OCTOBER 2023

STRONG
OWNS HER
future
NEW AMERICANS
Coming to America
Bushra Hormis finds the
help she needs
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Bushra Hormis is an Iraqi expatriate
who came to America and
faced many difficulties, including
learning a new language, translating
and filling out paperwork, and finding
employment. Bushra thanked God
when she heard about the Chaldean
Community Foundation, which aids
immigrants in general, and Iraqis in
particular. Said Bushra, “I would like to
extend my sincere thanks and gratitude
to Him for this great idea of providing
useful and beautiful assistance.”
Bushra reported that when she
came to the Foundation, she didn’t feel
they had any problems or complicated
treatment, because “they receive you
with the best reception.” According
to Bushra, all the CCF employees are
likable and patient and provide advice
with great openness. “No matter how
much I talk about their good qualities,”
she said, “I feel like I fall short.”
Bushra is so completely grateful,
and wishes the entire community to
be grateful, too. Whenever she enters
the Foundation building, she feels as if
she has entered her home, in terms of
reception and cleanliness. “We thank
them very much,” she expressed, “and
ask the Lord to give them strength and
fulfill their wishes just as they fulfilled
ours for us.” Bushra faces difficulty
with the language, and says it is hard
for her and those like her to learn the
language easily.
“If it were not for the Foundation’s
help,” Bushra went on, “we would be
even more lost than we are now.” She
feels every immigrant who needs help
should come to the Foundation. “They
will welcome you from the bottom of
their hearts,” she explained. “And when
you come to this place, you will not feel
that you are dealing with an employee,
but rather with your sister, daughter,
and brother. It is a great project.”
The Chaldean Community Foundation
provided Bushra with support
and assistance and communicated
with other parties on her behalf. She
said the Foundation saved her from
embarrassment and humiliation.
“When you need someone to help you
once or twice, the third time he will
feel uncomfortable offering you help,”
she explained. “But thanks to God,
this Foundation was opened for us to
visit whenever we needed them at any
time and for any reason.”
Bushra is currently enrolled as a student
in the ESL classes at the CCF.
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