Discovery Green

On Saturday June 14th, the mother and her daughters went on an outing with her St Luke's friends to discovery green, a park in downtown Houston. The mother asked if a woman also from Afghanistan, that she met at the neighborhood park could join us.  The friend moved to Houston a month ago and was excited for an opportunity to see downtown. It's such a blessing that the family is already finding a community of friends in their neighborhood.

As we were driving, a stretch limousine passed us, everyone in the car got really excited - the mother explained they'd only seen limos before in the movies! 

After we made a spot for ourselves and met up with other friends, the family got to enjoy donuts with everyone. They said they had ice cream for the first time the day before.... They are enjoying Houston's sweets! We made our way to the pond and the ladies and girls were surprised to see real fish swimming below. The youngest daughter had been eyeing the splash pad since we arrived - as she got into the water there was no longer any language barrier. The sisters were laughing, running, and jumping in the water - trying to convince our toddlers to join them.  The children played in the water together while the moms joyfully watched, even jumping in to take pictures. The ladies said they enjoyed downtown Houston very much and the girls laughter the entire car ride home made it clear they had fun in this new city.  Hopefully this is a good start to making Houston feel like home.

- Laura Tien