If you had a chance to help an immigrant get his family to America, would you do it?

Rick spent 3 days on business at a hotel in Houston. He befriended a couple of young men who work there. They are doorman and they help people park their cars and stuff. Very menial work.

He found himself talking to them every chance he got. They’re from Gabon, Africa. Came to America because Gabon has some civil unrest and it’s getting bad. Their dream is to work, and save enough to bring their families over.

Well, now Rick is working on getting them here, to our little town. His plan is to help them get them higher paying positions in one of the many manufacturing businesses we have around here. He has ins to almost every one. They’d get higher pay, and the cost of living here is substantially less than Houston. Here is a chart (which I don’t really understand.)

I kind of blew him off…until they called last night! Rick made me talk to which ever one called. The young man said, “Can we really come visit you in Kansas?”
I said, “Of course! I’ll leave the light on for ya.” I had to explain what I meant. :D Then I told them we had a room for them. He excitedly told his friend, “His wife says sure we can come! And she has a room for us! She’s just like he is!”

Well, looks like they may plan a visit (they can stay in the RV.) And we’ll see from there.

Have you ever found yourself in a position to actually help someone in a similar (or not similar!) position? And did you, or did you walk away?