This summer Raquel and I have taken advantage of school being out and got some much-needed rest, spent time with our new foster-to-adopt baby (more on her later) and most importantly sought what we shouldContinue reading
Category: Newsletter
Summer Newsletter
Recently I returned from an amazing trip in Thailand. While I was there, I traveled to an area that is mostly Buddhist and Islamic. The people I was visiting had long worked with the BuddhistContinue reading
Spring Newsletter
Early in the school year I (Raquel) had a classroom full of kids at a new school. Alongside an eager volunteer, I was excited to meet so many new faces and see their enthusiasm forContinue reading
Winter Newsletter
In the picture above is Raquel with one of our first students who is graduating from trade school. We are at her families party. A lot of our older students are now entering the workContinue reading
Fall Newsletter
This past school year one of our most dedicated students named Marie entered nursing school. She has been in our program for 3 years. She is 18 and she is from Afghanistan and is notContinue reading
Winter Newsletter
Christmas time is special, for many reasons. Over the last couple of years one of those reasons has become delivering Christmas trees. We use the Christmas time as an opportunity to bring trees to ourContinue reading
Fall Newsletter
At the end of August we headed up north to Portland. Portland is in a very similar situation as Sacramento when it comes to refugee resettlement. The government likes medium sized cities for resettlement. WeContinue reading
Summer Newsletter
Summer has arrived. This year we had over 70 refugee students go through our program and had a few favorites graduate. One student is not only graduating & entering college, but is also engaged toContinue reading
Spring Newsletter
The first quarter of the year has been amazing for our work with Muslim refugees. Our coaching class on campus at a local high school has doubled in size and we are talking with theContinue reading
Winter Newsletter
ON CAMPUS Becoming accessible has been a huge goal of ours for the past year and half. We wanted to be able to make our class easily available to our students so they don’t haveContinue reading