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Wondering how you can pray during this season of uncertainty for refugees and immigrants in our country? Join us in praying for: Our clients Our volunteers Our local churches Our staff’s faith and outlook Our partner – World Relief Our local partners – Lutheran Social Services, Minnesota

On January 27, Arrive Ministries hosted a documentary screening of Midnight Traveler. Nearly 300 people attended the event at Urban Refuge Church.  In the film Afghan director Hassan Fazili captured his young family’s harrowing trek across numerous borders shooting the entire thing using 3 cells phones over a

Calling All Liberians! Do you want to file for a green card but have been told you have no options? Have you been living in the US since 2014? If your answers are YES to both of these questions, there is a new program that might mean

Bob Oehrig, executive director of Arrive Ministries, spoke with the Pipestone Star about the process of resettling refugees in Minnesota in a Jan. 15, 2020 piece. Here is an excerpt from the article: Most of the time, Oehrig said, refugees are placed based on preference. About 95

Photos of Arrive Ministries staff holding up county consent letters Counties that have given approval: Blue Earth County, Brown County, Clay County, Cook County, Dakota County, Dodge County, Goodhue County, Hennepin County, Kandiyohi County, Mower County, Murray County, Nicollet County, Nobles County, Olmsted County, Otter Tail County,

Governor Walz issues consent for continuing Minnesota’s long history of welcoming refugees [December 13, 2019] Governor Tim Walz today issued his consent to the federal government to continue Minnesota’s long history of welcoming refugees. President Donald Trump recently issued an Executive Order requiring both state governments and

Ezekiel 37:11, Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ Our bones are dried up  Kakuma is dried up. It is a desert, located in the northwest region of Kenya. It is hot, dusty, and constantly scorched

Oct. 30, 2019 – MPR News – Refugees waiting to reunite with family in Minnesota have had their flights canceled this week as a moratorium on refugee arrivals continues. Resettlement organizations blame the delay on President Trump’s failure to authorize the 2020 refugee resettlement program, which has left

For those of us moved by God’s call and compassion for refugees, these actions are very disheartening… On September 26, 2019, the Administration announced it was lowering the ceiling for refugee admissions to 18,000, the lowest ever since the American refugee program began in 1980. Last year

In August, Arrive Ministries’ resettlement program received our final refugee arrivals for the 2019 program year. We concluded the year with 104 refugee arrivals from eight countries. While these numbers are significantly decreased from previous years, we rejoice that God made a way for these families and