Stories

Thank you to Slumberland for donating 75 beds to refugees served by Arrive Ministries. These beds declare ‘you are welcome here,’” said Bob Oehrig, Executive Director of Arrive Ministries. Arrive

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

“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,

“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

“I missed them, we would talk on the phone or Facetime. I always hoped they would be able to join me in MN. I am happy to have my entire

Andrei was a youth pastor and contractor in Russia. An oppressive law that passed in 2016 banned the public sharing of one’s Christian faith. After receiving threats from Russian officials

From the very beginning Carol Entwistle knew she would become fast friends with Shema, who arrived from Rwanda at the Minneapolis airport on a frigid November day, wearing flannel pants

A ministry friend in Cuba told Leo that there would be Christian people that would welcome and befriend them in America. The Martinez family came to Minnesota in July of

Christelle and her parents were resettled through Arrive Ministries in November of 2018. They were matched with an RLM team from Shepherd of the Valley Church in Afton, MN. Christelle

At 10-years-old, Nadia embarked on the most dangerous journey of her life, through the mountainous jungles of Burma, attempting to cross the border to safety in Thailand with her mother.