This week’s update on our family from Pakistan is unexpected yet exciting news nonetheless! Penny Welty writes:

It is with very mixed feelings that I share with you the Ayub family has made a decision to move to California to be near family friends from Pakistan.  Since their arrival, their long term goal has been to relocate to California so that the girls could all pursue careers in homeopathic medicine and be close to friends from Malaysia that immigrated to California a  year or so ago.  Recently they reconnected with some old family friends from Pakistan that they had lost touch with for many years.  This family now lives in Bakersfield, CA.  They have offered for the Ayub’s to come in July and house sit for them (rent free) for 3-4 months as they are traveling home to Pakistan to be with family there.  This family runs a salon and while they are away, the Ayubs will run the salon and have the opportunity to collect all the profits during that time.  They have spent these past few weeks trying to discern the best future for their family and have decided this is an opportunity for them they should not pass up.  They will be close to people who have a shared history with them and whom they consider family.  And they will be able to enjoy a similar climate to Pakistan in a town that has a strong Pakistani community. 
The Ayubs will be leaving on June 27th.   Binish and Mahwish will learn the family business and what needs to be done for the home while their friends are away.  Munzza will be caring for some children that their friends take care of with the help of Ali.  Maria will continue to work on her GED. They are hopeful that they can save some money during this rent-free period and secure permanent jobs and move on toward fulfilling their goals as there is good opportunity for work for all the family once they relocate.  Most importantly, they hope to be able to continue working to get the children’s father/Munzza’s husband to join them in CA from Pakistan where he has been for the last 7 years due to health issues. 
World Relief (with our help) has been able to assist and guide the family through many of the important initial steps in acclimating this family to their new country, helping them adjust and find a welcoming home in the U.S.  Their records are being transferred to a World Relief office in California which will remain in contact with them and offer guidance.
The entire family is so very grateful for the support that CPC has provided and while they are excited about this new opportunity, they are all sad to leave the friendships they have made here.  This family has touched the lives of our Good Neighbor Team members in powerful ways and it will be hard to say goodbye.  Munzza, Mahwish, Binish, Ali and Maria will be missed. Please continue to lift them all up in prayer as they make yet another journey to another new place.