IT GETS COOLER FRIDAY AND THE START OF NTEX WEEKEND. MINDY: MORE THAN 1,000 AFGHAN REFUGEES WILL RESETTLE HERE IN MARYLAND. A LITTLE MORE ANTH 1,300 IN TOTAL. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE NUMBER REFLECTS THE FIRST GROUPF O NEARLY 37,000 PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO TWO U.S. OFFICIALS, MANY OF THESE NEW EEVACUEES REQUESTED TO GO TO STATES WHERE FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS LIVE. LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN MET WITH AN AFGHAN INTERPRET HEREEC RENTLY RESETTLED WITH HIS WIFE IN MARYLAND. HE HELPED THE U.S. MILITARY AS A CULTURAL ADVISERND A TRANSLATOR. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES HELPED THE COUPLE IN THEIR RESETTLENTME PROCESS. JOINGIN US LIVE WITH THE PROGRAM, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ETH LUTHERAN IMMIGRATIONND A REFUGEE SERVICE, KRISH VIGNARAHHJA VIGNARAHJAH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVINGME. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR YEARS AND HAVE RESETTDLE NEARLY 10,000 AFGHAN REFUGEES HERE IN THE U.S. SINCE THE PROAMGR BEGAN IN 2009. WE ARE THERE FROM START TO FINISH. WE PICK THEM UP AT THE AIRPORT. WE FIND THEM AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE, THROUGH THE WORK OF VOLUNTEERS, WILL FURNISH TTHA HOUSING WITH MODTES FURNITURE, EVEN STOCK THE FRIDGE WITH CULTURALLY FAMILIAR FOODS. IN THE LONG-TERM, WE WORK TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES, EVEN EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. >> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN THUS R?FA WHAT ARE THE FOLKS GOING THROUGH? >> OBVIOUSLY, SO MANYF O THEM ARE COMING, HAVING EXPERIENCED TRAUMA IN AFGHANISTAN. THE JOURNEY WAS TREACHEROUS, GOING TO THE AIRPORT, GOING TO THIRD COUNTRIES, TO MILITARY BASES AND FINLAL ARRIVING IN THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. I THINK A LOT ARE STRUGGLING IN THE SENSE THAT THEREY' CONFLICTED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY HOPE AND RELIEF IN THE SENSE THAT THEY LLWI RESETTLE HERE IN MARYLAND AND ELSEWHERE ACRSOS THE COUNTRY. FOR MANY, THEREY' LEANGVI FAMILIES BEHIND, PARENTS AND SIBLINGS. THEY FEAR FOR THEIR FAMYIL UNDER THE RULE OF THE TALIBAN, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY BECOME OUR NEIG NEIGHBORS, THEY BEMECO VALUABLE FRONT LINE WORKERS AND ARE EXCITED TO ENTER MARYLAND AND THE REGION. >>. MINDY: HOW CAN MARYLANDERS HELP THESE FOLKS WHO ARE GNGOI THROUGH SO MUCH? >> THIS WORK IS TEIM INTENSE.IV VOLUNTEERS ARE CRITICAL TO MEETING OUR MISSION. IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 46,000 VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN 10,000 FROM MARYLANDND A THE NEIGHBORING REGION. IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN GETTING INVOLVED, WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE AS MENTORS, PEOPLE WHO CAN DRIVE THESE FAMILIES TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS. ISOF YOU GO TO WWW.LIRS.ORG, WE WODUL WELCOME YOUR HELP. AND, OF COURSE, FINANCIAL DONATIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. HERE IN MARYLAND, PARTICULARLY IN BALTIMORE, WE HAVE A REAL WAY TO GET PEOEPL TO COME. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE TEIM INTENSIVE. FINANCIAL DONATIONS ARE CRITICAL SO WE HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THE OUTPOUNGRI OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. MINDY: LOTS OF W