Stories

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,

We love watching friendships grow and mutual transformation take place in the lives of our church teams and refugee neighbors. “They have times of discouragement, but their strong faith, trust

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

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

When Sharon and Larry Wahala moved houses this month, their Somali friends, Samira and Ahmed insisted on helping them set-up their new home. Ahmed and his son insisted on helping

Haleema hadn’t learned to read and write in her own language I met Haleema exactly a year ago through Arrive Ministries. After our first meeting her husband told me that

Introducing one of Salem Arts Exchanges wonderful volunteers, Patricia* *Due to the sensitivity of her future ministry, she’d ask if we could use a pseudonym and not use her picture.

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

Becky started volunteering with Afghan Women’s English Language Learners (AWELL) because of her passion for building cross-cultural relationships. She was introduced to a sweet Afghan family in Bloomington through Arrive

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