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Late-breaking update On May 12 the Sponsorship Committee forwarded a new set of application papers for a ʻnewʼ refugee family. Also a family of five with small children. Then on May 16 we heard from the CBOQ that this application had been duly passed on to the...

Late on Friday, May 6 the refugee committee received unofficial word that the Almattar family had withdrawn their application to emigrate to Canada. On May 10th this information was confirmed by CBOQ our SAH (Sponsorship Agreement Holder). The committee members are...

Update from the Refugee Sponsorship Committee It is disappointing that the Almattars have not yet arrived. We were told to expect them by the end of February. In good faith, we rented an apartment for March 1st and spent the next two weeks lovingly furnishing the...

Update from the Refugee Sponsorship Committee We are excited to report that on January 22 we heard from the CBOQ that there was a family of five available for our sponsorship. We had 24 hours to decide. There was immediate e-mail & phone consultation with...

Update from The Refugee Sponsorship Ad Hoc Committee The joint committee (members of MacNeill and Burlington Baptist Church) continued to meet weekly until December 16. We then took a two week break and re-convened on January 6. This is the current lay of the land:...