Lebanon Port Incident

By Melissa Mitchell

“Today, we all feel like we are drowning. Especially the people who have lost loved ones, lost their homes, their jobs and everything they’ve worked for. But I believe the Lord was there. I saw him in every single detail. I saw him in the firefighters that were sacrificing their lives to put out the fire. I saw him in the Red Cross workers that were standing hand-in-hand with injured people. I saw him in every individual who opened their homes to strangers in need. I saw the Lord in hospitals where doctors and nurses used flashlights, because of the lack of electricity, to operate on injured individuals.”-Tying Vines on-the-ground Partner.

By now, much of the world has moved on from news of the huge explosion that decimated the port and several major neighborhoods in Beirut, leaving the city blanketed by shards of glass and piles of rubble. The blast left 220 dead, 7000 injured and more than 300,000 people homeless. Immediately life changed – stunning an entire country.