The month before the pandemic hit, Katie met Angella. It was an interesting time to start a new friendship. But these two were up for the challenge. Katie found out that Angella speaks French, and sought asylum in the U.S. from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Katie
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Neighbors of MN Greg We are probably the most affordable housing in Downtown Rochester for people who need housing. We offer furnished housing. We’re not the newest properties in town, but we’ve remodeled our apartments and duplexes, and we keep them clean and nice. I’ve rented
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Neighbor of MN Alicia RiverLife Church is a second and third generation Hmong Church. A lot of people at RiverLife have a strong connection to either their parents’ or grandparents’ refugee journey. When I was a little kid, my mom would share stories of her life
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Neighbors of MN Kysa and Chris “We go to the Veterinary Clinic next door to Arrive Ministries in Richfield. Because of COVID they had you stay in the entryway before they come and get your dog. So I’m waiting in the entry way and I see
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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.
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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
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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
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Celebrating 20 Years of RLM Amanda and Dustin Loge have led four RLM church teams since 2013. They are still in touch with all four refugee-background families. A Karen wedding celebration between Jill and Lay Ou in 2018, with Amanda and her daughter Maren sitting on her
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Celebrating 20 Years of RLM The Zaw Mae family is one of seven refugee families that a team from Grace Church Roseville, led by Bob and Julie Lorence, came alongside through Refugee Life Ministries since the early 2000s. The Zaw Mae family arrived in 2009 with
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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
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