refugee

Jan 2021 16

Tales From the Border: Andreita’s Lullaby

2021 Articles, Tales of Diversity

by Mark Redwine

The Space-X spaceport is about twenty minutes from our home. We drove out there today to see the latest prototype of the starship that will take humans to Mars. Her name is SN-9. She could fly next week. They have been test firing her engines and doing pressure tests on her for several days. Many of her predecessors did not survive the tests leading up to a launch. One reason is that some of the tests were designed to find out how much pressure the ship could handle.

Oct 2017 28

Harvey Survivors find hope : From California to Corpus Christi in Texas

2017 Articles, Tales of Diversity, Wasan Abu-Baker

by Wasan Abu-Baker

A few days before Hurricane Harvey made landfall, my husband left to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. As the Hurricane approached and in the days before it, my phone was ringing like crazy with weather warnings and cautions to leave South Padre Island. With my experience from growing up in a war zone, I quickly began to think about the safety of my children, and my husband and I thought it would be best for us to leave the island for safety.

Apr 2017 15

Tales From a Palestinian Immigrant and a Syrian Refugee

2017 Articles, Tales of Diversity, Wasan Abu-Baker

by Wasan Abu-Baker

“Once upon a time, in the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo, one of the most beautiful cities in Syria…” this is how Iman Akroum started her conversation with me. Iman and I can both understand each other, missing home is not easy for both of us. When we first met, we shared our own private stories; we shared our tears and talked about leaving our home.

Apr 2011 9

Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries

2011 Articles, Helping Hands, Ministry Musings, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims

If you ask the Rev. Dr. Sharon Stanley to describe Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM), prepare to hear stories. For Stanley, it is the story that makes the ministry, the story of short term assignment that became a life time labor of love, stories of the aspirations of new Americans, stories of hopes and dreams, and stories of the struggle to adjust to a new culture, language, and land.