The past six months have been a challenging and stressful season for our refugee friends as government actions wreaked havoc on their lives. On January 27, 2025, all new refugee arrivals were put on indefinite pause, and all contracts with resettlement agencies were cancelled for the coming fiscal year. This means no new refugee arrivals …
World Headlines in our Living Room
Afghanistan is all over the news these days, as our nation navigates an unexpectedly devastating withdrawal from a nation we have had troops in for 20 years. Meanwhile, here at Abba's House, a home that welcomes in refugee women and children, we had the joy recently of opening our doors to our first Afghani family. …
Needs for Our First Family
As Mireille and her boys' arrival date gets closer...only 2 weeks away...there are still a few specific needs we have for the 3 year-old and 20 month-old: one more car seat, two toddler mattresses, a diaper pail, slip-on diapers in sizes 3, 4 & 5 and toddler training pants sizes 2-3T (small packages since we …
Our Rule of Life
Community Rule of Life Abba’s House is a mission of welcome, which means we who serve there are “Missionaries of Welcome”. God has called us to join Him as protectors of the oppressed (Isaiah 58, 61; Matthew 25). Therefore we as His Missionaries of Welcome, individually and collectively, commit to protect, love, and serve each …
Missionaries of Welcome
As a house of welcome, those who incarnate Jesus among its guests are missionaries of welcome. Why?
Buy and Give a Shirt!
During the month of November, we are debuting and selling our new Abba's House t-shirts! All month we will collect orders, and when you buy a shirt, you will also be giving a shirt to a refugee woman or child who will stay with us in 2018. Our desire is to bless every guest that …
Final Board Introduction
"And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, 'Let us rise up and build.' So they strengthened their hands for the good work." (Nehemiah 2:18) Abba’s House of Welcome (the refugee …
More Board Introductions
Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations. (Isaiah 62:10) Happy New Year! As we enter 2017, Abba’s House of Welcome (the refugee portion of Abba’s House) would like to continue introducing our board members to all …
Introducing our Board
[ Jesus Comforts His Disciples ] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s [Abba's] house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare …
Quietness and Trust
"My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." (Isaiah 32:18) Author/Julie Behold, the Lord comes to save us. *O come, let us worship Him! (invitatory) As I read the scripture passages from my Treasury of Daily Prayer today, these words from Isaiah were like fresh water to my …
Abba's House 