Stories of Hope

Noor Yussuf’s bike needed a tune-up after a recent bike ride with his friend Andrew Grimsley. “ ...brought back a lunch of goat, salad and rice within 20 minutes for the dozens of hungry worshippers.” When Noor stopped by the Grimsley’s house one Sunday afternoon, he didn’tRead more →

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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