Stories of Hope

A message from one of our Volunteers:   Over the past few years, I’ve observed the indifferent attitude in this country toward refugees, and it grieved me. The more I learned about the refugee crisis, the more I felt that I should be a part of the

The student organizers of the Arrive Five virtual challenge dropped off a giant check for $5,011.13 made out to Arrive Ministries! We are unbelievably honored and impressed by the service, dedication and innovation of Minnetonka High School Seniors Austin Hunter and Lucca Carlson who planned this entire

We love watching friendships grow and mutual transformation take place in the lives of our church teams and refugee neighbors. Join us in celebrating this recent summer update from a RLM team member, Jane, at Grace Fellowship Church: “In July we had an outdoor potluck picnic with

A family was finally fully reunited this week for the first time in 6 years. The full extended family fled persecution in Burma together, and lived in a refugee camp in Thailand together. But due to delays in the refugee resettlement process, the mom’s 5 siblings and

If 17-year-old Austin Hunter and Lucca Ramone are any indication of the characteristics their generation will offer to the world, then our future is looking bright!  Arrive Five co-organizers, Austin and Lucca show that Generation Z is enterprising, compassionate and resilient.   Enterprising This summer, as the

When Sharon and Larry Wahala moved houses this month, their Somali friends, Samira and Ahmed insisted on helping them set-up their new home. The Wahalas have been tutoring and in friendship with the couple for many years; in fact Samira and Ahmed’s family has been living at

Haleema hadn’t learned to read and write in her own language I met Haleema exactly a year ago through Arrive Ministries. After our first meeting her husband told me that in Afghanistan she only went to school for 4 years and that she never had the opportunity

Introducing one of Salem Arts Exchanges wonderful volunteers, Patricia* *Due to the sensitivity of her future ministry, she’d ask if we could use a pseudonym and not use her picture.   – How did you hear about SAE and what made you want to get involved? I heard

After meeting with a newly arrived family from Moldova, I found out that two of the daughters and their mom are passionate about sewing and they even have degrees in Apparel Design from Moldova’s capital city of Chisinau. We began working on how to convert centimeters to

Becky started volunteering with Afghan Women’s English Language Learners (AWELL) because of her passion for building cross-cultural relationships. She was introduced to a sweet Afghan family in Bloomington through Arrive Ministries, and has been teaching the mom English since 2019. “I liked them a lot right away,