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Dan and Sarah Chetti have been serving in Lebanon for over a decade. Dan works at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, preparing leaders for ministry in the Middle East and North Africa. There he is an adjunct professor, a member of the Faculty Council and a student mentor and does research and writing on contemporary Chris-tianity. Dan is currently promoting a strategic ministry concept called
“Arab World Initiative.” Sarah’s main ministry is among foreign migrant women working as maids in Leba-non. She founded Insaaf, an inte-grated center for domestic workers, and makes prison visits to women who have been arrested for lack of identification documents. Dan and Sarah are active members of the International Church in Beirut. They host small groups and Dan is a member of the Ministry Leadership Team, through which he preaches and coordinates mission outreach.
Dan & Sarah Chetti | Lebanon
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Impact Areas: Evangelism, Theological Education, Education and Immigrants & Refugees
Adult child: Rachel
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. PROVERBS 3:5
As members of the prison ministry team, Elma and I make regular visits to Adlieh Detention Center.
Below the ground with no direct sun-light are four large cells, each hous-ing 40 to 60 women with a single toilet. This is where Migrant Domestic Workers, or “maids,” are held by the Lebanese authorities before they are deported. Maids are brought into the coun-try, whether willingly or by force, on temporary work visas. When the visas
Birthdays: Dan-April 29; Sarah-Dec 17
Beirut
MediterraneanSea
Mansourieh-Metn
L E B A N O N
I S R A E L
S Y R I A
Location: Mansourieh-Metn, Lebanon Languages used in ministry: English and Arabic
Dan & Sarah Chetti | Lebanon
Dan and Sarah Chetti have been serving in Lebanon for over a decade. Dan works at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, preparing leaders for ministry in the Middle East and North Africa. There he is an adjunct professor, a member of the Faculty Council and a student mentor and does research and writing on contemporary Chris-tianity. Dan is currently promoting a strategic ministry concept called
“Arab World Initiative.” Sarah’s main ministry is among foreign migrant women working as maids in Leba-non. She founded Insaaf, an inte-grated center for domestic workers, and makes prison visits to women who have been arrested for lack of identification documents. Dan and Sarah are active members of the International Church in Beirut. They host small groups and Dan is a member of the Ministry Leadership Team, through which he preaches and coordinates mission outreach.
Dan & Sarah Chetti | Lebanon
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Impact Areas: Evangelism, Theological Education, Education and Immigrants & Refugees
Adult child: Rachel
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. PROVERBS 3:5
As members of the prison ministry team, Elma and I make regular visits to Adlieh Detention Center.
Below the ground with no direct sun-light are four large cells, each hous-ing 40 to 60 women with a single toilet. This is where Migrant Domestic Workers, or “maids,” are held by the Lebanese authorities before they are deported. Maids are brought into the coun-try, whether willingly or by force, on temporary work visas. When the visas
Birthdays: Dan-April 29; Sarah-Dec 17
Beirut
MediterraneanSea
Mansourieh-Metn
L E B A N O N
I S R A E L
S Y R I A
Location: Mansourieh-Metn, Lebanon Languages used in ministry: English and Arabic
Dan & Sarah Chetti | Lebanon
Chastened in prison and desiring to serve prisoners
expire, many employers fail to renew them and the women become illegal immigrants. If they are caught, they are treated to sloppy police work and the antiquated Franco-Arabic legal system, which give little consider-ation to their basic human rights. When we first met Wilma, she openly shared that she ran a small restaurant for maids in a poor neigh-borhood, where some local people accused her of running a brothel. She vehemently swore that she was innocent. Elma spent several weeks praying and counselling Wilma. We shared with Wilma the biblical story of Joseph, who was falsely accused of rape and thrown in prison. The only Advocate he had was God. In the end, it was God who wonderfully worked out a release from prison.
After many prayers, God came through for Wilma as well—she was cleared of charges and released from prison! And having seen the condi-tions of the prison and experienced how much the women missed not having hot cooked meals, Wilma now sends food from her restaurant to the women in the Adlieh prison every week.
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
PLEASE PRAY
¨ For the Insaaf Center and the ministry for the maids both inside and outside the prison.
¨ For Social Workers Elma and Aime, who minister with me at Insaaf.
¨ That our advocacy on behalf of the suffer-ing maids will bear fruit.
¨ That my Lebanese Residency Permit will come through without too much hassle.
¨ For financial support so that we can continue to pay for the rental of the Insaaf Center and pay the salaries of the social workers.
Chastened in prison and desiring to serve prisoners
expire, many employers fail to renew them and the women become illegal immigrants. If they are caught, they are treated to sloppy police work and the antiquated Franco-Arabic legal system, which give little consider-ation to their basic human rights. When we first met Wilma, she openly shared that she ran a small restaurant for maids in a poor neigh-borhood, where some local people accused her of running a brothel. She vehemently swore that she was innocent. Elma spent several weeks praying and counselling Wilma. We shared with Wilma the biblical story of Joseph, who was falsely accused of rape and thrown in prison. The only Advocate he had was God. In the end, it was God who wonderfully worked out a release from prison.
After many prayers, God came through for Wilma as well—she was cleared of charges and released from prison! And having seen the condi-tions of the prison and experienced how much the women missed not having hot cooked meals, Wilma now sends food from her restaurant to the women in the Adlieh prison every week.
To learn how to join their network or to give to their ministryvisit www.internationalministries.org today!
You’ll also find the latest stories, journals, videos and prayer needs.
HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED
¨ Join their Mission Partnership Network
¨ Share information about their ministry with others
¨ Go on a mission work team to their country
¨ Give to their ministry individually or through your church
¨ Send emails and birthday and Christmas cards
¨ Pray for their ministry
PLEASE PRAY
¨ For the Insaaf Center and the ministry for the maids both inside and outside the prison.
¨ For Social Workers Elma and Aime, who minister with me at Insaaf.
¨ That our advocacy on behalf of the suffer-ing maids will bear fruit.
¨ That my Lebanese Residency Permit will come through without too much hassle.
¨ For financial support so that we can continue to pay for the rental of the Insaaf Center and pay the salaries of the social workers.
