THELEAVEN.COM | VOL. 36, NO. 2 | JULY 18, 2014
John Prost (right) chats with refugee Kho Khoreh as they move furniture into his new apartment. Members of Saint Paul’s Outreach have teamed up with Catholic Charities to move four refugee families into new apartments this summer. It was part of the ministry’s “Summer of Service.”
SUMMER OF SERVICE
Young adult ministry spends summer helping out
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STORY BY JOE BOLIG | PHOTOS BY DOUG HESSE
ANSAS CITY, Kan. — Curious neighbors eyed the Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas box truck as it slowed and stopped. Another family was moving into the Hillcrest Transitional Housing complex in Kansas City, Kansas. A group of 20-year-old volunteers opened the back of the truck and began manhandling furniture up to a second-story apartment. Who were these people helping with the move? Kho Khoreh, who spent half his life in a Thailand refugee camp, had only a vague idea. “They are American people,” said Khoreh, 26, who will live there with his wife and 4-year-old son. Yes, but not just any “American people.” The seven college-age young men and women who helped are part of Saint Paul’s Outreach, part of the leading edge of the new evangelization. “The thing that impacted me the most about >> See “PROJECTS” on page 4
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From left, Michelle Smith, Madison Wasko, and Anna DeMaraispo, pose on the back of the moving truck. The three helped move refugee families into apartments this summer.
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