May 18, 2021 Gardens, News

Planting Season for Church Refugee Gardens

Photo by Joanna Schaus Photo by Joanna Schaus Photo by Joanna Schaus Photo by Joanna Schaus First Free Church Maplewood opened up their Harvest Gardens this weekend! This is our

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May 6, 2021 Neighbors of MN, Stories

From the Banks of the Nile to the Mississippi

Neighbors of MN Akram I assisted with welcoming refugees on the shores of Greece, and helping them find clothes and food to continue on their journey. “I grew up in

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May 6, 2021 Stories

Zoom Opens Up Tutoring and Faith-Sharing Opportunities Across the State

Now that SALT is offering an option to tutor Somali adults over zoom, we’ve been able to expand our reach to further corners of the state. We celebrate that we

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April 30, 2021 News

Congratulations to Mike Neterer, SALT Director!

Congratulations to Mike Neterer on earning his MA in Language and Culture Studies from Dallas International University. His thesis, “Jiiddu Language Development: A Seventy Year Journey, 1951-2021” focuses on the

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April 30, 2021 Homework Help, Stories

Story Time During a Pandemic

Before the pandemic, I helped a Somali high school student with his studies for an hour each week in the family home, then I had story time with his three

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April 28, 2021 Neighbors of MN, Stories

Young Love Found Halfway Around the World

Neighbors of MN Jill We knew each other only as classmates but we never thought that one day we would be together. “We lived in the same camp but a

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April 21, 2021 Somali Adult Literacy Training, Stories, Willmar

Tutors in Willmar Show Love Through Deeds

After a two-year stint teaching English to students in Jordan through the Peace Corps, Marlene and Dan Hovland realized that teaching ESL was in their bones. Later when they moved

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April 21, 2021 News

Raise Your Voice | Sign the Petition to Urge President Biden to Keep His Promise

Raise Your Voice – Sign the Petition to Urge President Biden to Keep His Promise President Biden promised to reopen the refugee resettlement program but has thus far kept the

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April 20, 2021 Sewing, Stories

Salem Arts Exchange Became My Family

Christine’s story “I remember one day they announced at church that they start Salem Arts Exchange. They said something about sewing. I never doing that. I asked someone to tell

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April 5, 2021 Neighbors of MN, Stories

Local Business Owner Rolls Generosity into Business Model

Neighbors of MN Tom Giving is rolled into our business plan. It is a thought out process that is essential to Bell’s business model… “The mission of Bell Lumber &

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