Stories of Hope

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

God has greatly blessed my life through many of the refugees who have settled in my small hometown of Willmar, MN. Through a sewing program in my town, I have been able to meet and become friends with many of our Somali neighbors. I felt compelled to

During this time of social distancing due to COVID-19, starting a church refugee garden might be an ideal way to support and love our refugee neighbors. How would you feel if you were a farmer, and suddenly, you were landless? Feeling a lack of purpose, connection, even

The most succinct answer to this question is that God loved me first, which is why I can have love for anyone. As 1 John 4:19 says, we love because He first loved us. But in fleshing that out, the reason we love anyone is because we

I often felt like I was running from one thing to the next. I would come home from work and grab a bite to eat and open Zoom for the next class. I emailed the link. I waited. I emailed again. I did other paperwork while I

My friend Rachel and I have been tutoring the six children of a Somali family in Hopkins for the past couple years. It has been such a joy and blessing to get to know each member of the family, and to see the children learn and grow.

Jeff, a Church Team Leader, has been volunteering at a food shelf to help out during the Coronavirus pandemic. The food shelf, located in a rural area, was continually having an overabundance of rice, due to a lower demand from the residents of that area. Jeff, and