresses, gas stoves, blankets and
pillows. “When we delivered the food we would drink tea with them and
share about Jesus,” Caleb notes. “Many were very open to hearing about
Jesus, especially because of the violence they’re seeing.”
“Two people told us we as Christians are doing more for them than their Muslim brothers,” he adds.
Caleb met one Bedouin nomad’s
family with 20 children. “I met with them every week and they were
excited to hear Bible stories,” Caleb says. “The father would not let us
start telling the stories until everyone in the family was there.”
Photo caption: Caleb Scott with his guitar.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is a senior correspondent for the ASSIST News Service and also the founder of www.Godreports.com,
a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos from the church
around the world to build interest and involvement in world missions.
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