No vegetables.
That Syria will be what it was before.”But worse was the ever-present fear of death. Everyone was ready to go.“At first he would scream a lot,” says Cari.

Through a friend who worked with World Relief, she was among a group who greeted the first Syrian family to arrive in Seattle that November — a family that had escaped Syria, lived through hell in Jordan, and were given the miraculous opportunity to move to the United States: Bassam Alhamden, his wife Rabah, and their six children.Camp life was hard for the kids. Turkey — 3.6 million Syrian refugees are in Turkey. A cousin.”“We wouldn’t have food for weeks,” says Rabah. Children are dying.”“When I learned she was pregnant, I thought, ‘I have to take her’,” says Cari. Today she has six sponsored children around the world, three boys and three girls, and six more beautiful children to love from Syria.One morning, when oldest son Mohannad went to search for bread, he touched a metal building and was electrocuted. It was sheer pandemonium that morning. Rabah made things grow.“A week later,” says Bassam, “we were asked [by the United Nations] if we wanted to go to a foreign country.”In 2015, Cari visited World Vision headquarters in Federal Way, Wash., with other Child Ambassadors to learn more about the needs of the world.“There were times we would prefer to die in Syria than stay in Za’atari,” says Bassam.“We ask God that peace will come back to Syria and that families will be safe,” says Rabah. Your book club.

When she saw his toe move, she knew he was alive.Then began 18 months of interviews, each lasting five hours. “They had so many refugees from Syria. She was dating a man who sponsored children through World Vision.“Cari loves refugees,” says Rabah. She has friends and most importantly, she feels safe. “‘Now we have family again,’ said Rabah.

“I knew God had wired me for that. They’ve shared Thanksgiving, decorated Cari’s Christmas tree, and celebrated a January 1 birthday bash for youngest child Ahmad, who is 7. “I would sell them in the market.” Her other crops were spectacular. Shakila worked for World Vision in Afghanistan before fleeing.In March of 2012, the airstrikes began.She had married, hoped for children, but knew that dream had died when her 23-year marriage ended in divorce. There was Julie, who took the family in for the first 15 days after their arrival, and two couples in Federal Way who housed them for another month. “Welcome Home Refugees — Washington State,” a Facebook page she started with her Syrian friend Methal, now has 1,700 followers. She continues to volunteer for World Vision as a Child Ambassador and a refugee responder.“This has been a personal journey I’ve been on with God,” she says. “Ali might be my favorite,” she says. “They post the results — pending, refused, or accepted.”The two women are connected by their love for one another, for children, and unexpectedly, through World Vision. “It was like a fire drill,” says Cari.“I used to grow tomatoes,” she says. They’d take their chances.She took care of Ali, 8, when he was sick. “Tomatoes here are a beautiful shape,” she says, wrinkling her nose, “but they don’t taste good.”Bassam Alhamden and his wife, Rabah, have six children, the youngest 7, the oldest 21.
She continues to volunteer for World Vision as a Child Ambassador and a refugee responder.

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