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Flying to New Heights: Ihosef’s Story

By chicagoland | January 2, 2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When Ihosef was a boy, he dreamed of airplanes. His mother Yolette worked as a legal consultant at an airport, and on the days when he came to work with her, the planes amazed him. “I was always good at taking things apart and putting them back together,” says…

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Why We Welcome: The Hope We Have

By chicagoland | December 12, 2024

This guest blog is written by Alisha L Garza, a Volunteer Coordinator in our DuPage Office To be human is to experience a variety of emotions—often conflicting ones. Like a woman in childbirth, there is the striking reality of pain…

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Why We Welcome: The Prayers We Pray

By chicagoland | December 4, 2024

This guest blog is written by Basma Outhman, staff member at World Relief Chicagoland Have you ever wondered what a refugee’s journey truly looks like? The simple answer is: hard, long, and complicated. But if you look closer, you’ll see…

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Why We Welcome: The Gift of Giving

By chicagoland | November 26, 2024

This guest blog is written by Shelley Hiller, a long term partner of World Relief This summer, my church started a Good Neighbor Team. We were matched with a family from Syria who had been living in Iraq for several…

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Election Outcome: What it could mean for the refugees and other immigrants we serve in Chicagoland

By jmau | November 20, 2024

Our leaders answered pressing questions in a recent town hall, and we summarized some highlights for you.

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