painting night for family

One of the aspects of our group is outreach- local as well as global. We want to be present in the local community, so we teamed up with Lutheran Family Services in Denver which among other things, supports refugees coming in from all over the world. We ended up being paired with 2 families from the Bhutan/Nepal conflict. We have been sponsoring them since March. We are basically mentors and friends who help with daily tasks, adjustment problems and whatever needs come up. LFS deals with legal matters & helping them get on their feet financially, career wise... We do things like help them at the grocery store, go get them new SS cards, take them on picnics to the park, help them with English by giving lessons, show them the bus routes, bring over clothing and toys and kitchen stuff... etc.

It is a great family. We are not allowed to give out names or details of circumstance, but I wanted to share with you what we are doing so you can see what we are involved in & get the word out there for LFS which always needs volunteers for new families coming in. Every family needs a team or a couple to help them get set up here in America. We take turns in our group with different tasks for the family- and it has been a blessing to meet our families!

One night we had a painting gathering where we each painted a small canvas. We made 12 in all & gave 6 to each fam to hang on their walls. Here are pictures from the event.