“At the Lighthouse, we welcome our brothers and sisters from around the world who have been forced to flee their countries due to persecution and violence of all sorts,” its founder/director said.
The Rev. Deacon Jill Singleton is the chaplain at The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse, a new home for refugees and asylees in Union City, is welcoming its first tenants. As Usman was describing his harrowing 10-week journey from Ghana through 10 countries to get to the U.S., Mama Jill was kindly asking the Spanish-speaking children running around the living room to calm down en espanol. It worked for a few minutes. A Guatemalan mother brought me some tea and a snack from the kitchen.
The third time his family was threatened and he showed up where he was told to report only to be blindfolded and driven to an unknown location. He was so sick he could not eat. Good thing. Two days later a cat wandered in, ate the food and became paralyzed. He was able to escape. The migrant crisis has been poisoned so that “many Americans do not understand the severity of their economic and social vulnerability,” Singleton said.
“At the Lighthouse, we are able to provide hospitality and a space for much-needed healing, an active acknowledgement that God did not intend for borders to be created between his people,” Singleton said. Singleton oversees one big, relatively happy family and celebrates Christmas, birthdays and other special holidays. She recalled celebrating a child’s 10th birthday when he gushed, “This is the best day of my life; I have never had a birthday party before.”
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