We are so excited to announce the grand opening of our new Arrive Ministries St. Cloud office site! This new site location is an answer to prayer for Samantha, Melissa, and all of us at Arrive Ministries. We have been looking and praying for a spot to
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When families are separated from each other, they have to decide whether they want a family member to visit them or permanently live with them in the United States. There are limitations as to who a family member can apply for to permanently live in the United
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God’s heart has always been for the foreigners, the aliens and the immigrants, but our human tendency is usually to fear those who are different. Learning a little Greek can help compare and contrast the two approaches to outsiders: xenophobia: fear of the stranger and xenophilia: hospitality
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Donation Room: BEFORE and AFTER Just in the nick of time, Slumberland’s Homes for the Holidays bed donation event replenished Arrive Ministries’ dwindling stock of beds. “We were running out of beds due to a surge in refugees and Afghan arrivals this
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The word “parole” or “humanitarian parole” has been in the news a lot recently because of Afghanistan. But what is it and what does it mean? Here are a few important high level things to know about parole: There are many different kinds of parole. Parole is
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The very first student who walked through our doors and took our class on Lake Street was a confident, assertive and strong woman, named Esther (not her real name for the sake of privacy) that I nicknamed “the lioness”. Some years later I was invited to speak
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One of our Good Neighbor volunteers, John, organized a day of driving practice in his church’s parking lot at Berean Community Church. There were five refugees from Congo, Syria, and East Africa who practiced their driving skills one balmy October day in Rochester. “A lot of refugees
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Great advice for anyone interested in joining a Good Neighbor Team or teaching English to refugees from Liz, one of our volunteer tutors and Good Neighbors: Don’t be afraid. It doesn’t take a professional to teach English. There are many resources, including gaining wisdom by talking to those who
Read more →This winter we will be celebrating SALT Director Mike Neterer’s transition to a new ministry opportunity, an international organization focusing on language development opportunities in Somalia. As the founder and Director of SALT for 18 years, Mike developed this relationship-based program that has served the local Somali
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Mentions of Arrive Ministries in local media outlets about the work we do to resettle and welcome our refugee neighbors. 3/22/22 on The Paul and Jordana Show on WCCO Radio How to actually get refugees from Ukraine to the US 11/7/21 in
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