Please prayerfully consider supporting the Pervaiz Family

Five years ago a G5 application was started to help the Pervaiz family come to Canada as refugees and sponsorship has been approved as of last year.  The Pervaiz family has applied for their visas and they will be able to leave Nepal once their visas are issued and their medicals approved.  That could happen in the next few days or in the next couple of weeks.  Once that happens the visas will only be good for a few months or possibly longer. The government of Nepal is requiring refugees to pay an overstay charge which is now looking like it will be $6 USD per person per day and this family will not be able to leave for Canada unless they pay the overstay penalty.  The Pervaiz family has "overstayed" a total of 2,525 days waiting for the paperwork to go through regarding their visas.  The amount of debt to date that has been accrued is $45,810 and therefore the goal to attain.  Hope Christian School has been supporting the Pervaiz's son Abi over these years by providing a high school education for free of charge, as well as providing for the family with a little fundraising and we are asking if you would prayerfully consider supporting Abi and his family in their quest to live in Alberta by joining us in raising money to cover their debt and get them to Canada. There are actually 3 fundraising initiatives being undertaken to raise these funds, 2 in Alberta and one in the US as follows:

1. GoFundMe page set up by Meghan Beck, who is part of the support group, advocating for the Pervaiz families admission to Canada. https://gofund.me/97d9c81d

1. • This will be for small non tax deductible contributions

   • Meghan's idea is to just make a payment of $5 and then have every donor pass it on to two people to request that they donate $5 as well and then pass it on to two other contacts. If everyone were to do that the funds could potentially be collected it a few weeks

   • Over $1070.00 has already been raised

2. Larger donations being eligible for a tax deductible receipt

1. • John  and Dorothy Zulinksi have graciously agreed to accept and look after the administration of these donations through their "The Shepherd's House Ministry"

   • Here are the details of what they would request regarding these donations:

The Shepherd's House Ministry

All donations can come via etransfer to this email: 

info.shouseministry@gmail.com 

1. NO PASSCODE PLEASE IT IS A DIRECT DEPOSIT

2. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE - FOR ABI P.

3. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR FULL NAME&FULL MAILING ADDRESS 

    to obtain tax receipt at the end of the year

3. Pastor Adam Culp (brotheradam@fhgttn.org) who has a ministry in the US. He will be starting a fundraising campaign in the US and will also be able to issue tax deductible receipts. He also has a ministry in Nepal where he met Abi and has been very supportive of the efforts to bring the Pervaiz family to Alberta.

Thank you for your consideration!