For newly arrived refugees, an unexpected Christmas blessing

Caring hearts welcome Ukrainian family to America with food, furniture and friendship.

By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle

It’s a Christmas miracle.

In an incredible set of circumstances, God made a wonderful thing happen for a Ukrainian refugee family this busy holiday week.

“This is how God works, whether we realize it or not,” said my good friend David Duncan, minister for the Memorial Church of Christ in Houston.

I know David well enough to realize he’s not right about everything. He’s an Astros fan, after all. (Go Rangers!)

But in this case, I couldn’t agree more: Providence must be involved.

How else to explain the remarkable chain of events — from California to Maryland to Texas — that transpired? 

The story starts with a woman named Wendy in Northern California. 

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This column appears in the online edition of The Christian Chronicle.

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