We've had a steady stream of patients on Sundays for the past couple of months. We've definitely seen an increase in the number of patients who need social work assistance--applying for charity care to take care of giant hospital bills, dealing with collections agencies, managing medicaid and CHIP applications, etc. Yesterday, though, was special. Several of our oldest refugee friends came to clinic. These are the people that we met 7 years ago when we first began doing outreach to the refugee community. These folks are the ones that opened their arms to us, welcomed us into the community, and taught us about resilience in a way that we had never understood before. These are some great people, and we are so happy to call them our friends.
