Stories of Hope

One generous way some local kids are helping refugee families is by donating money from their own piggybanks to purchase welcome kit items and car seats for newly arriving families. A group of kids participating in HOPE Scouts (Helping Other People Everywhere), committed to supporting Arrive Ministries

Arriving in 2014 Amani and his two brothers are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They resettled through Arrive Ministries in 2014. Our employment counselor, Anya helped Amani land a job his first weeks in Minnesota, and register for classes at Inver Hills Community College. “Amani

Just imagine arriving new to a country with 1-year-old twins, a 3-year-old, and a 5-year-old? What would be some of your immediate needs as you step off the plane? The answer: gathering very practical items, such as diapers for the twins, safe car seats for all four

In big and small ways, Tracy works to open her doors at our Immigration Legal Services department in warm and welcoming ways. She offers tea or water to her clients, and toys to their kids. Tracy also regularly offers to pray for her clients. “The sweetest parts

Airport Jitters It was last fall, and my first time welcoming a new refugee as a Resettlement Case Manager.  I was nervously waiting at the airport for a 24-year old Karen* woman arriving from Thailand. Questions raced through my brain: ⦁ How long has she been apart

Volunteer Profile on Bill Cameron, SALT Site Director in East St. Paul Courteous, hospitable, and respectful are the three attributes Bill Cameron used to describe a group of community members who moved into the apartment complexes in his East St. Paul neighborhood 13 years ago. These attributes

Thank you to Slumberland for donating 75 beds to refugees served by Arrive Ministries. Arrive Ministries is honored to be one of 6 worthy recipients of this Home for the Holidays initiative. “We wanted to give our mattresses to people who are sleeping on the floor. Most

I would embark on one of the richest, most beautiful, stretching and humbling journeys of my life. I was driving in an RV with my family in South Dakota when Rob Scott called me on the phone and asked if I wanted to help lead a group

“Are you a teacher? Can you teach me English?” Susan had recently finished tutoring one of her regular SALT (Somali Adult Literacy Training) students. When waking through the parking lot, a car pulled up beside her and a Somali woman lowered the window. “Are you a teacher?”

“I have always wanted to serve the Lord overseas, but every time I got ready to go I would get deathly ill. Time after time the door was not only closed, it was triple locked. But God kept telling me to trust him, and I prayed that