This summer has had some exciting developments for our work. Last week we finished out the summer with a trip to Portland to launch a refugee program there. We helped launch the program withContinue reading
Category: Quick Update
Palm Springs-Portland Possibilities
Last week was an exciting week for our continued work with refugees. I traveled the west coast exploring new exciting opportunities to better serve and reach the Muslim refugees. We started the week by travelingContinue reading
Big Day of Giving 2017
Today is Big Day of Giving in Sacramento, and we would love you to give. I wanted to share with everyone one of our biggest needs. A couple of months ago we had a bigContinue reading
ABC 10 Spotlight
In January while Raquel and I were in Baja, building a house, we got a call from ABC news 10. The President had just announced his “extreme vetting” executive order and they wanted to interviewContinue reading
Responding to the Ban
I have struggled with what to write in the wake of the immigration ban passed by President Trump. While we could debate all day about whether it’s a good idea or not, and IContinue reading
Rapping Refugee
One of our Afghan students is an aspiring rapper. He has shared one of his raps with us. It is about his experience in the Turkish refugee camps and the hardships he overcame while livingContinue reading
Just Showing Up
This summer we had the opportunity to run our life coaching program in the public schools for 47 refugee and immigrant students. Our typical program includes monthly extra-curricular activities (Bowling, Ice Skating, Pee Wee GolfContinue reading
An Interesting Podcast
I came across this podcast last week. It has an interesting section about what its like to raise a family in a refugee camp. It made me remember all the anger, angst, and confusion ofContinue reading
Summer Days with Refugees
This week began our Summer School Refugee Life Coaching class. It was great to be able to speak into the lives of 36 students as we took over their English Language Development (ELD) class forContinue reading
Summer School Volunteers Needed
For the past few months we have been building a relationship with San Juan Unified School District. They are the school district that has been most directly affected by the influx of refugees. A coupleContinue reading