Welcome to America
Thursday night my team of 5 people got to go to the Boise airport to meet our "adopted" refugee family! Ours is a single, Christian, Pakistani mother and her 3 kids. I can't share too much detail about them for privacy reasons, so I'll be changing their names when I mention them on this blog! David is 18, Annie is 17, and Josiah is 10. They're all fluent in English which was really helpful to us, because their mom doesn't speak much English yet.
After introducing ourselves at the airport and chatting with them for a while, their case manager from World Relief took them to a hotel for the night. Then yesterday afternoon my team got to take them all to Winco. The mom seemed pretty overwhelmed by the grocery store, but the kids were awesome translators for us!
It was so fun getting to know them, and I can't wait to spend more time with them! The first thing the mom asked us when we picked them up to go shopping was where they could find a church, so we've invited them to come with us to the church we've been attending to see how they like it! Annie wants to work toward getting her driver's license right away, so I've promised to find a big empty parking lot and give her a driving lesson pretty soon. And Josiah is itching to play soccer, so as soon as the sun comes out someday, we're all planning on spending a day in the park together. We'll also be partially responsible, along with World Relief, to give them rides to doctor's appointments, the mom's English lessons, or whatever else is needed.
I wish I could write more about this sweet family, but for now I'll just say they are some of the most friendly people I've met, and I know that I've said this before, but I am so glad that I get to do this!
Here's a picture of my team (plus a few extras who were along for the ride) while we were waiting for the flight to arrive! (Sorry for the low quality photo...we looked more excited in real life!)
~Rebecca Rae
After introducing ourselves at the airport and chatting with them for a while, their case manager from World Relief took them to a hotel for the night. Then yesterday afternoon my team got to take them all to Winco. The mom seemed pretty overwhelmed by the grocery store, but the kids were awesome translators for us!
It was so fun getting to know them, and I can't wait to spend more time with them! The first thing the mom asked us when we picked them up to go shopping was where they could find a church, so we've invited them to come with us to the church we've been attending to see how they like it! Annie wants to work toward getting her driver's license right away, so I've promised to find a big empty parking lot and give her a driving lesson pretty soon. And Josiah is itching to play soccer, so as soon as the sun comes out someday, we're all planning on spending a day in the park together. We'll also be partially responsible, along with World Relief, to give them rides to doctor's appointments, the mom's English lessons, or whatever else is needed.
I wish I could write more about this sweet family, but for now I'll just say they are some of the most friendly people I've met, and I know that I've said this before, but I am so glad that I get to do this!
Here's a picture of my team (plus a few extras who were along for the ride) while we were waiting for the flight to arrive! (Sorry for the low quality photo...we looked more excited in real life!)
~Rebecca Rae
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