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united states. a group in pennsylvania called church world service lancaster is sending volunteers to fort lee in virginia to help welcome and process them. rachel helwig, coordinator for the church, joins me now. thank you for joining us and the work you're doing. what's the biggest challenge in re-settling these refugees coming in from afghanistan? >> sure. thanks for having me and welcome to my dining room. i think one of the biggest challenges in resettlement as a whole is finding and locating and acquiring safe and affordable housing pretty quickly for incoming families. we're really lucky here in lancaster that we have such a long history of resettlement and have such a profound welcoming community that we're able to here locally tap into networks really quickly and to engage

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