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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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From Sea to Shore: Olena’s Journey

By jmau | February 21, 2024

Olena, from Ukraine, says that becoming a refugee is like being thrown into the ocean. Keep reading to hear more of her story and how a local church joined our staff to welcome her and her son.   Flight I’m…

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Two Things to Know about Asylum Law

By chicagoland | February 1, 2024

Given the several thousand extra asylum seekers who have arrived in our communities this year, many volunteers, church partners, and community members are looking for ways to support these families and individuals. Two of our immigration attorneys, Sarah Flagel and…

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Why We Welcome: The Joy We See

By chicagoland | December 14, 2023

Please hear from Sarah Adnan, World Relief Chicagoland Staff Member I am Sarah Adnan and I work in a program that works with Afghan women that provides them extended cultural orientation classes teaching them many different topics like digital literacy,…

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Why We Welcome: The Hope We Have

By chicagoland | December 5, 2023

Piece written by Joseph Mosse, Ukrainian Support Case Specialist Procrastination is a dangerous thing. All the way back in August, I was asked if I could write a piece for a newsletter coming out in December about hope. The specific…

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