Nothing is more closely affiliated with hospitality than offering food. Yet when a newly arrived family of 8 from Afghanistan was being settled by Arrive Ministries during the early days of COVID-19, they found themselves caught in a backlog of government food assistance delays, so they couldn’t
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When I was 9 months pregnant, my toddler and I were tasked with photographing Jenny, one of our exceptional AWELL program tutors. Unbeknownst to me, due to some crossed-wires, Jenny wasn’t able to warn Friba that an Arrive Ministries staff person would be showing up to her
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Our Employment Counselor, Anya met with a refugee client named Natalia for coffee recently to give her some clothes. Anya had helped Natalia, a refugee from Ukraine, get a job at a pizza parlor last summer. “Remember how most of my crew members at the restaurant had
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Zemecha Gora fled Ethiopia and arrived in Minnesota four years ago. He has been served through many of our direct service programs: filing for his green card through Immigration Legal Services, and preparing for job interviews with our employment counselors. Zemecha’s unyielding focus now is on preparing
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Recently Linny, an Arrive Ministries volunteer interpreter, hosted a fundraiser at his church to raise money for building two new wells at the refugee camp in Thailand where he lived for five years. Linny cooked and sold delicious Karen food that many Arrive Ministries staff members enjoyed.
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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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