Samer At Bethlehem Mosaics Is An Example For Us All

I’m really excited to be sharing this video and photoblog about a wonderful livelihood project that Operation Blessing is helping with near Bethlehem. Why am I excited?  Because the project started because a young man named Samer decided to put others before himself.  How, you ask?  Samer is a very talented mosaic artist who decided to leave his job at a shop he had worked at for 9 years, take a pay cut, and with the help of Operation Blessing, start his own shop that teaches disabled people his craft and offers them an opportunity for employment that is, otherwise, very hard for them to find.  An older man, Ahmed, has a Master’s Degree in social work, is a skilled watchmaker, worked as a teacher, and for the UN before finding himself unemployed for 7 years.  One young man had received a business degree that would allow him to work in hotels but couldn’t find work and a woman had been a teacher before needing to have hip replacement but lost her job while she was recovering.  Listening to the stories of each of his workers and seeing the beautiful pieces of art they are now creating was very inspirational for me.  What a testament to the heart of compassion that God instills in each of us.

I was so inspired by their work that I came home with several pieces for my home.

See more of their work at www.bethlehemmosaics.com