Stories

Lifelong Connections Made through Willmar Sports Camp “Whoa!”  Ziham learns the command to say to slow down the horse she’s riding. Ziham and her siblings are taking their first spin

A Home Where She Belongs Recently I attended the interview for U.S. citizenship of one of my clients. It was actually the second interview attempt for her; the first time

Life Transformation for Refugees and the Church Last summer, Refugee Life Ministries (RLM) staff met a Congolese family through a community organization working with secondary arrivals in Minneapolis. This family

Reflection On One Man’s Journey From War-torn Laos to America and From Darkness to Light in Jesus Christ. Arrive Ministries Board Member, T. Cher Moua arrived in the USA 40

New Friends, New Life On January 30, 2019, Minnesota received temperatures approaching -30 degrees on what turned out to be the coldest day of winter. That same night, Arrive Ministries

A “funny story” from a refugee survivor of his long journey to America It has been one year now since I am in touch, day by day, with refugees from

When Mosaic Christian Community launched six years ago, we opened our doors as strangers. We were a new church in a neighborhood that had always seen a church building located

Earlier this year All Peoples Church formed a Refugee Life Ministries team to welcome and walk alongside a newly-arriving family. From our first conversations with this new church plant, it

Literacy, Friendship, and the Somali Language “Kani waa miis.” Participants listen to their Somali ‘language guide’ and select the miniature table from the toys in front of them. “Kani waa

From Ukraine to Minnesota: A Glimpse of Lives in Transition Husband and wife Volodymyr and Yaroslava, along with brother Yurii, were born and raised in Ukraine. In November 2018, they