Why Bethany and
Why House of Lazarus?
Bethany is recorded in the New Testament as a small village in Judaea, the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
Bethany means house of affliction.
That house of affliction became the place of comfort, rest, and consolation for our Lord in the last days He walked on our Earth, when He said
“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death”
In His passion week He was seeking comfort in Bethany, inside the house of Lazarus.
We built our little Bethany in Engadine. Inside it we put House of Lazarus.
We are so eager for people in our local area to find comfort, rest, and consolation in our little Bethany.
House of Lazarus extends the same helping and comforting hands to people outside our local area, from the homeless in Sydney CBD to people in the villages of Egypt and Cambodia and wherever our Lord chooses to send us.
