Before Brother Macmillan departed, a baptism was held. Among those baptized were Dr. Hanna Shammas and Salim Karam.

THE WORK SPREADS

One winter evening in 1926, Brothers Hanna Shammas and Ibrahim Atiyeh traveled south from Tripoli along the storm-tossed Mediterranean coast to the fishing village of Enfé. There they visited the fleshly brother of George Shakhashiri. (George, now 88 years of age, is a member of the Brooklyn Bethel family.) At that time two young men, Jiryis Awijan and Salim Demaa, took an enthusiastic part in the Bible discussion. They made rapid spiritual progress. In a few months Christian meetings were being held on Sundays in the home of Brother Awijan, with persons coming from surrounding towns.

By the early 1930’s the Christian meetings in Dr. Shammas’ clinic in Tripoli were being attended by about 10 persons.

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Brother Macmillan (center), visiting from Brooklyn headquarters, baptized Salim Karam (left) and Hanna Shammas, a Tripoli dentist