Stories

I was recently visiting with an Afghan family who was becoming dear friends to me. We were having a peaceful afternoon of drinking tea, eating food, and playing games…

At Arrive Ministries, even our board members volunteer with the refugee families we welcome! Our Board Vice Chair, Mindy Conradi, recently left a meeting in a rush letting our staff

Coming to a new place is overwhelming; now imagine that you don’t speak the language, you have never experienced cold weather, and you must navigate complicated government systems. For many

Without ever meeting Luay, a team of volunteers expressed their love for his family through sweat equity and a new-found skill. This summer a group of volunteers from two churches

One year ago, a crisis like no other. As the U.S. was responding to the urgent humanitarian crisis following the military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Kakar family, following

After hearing about her sister’s involvement with refugees in Michigan, Kim felt called to support refugees and immigrants in her own Twin Cities community. The meaningful and relational nature of

Mohammad Qadeer was a high-level accountant in Afghanistan. When he was separated from his family in the evacuation from Afghanistan and resettled in Minnesota in December of 2021, he assumed

On February 24, 2022 Iryna and Oleg Svavolia’s family of 9 had tickets to fly from Kyiv, Ukraine to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Svavolias were fleeing as refugees. “About two days

Navigating the freedoms and challenges of adulthood crosses cultural boundaries, as twenty-somethings Amy and Klohbaw are learning. Amy from Minnesota and Klohbaw, who is a Karen refugee, met through Arrive

This Congolese family of 9 arrived in June, and when I visited their house the next day, we had issues getting the data to work on their phones. I brought