On behalf of her husband and four children, Lomaa Mutter-Ahmad thanks Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity and all those whose volunteer hours helped to build their new Habitat home, the 31st such home built by Denver-area Lutherans and Episcopalians.
The Mutter-Ahmad's are originally from Iraq. The unsettled political situation in their country prompted them to flee to Syria. They have moved 12 times before finally being able to settle in Denver.
Both Lomaa and her husband Basma were engineers in Iraq. They are not able to practice their profession in the United States and both of them have returned to school to pursue other careers, Lomaa in accounting and Basma in math education.
Holy Hammers built its first Habitat home in 1996. Since then, we've built at least one house each year, and sometimes two or three. We appreciate the partnership of Thrivent Financial whose grants made some of these houses possible.
Thanks to Holy Hammers, about 150 people in the Metro Denver area have a safe and decent place to live. In addition, on each house, we tithe at least one additional house with one of our international affiliates. So far, Holy Hammers has built at least 50 homes internationally.
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