In that same year, the wives of Bishop Dionysius Carabet and Gregory Wortabet were received to the communion of the Church in Beirut, being the first spiritual fruits of Women's Work for Women in modern Syria.
During 1828 and 1829 the Missionaries temporarily withdrew to Malta.

In 1833, Dr.Thomson and Dr.Dodge arrived in Beirut.

The Mission now consisted of Messrs.

Bird, Whiting, Eli Smith, Drs.

Thomson and Dodge.
In a letter written at that time by Messrs.