MORE THAN 3,000 MIGRANTS LIVING AROUND POLICE STATIONS, INCLUDING CHICAGO AIRPORTS AS THE CITY STRUGGLES WITH HOW TO FIND TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR EVERYONE.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS CALLED ON PLACES OF WORSHIP TO ASSIST A SMALL CHURCH ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE HAS ANSWERED THAT CALL NOT ONLY PROVIDING SHELTER, BUT FOLLOWING THE AGE OLD SAYING GIVE A MAN A FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY, TEACH A MAN TO FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A LIFETIME.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE STORY.

>> EACH MORNING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND MIGRANTS SHELTERING AT LUTHER MEMORIAL CHURCH PREPARE MEALS AND HOT COFFEE TO THE GROUP IS LED BY CHURCH PASTOR LINDSAY MAC AND RECENT VENEZUELAN ARRIVAL EDWARD P O WHO WAS THE CHEF BACK IN HIS HOME COUNTRY.

THEY DELIVER THE FOOD TO THE NEARLY 200 MIGRANTS SHELTERING IN AND AROUND THE 17TH DISTRICT POLICE STATION ON PULASKI IN LELAND HAD TO SHELTER HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN BEFORE BEING TAKEN IN BY THE CHURCH.

NOW HE'S GIVING BACK.

SHE HAD ME PUT TO MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU OUT A LITTLE ALREADY.

THE TO KIND GET TO KNOW.

>> AND CASE STUCK OUT SIGNED THE LET IT BE COMMUNICATE UNDERSTAND >> PM.

THOSE FAMILY FLED VENEZUELA LAST YEAR.

THEIR HARROWING JOURNEY TOOK THEM FROM COLOMBIA.

SO THE DANGEROUS DARIEN GAP INTO PANAMA AND THEN THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND FINALLY TO LAREDO, TEXAS, WHEN THEY WERE PUT ON A PLANE TO CHICAGO, THEY ARE NOW PART OF A GROUP OF 21 PEOPLE SHELTERING AT LUTHER MEMORIAL THAT I WAS IN THE I MISS HIM, BUT WE'LL STILL.

>> AND SOMEONE TO ON OUR WAS SURVEILLANCE AND THOUGHT, WE WANT TO ON A.

>> PASTOR MACK SAYS SHE AND CHURCH VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN SERVING MIGRANTS LIVING AT THE 17TH DISTRICT 6 MONTHS AGO.

THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO MORE.

>> IT WAS NOT A HARD DECISION.

WE HAD THE SPACE WE SAW THE NEED.

AND WE OPEN OUR DOORS AND INVITED PEOPLE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS.

>> VOLUNTEER LINDA NGUYEN LED THE EFFORT TO CONVERT A CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL FACILITY INTO A SHELTER.

>> FAMILIES HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS AND A PLACE TO CONGREGATE.

THE CHILDREN ARE ALREADY ENROLLED AT CPS.

IS WATERS ELEMENTARY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET?

AND WHEN SAYS THE CHURCH IS TRYING TO GET THE FAMILIES TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, SETTING DAILY ROUTINES AND TEACHING IN ENGLISH.

THEY'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LIVE FULL INDEPENDENT LIONS.

THEY HAD TO FLEE INHUMANE IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS AND THEY'RE HERE TO START LIFE ANEW.

AND BY GIVING THESE RESOURCES TO REALLY JUMP STARTS THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

PASTOR MACK SAYS THE PROGRAM IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATING MONEY AND SUPPLIES WITH MORE THAN 3,000 MIGRANTS STILL IN NEED OF SHELTER FOR THE WINTER.

MACK SAYS LUTHER MEMORIAL HAS PROVEN THAT PLACES OF WORSHIP HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY.

THIS IS PART OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE OF FAITH.

ALL OF OUR GREAT FAITH TRADITIONS.

TELL US TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> IMMIGRANTS AND FOREIGNERS IN OUR LAND.

TELL US THAT WE WERE ONCE FOREIGNERS WELCOME PEOPLE INTO OUR LAND.

AS YOU ARE WELCOMED WITH THAT.

YOU IT CHECK ON WE WANT TO SAYS HE HOPES CHICAGO AND SEE MIGRANTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CITY RATHER THAN A BURDEN AND SAYS HE HAS BIG DREAMS FOR HIS FAMILY IN THIS COUNTRY.

GOAL MOVE WAS MADE GET.

ARE ASSEMBLY.

AND THINK IT ON THE TACKLE ME.

A COPY OF THE OWNER SOLD ON >> IT'S PEOPLE TO GET HIS SPECIALTY IS OR A BUZZ WITH AIG'S NEED AND PLANT HAYNES.

JUDGING BY THE TASTE PMO MIGHT JUST BE ON TO SOMETHING WE FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

THIS IS PARENTS SHOTS.

>> PARIS, NEXT TIME YOU NEED