Stories

Dave and Sandy had already spent eight years befriending the Somali community through our Somali Adult Literacy Training (SALT) program when the pandemic hit. They were always wondering what they

Needle and Thread Offer Life Skills and Kinship to Somali Women and Elders “Of all our activities in St. Cloud, this is one of my favorites. Sewing classes are the

Fridley Volunteer Rides Waves of Current Events with Afghan Friends Through a Good Neighbor Team at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Fridley, Liz, Monica and Melissa began teaching English to

Assisting in the Evacuation of an Afghan Family Good Neighbors from Emmanuel Covenant Church knit together a harrowing tale of survival as they assisted in the evacuation of refugee friends

Meet Holli. She’s been teaching sewing classes for the past couple years and has built friendships with many women in that process. Here’s why Holli got involved and how it

Through our Afghan Women’s English Language Learners (AWELL) program, we built a friendship with Sher Mohammad, his wife Nilofar, and their family. Sher Mohammad and his 13-year-old daughter were in

Recently while one of our volunteer interpreters was translating for a newly-arrived Russian family, she told them of her arrival story. Victoria came to Minnesota from Ukraine 23 years ago

After Kango Ojha fell in love with Awhich and married in the church, they learned they were expecting a child; and soon after they were informed that due to Kango’s

After Naomi Downer read “After the Last Border” and attended our book event with the author, Jessica Goudeau, her family was inspired by the Syrian and Karen refugee families featured

I took my client to drop off an application for a job, and I had spoken with the Human Resources director already about her sitting down with my client for