Dealing with a tremendous number of difficulties as a minority, Adnan chose to flee Iran at age 15, leaving his family behind.  His big dream was to come to Minnesota

Future Missionaries Donate Vehicle to Help Refugees   When refugees relocate to Minnesota, one of the big challenges they face is transportation. Most will ultimately come to rely on the

Ephraim is a pastor from Cameroon who fled his homeland in 2018 following a terrifying detainment by his country’s oppressive government. He was tied to a chair for 72 hours;

After a tumultuous late-summer escape following the Taliban’s occupation of their country, and an autumn spent jostled between temporary locations, eight Afghan men finally arrived safely in Rochester, MN in

We recently started partnering with Bikes4Kids to help meet transportation needs of some of our clients. Matt, one of our Good Neighbor Coordinators shared about bikes he delivered to a

As a property owner of rental units around the Twin Cities, Katheryn Schneider considers her purpose in the community is as a housing provider and an advocate for affordable housing.

IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS As of May 21st 2022 any Ukrainian national granted parole between February 24th 2022 and September 30th 2023 will be considered eligible for benefits

Yizhan’s first language was Chinese, she started learning English in China mostly to read it but not to speak it. So when she first came to the U.S. for graduate

I had a most interesting interaction with the Syrian family we are paired with through the Good Neighbor program.  One evening, I received an email from the mother of the

When our Good Neighbor family first arrived, we had an Arrive staff person, Akram working with us as an Arabic translator at the first few meetings. [pullquote style=”right” quote=”light”] the