![]() ![]() ![]() One family came from the transfer center in north Houston. I’m not sure how these families are getting the name of Casa Juan Diego and our phone number except through the Holy Spirit, our web site, or by word of mouth from other refugees. (A student intern from Burkina Faso, hearing this, commented with a smile, “A part of the great family of Casa Juan Diego.”) Some calls began with, “We have your family members here…” Our response was, probably not exactly, but we will receive them. We started receiving calls from Tucson, from El Paso… and families from the Congo, from Venezuela started arriving, along with Cuban individuals, and a Haitian woman today. ![]() But we soon realized that some of the people among the many thousands who were under the bridge at Del Rio (from various countries) had been bussed to other cities in Texas and Arizona and now were needing a place to stay. I had commented to our (few) Catholic Workers last week that the Lord was having mercy on us, giving us a break, because a number of families or individuals who had been living at Casa Juan Diego were moving on. ![]()
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