Stories of Hope

I’ve been working with a client who is extremely talented and credentialed but is also extraordinarily humble; as we started looking for jobs, he expressed a desire to start back at an entry level in a restaurant to give him some time to get his feet under

Dave and Sandy had already spent eight years befriending the Somali community through our Somali Adult Literacy Training (SALT) program when the pandemic hit. Contact was limited, but 86-year-old Dave and his wife Sandy’s Somali friends in East St. Paul checked in on them regularly.  “They were

Needle and Thread Offer Life Skills and Kinship to Somali Women and Elders   “Of all our activities in St. Cloud, this is one of my favorites. Sewing classes are the most relational.” Samantha Grimsley, Arrive Ministries’ Area Director in St. Cloud, recounts the genesis of what

Fridley Volunteer Rides Waves of Current Events with Afghan Friends   Through a Good Neighbor Team at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Fridley, Liz, Monica and Melissa began teaching English to an Afghan woman named Setara. Little did they know a pandemic would follow shortly after. Their

Meet Holli. She’s been teaching sewing classes for the past couple years and has built friendships with many women in that process. Here’s why Holli got involved and how it has changed her.   My mom taught me to sew clothes when I was about 10, but

Recently while one of our volunteer interpreters was translating for a newly-arrived Russian family, she told them of her arrival story. Victoria came to Minnesota from Ukraine 23 years ago through Arrive Ministries, formerly called World Relief Minnesota. She and her brother were paired with a volunteer

After Kango Ojha fell in love with Awhich and married in the church, they learned they were expecting a child; and soon after they were informed that due to Kango’s refugee status after fleeing Ethiopia, he was given permission to move to the United States in 2015.