Lian cares for their 10-month-old and works as a machine operator at night in a meatpacking plant to support family. With WIOA grant covering cost of tuition, she enrol in CNC Training at Symbol Training Institute. According to Lian, in our house, if something breaks, she's one who fixes IT. Sian fits perfectly with the hands-on Computer Numerical control Training program, skill in high demand by area manufacturers. Lian and Sian engaged with Lisle-base Career center-stewards of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant for DuPage County-to complete vocational Training. Strike by Lian's English proficiency and bachelor's degree, Peterson recognized the couple's great potential and referred them to workNet DuPage to establish new careers. In stepped Dan Peterson, couple's World Relief employment counselor. Without warning, meatpacking plant closed down and Lian lost his job. With only three months to find employment, Lian trims beef in a meatpacking plant while Sian cares for their newborn. Job roots them in the fabric of their new community. One of biggest milestones for refugees and asylees is getting a job. World Relief in DuPage County resettled a couple, providing them with food, housing, legal assistance and job search support. 14, four-months pregnant Sian and her beloved Lian land at Chicago's o'hare airport with only a suitcase and few clothes to their name. After six additional years of being displaced in a United Nations refugee camp, they were finally granted asylum. Four years later, Sian joins Lian in Malaysia-reunite in their enduring love. At only 24 years of age, Lian left behind his wife, his mother, two younger sisters, and the only life he had ever know. In 2008, he made a treacherous journey to Malaysia by way of Thailand, smuggling in a van during the day and on foot at night in the jungle. Lian, Christian worship leader, fled his homeland in Tedim, Chin State, mountainous northwestern tribal area of Myanmar. For the past half century, ethnic and religious conflicts have forced hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese to uproot their lives trying to escape devastating human rights abuses. Valentine's Day signifies more than the wedding anniversary of Lian Mung and Sian Nu, young couple from Myanmar: It's date they arrive in the United States seeking safety from violence and persecution. 14 has special meaning for refugee families in DuPage County.
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