He started volunteering  and he made friends there, and he began going to a church and he made friends there, and at Christmas he invited my husband and me to a party in his apartment, and the place was filled with his friends.
он начал посещать церковь и нашёл друзей там, и на Рождество он пригласил меня с мужем на вечер у него дома, и людей было полно. Управляйте своим жизненным опытом.