Eastern European Refugees
Serving the Strangers in Our Midst

New World Outlook, March-April 1998


Besic children playing in tree

by Karen Pass

Azemira, Fikret, and Ena Besic with a friendly counselor at Skye Farm, the Troy Conference camp.

Besics at camp

Karen Pass, a member of the First United Methodist Church of Delmar, New York, tells the story of how her congregation answered a call to resettle the Besic family, refugees from Bosnia.

The Besic children from Bosnia, Armin (left) and Ena (right) peek out from behind a new church friend, Tommy Hart.


For more information regarding refugees and the United States, contact: Go to UMCOR Refugees Page

Lilia Fernandez
Executive Secretary for Refugee Ministries
UMCOR
475 Riverside Drive, Room 330
New York, NY 10115
E-mail: liliaf@gbgm-umc.org

Daycare for Migrant Children


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