Neighbors of MN

Neighbors of MN Haley   I truly believe God’s plan for my life is to interact with, advocate for and be immersed in cultures that are not my own. Growing up a pastor’s kid and having various opportunities to go on mission’s trips ignited a fire in

Neighbor of MN Abe “I flew into Minneapolis from Liberia in a t-shirt, sandals and a rain jacket, as it was the rainy season in Africa. It was not the appropriate clothes for a Minnesota winter, as I landed in December of 2004. It was terribly cold.

Neighbor of MN Mindy   Early on in my career, I started out as a flight attendant, but later I went to flight school and became a commercial airline pilot. It was an amazing blessing that I was able to do that as a career. I spent

Neighbor of MN Dennis   Based on what we saw in the movies we thought we’d come to the U.S. and find affordable housing, and have a lot of opportunities to work here. The reality was completely different. It took a long time to find a good

Neighbors of MN Rebekah and Rueben   We met this family of three at the airport at the end of summer. Cecilia and Koe Loe had just flown overnight from a refugee camp in Thailand with their 4-year-old son, in the middle of a pandemic. It’s been

Neighbors of MN Akram   “I grew up in a Coptic Christian family in Egypt. The word “Coptic” means Egyptian in the original Egyptian language. Coptics are indigenous Egyptians, descended from the ancient Egyptians, not Arabs, as people generally assume. I moved from my hometown in the

Neighbors of MN Jill “We lived in the same camp but a different section. I lived in section 4 and he lived in section 6A. We went to same school in Thailand and we were in the same grade together until 7th grade. We knew each other