Cynthia Shabb, Director of Global Friends, was our guest speaker today to talk about what’s new in the Grand Cities with welcoming New Americans. She told us that there are now 100,000,000 official refugees in our world and many times that many people unable to live in their home countries. Global Friends has registered with Church World Service and hopes to begin once again welcoming new Americans to Grand Forks in the fall. When that happens, we can decide if we’d like to be a special sponsor to help a family adjust to this new home. In the meantime, there are a number of volunteer opportunities to explore with the people already here. It was a wonderful hopeful message that Cynthia brought and we were privileged to hear from her.