GOOD NEWS
FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
STORIES OF GOD’S DEEP, RELENTLESS LOVE
Portland's New Asylum Seekers : How to Help
The City of Portland is currently welcoming hundreds of new asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Over 150 are currently being housed at the Portland Expo, we are told that hundreds more are in route. This is a dynamic, changing scene - and there is much work to be done. Here are a few things you can do right now.
Meet Our Neighbors: Louise's Story of Hope
Some of the men carried guns. Others brandished knives and bows and arrows. Most were naked. The men appeared by the hundreds on the horizon, fixated on a defenseless village called Tsaka Tsaka. The locals peered out of their mud huts and, without a second thought, ran for their lives. Eight-year-old Louise darted past the village farmland with her family. They would spend the next few days starving in the wilderness before finally heading back to Tsaka Tsaka.
A Taste of the Kingdom
This past week, we had a the opportunity to celebrate the hard work of 21 very special neighbors. Our adult English Language students and volunteer teachers have built a beautiful community of neighbors, sharing life and language each Tuesday and Thursday morning.
Remembering Pat Iriana
We bid a sad farewell to Pat Iriana, a dear mother-figure to many in The Root Cellar community. Read more about the life and work of an extraordinary woman.