FOR BETTER LIFE Refugees Minstries
As Arabic speaking congregation we can provide interpretation and translation help to the immigrant families and to the refugees most of whom do not speak English. We can also provide help to the organizations responsible for their settlement.
We understand and have a tangible idea about where refugees came from and what they have been through. Many families have suffered overnight total leveling of their properties and houses by bombing and have fled their homelands enduring the separation from family members and the complete loss of income resources.
We understand how difficult it is for them to integrate in a culturally different society especially with the lack of English communication.
We understand that, even with the praised efforts of the settlement organizations to provide their initial settlement regarding all paperwork, social security, insurances, housing and schools..., the refugees remain in tremendous need for social and financial support, for full time job opportunities, for house furnishing and for winter clothing; this in addition to the urgent need to learn the English language.
Serving refugees requires us to grasp all opportunities that help immigrants integrate into their new society, such as participating in seminars, parties, and city- related events. Most importantly, and even the most fun, is their participation with all Pittsburgh residentswww.acfpittsburgh.net/refugees-ministries-for-pittsburgh-marathon in annual Pittsburgh Marathon.
We believe we are in a more fortunate situation than they are; not because we are smarter or more hardworking but because we need to learn how to give from what we acknowledge the Lord has provided us and our families, which is more than what we need or have asked for. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20:35)
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his family were refugees in the land of Egypt to escape Herod's massacre of the newborn boys. It is an honor of ours to provide for the refugee families as much as we wish Egypt has provided for our Savior and his family.