You Know the Story?
February 13, 2026Many times in the Christmas season we get distracted by running around, buying and giving of gifts, the events and all the busyness, that we forget th...
A Widow’s Strength
December 8, 2025Our new center in Saadnayel (near the Bekaa Valley) is a new adventure for us. Situated between two mosques the call to prayer rings out five times ea...
To New Beginnings
October 3, 2025I walk into the smell of paint, the sound of power tools and chatter of workers. For the past few months, we have been preparing the new center, and n...
Summer Shenanigans
August 22, 2025The soft beep of the air conditioner echoes in the large room, the silence will be filled in the next hour by the voices, laughter and shouts of 70 c...
A Final Celebration
June 18, 2025This June 2025, caps were thrown into the air and diplomas were given for the last group of children who would graduate from TM school.But behind eve...
Returning in Joy
March 7, 2025Her smile spread broadly across her face as the video called opened and she saw our faces. Her joy was evident in seeing us but mostly that she was ba...
A Unsure Celebration
December 11, 2024I sit wrapping gifts as our team makes calls to the displaced people from the south. What’s the question? Have you returned to your home? If not, how ...
Coming in Cold
November 29, 2024A shiver runs through me as I swing my legs out of bed into the cold winter air. The smell of rain is evident after the stormy night. I get out of my ...
Serving in the Shuffle
November 20, 2024There are only moments of silence at the center now in between the rotation of people coming and going. Displaced families from the south coming...
Hope in Chaos
October 18, 2024I sit in the middle of the madness. On one side the head cook is giving orders to the team cooking. I can hear the sound of knives on cutting boards a...
Intensity Rising
September 27, 2024The past week in Lebanon has been intense, with Israeli attacks marking an escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the militant group...
Learning Against All Odds
September 6, 2024The teachers are there, the rooms are ready, and the excited anxiety hangs in the air as the first bus full of children rolls in. The silence is broke...
A Colorful Summer
August 30, 2024Heavy breathing and sweaty faces lined up ready to go back to the air- conditioned center. They were sweaty but they were smiling. This was the last c...
Heat and Happiness
August 23, 2024Small gentle taps on the glass are heard followed by a wave and a big smile from the child behind the door as he met the teacher’s eyes. The teacher m...
Hats in the Air
August 8, 2024There was grinning across the faces of the graduates as they put on the cap and gowns. After the hours and hours of late studies and practice tests. O...
Hot Grill to Warm Smiles
June 14, 2024There is an overload of the senses as the preparations began for the day. The heat from the sun on our skin, the smell of coals from the barbecue, and...
A Future Unknown
May 22, 2024A thick heavy cloud of fear hangs in the air like the growing humidity as Lebanon moves into the summer. The Syrian refugees have closed themselves in...
Gone… All Gone
May 13, 2024The laughter and chatter of the children died immediately when they rounded the corner and saw the black ground. Flat. The entire camp was gone and th...
From the Eyes of a Child
January 14, 2024From the eyes of a child…The sound of excited chatting with the twinkling of the Christmas tree met me as I came in for the first day of camp. I saw m...
A Community of Joy
December 23, 2023The smoky smell of burgers on the grill wafts through the door as tic-tic of knives on cutting boards, Christmas carols and chatter fill the bac...
Giver of Good Gifts
December 16, 2023We had a story written by one of our staff summarizing the special christmas gift, but then this testimony came in and we felt like our beneficiaries&...
More than Medicine
December 8, 2023Marie hobbled in the door breathing heavily from the short walk, she was two hours early…Medication has become so expensive, and the price continues t...
That the Women “Wood” Work
July 7, 2023“Teacher, I used to be scared to use the drill, but now I’m not scared at all”, one of our younger students exclaimed happily as she drilled a screw. ...
Healing Bodies
March 8, 2023I stuff the rest of my breakfast in my mouth as I head toward the stairs, hearing my name being yelled for help from below. I weave my way past guys r...
The Senses of Christmas
December 16, 2022The cool air flows through the open door as Christmas music blasts out to the street. The crinkling of bags and candies being organized joins the twin...
A Little Story
November 7, 2022We asked a few of our students to share about how TM has changed their lives. This is a story from one of our teenage girls Georgia who is 14 ye...
The New School Year
September 19, 2022The school year here at the Triumphant Mercy Zahle Community Center has gotten off to a fantastic start! There have been a lot of new and exciting cha...
A Summer of Fun
August 19, 2022One in the middle of the statue, another in a flower bed, another on the very tip of a tree branch and the clues were hidden. Over 100 questions are n...
A Merry Morning
July 1, 2022The rhythm of the large drops of rain pound on my car as I drive to Ashrafieh. It worried me because all our ladies who were going to attend the meeti...
