Hey everyone!

Have people heard of this whole 59 cent campaign?  (See here if not:

It's in reaction to one of the (many) cuts in the omnibus budget bill (getting passed tomorrow, is it?) that basically takes away refugee healthcare coverage for preventative diagnostics, etc.  Ultimately it boils their coverage down to travel-insurance-like needs, where only emergency situations are covered. 

Our church is sponsoring a refuggee family from the Sydan. The have spent many years as refuggees in Egypt, while waiting for someone from Canada or elxeshwere to sponsor them.

Have any other congregations done something like this. What have you learned from the experience> What has the challenges been.

They arrived two week ago in Canada, and last Saturady we held a church potlock, where we raised over a thousand dollars to help them out.