Sara  worked as an interpreter for the American forces in Iraq. With their lives in serious danger, Sara and her mom were forced to flee.

Mohammed and his dad moved to the Seattle area from a refugee camp, but his mother and sisters were left behind.

Hone remembers Bruce Kennedy, the humble, unassuming Chairman Emeritus of Alaska Airlines who died in June.

Sharif “is happy, speaking a lot of English and making friends” in Kindergarten. His parents had fled for their lives.

Hardly a week goes by that Lloyd Evans doesn’t help refugee families furnish their apartments. “This is a thrill for me," he says.

For 68 mostly Muslim refugees, a Christmas party featured the story of Jesus, and a new pair of winter mittens for all.

Moving day was quite a chore for a Somali family of 14 and the volunteers who helped them with all of their earthly possessions.

Maxine loves her job preparing dozens of hopeful, but anxious, refugees for their American Citizenship test.

Amanuel fled war-torn Eritrea only to be locked up in a squalid Saudi prison cell? But that wasn't the end of the story.

Mydung is a World Relief case worker who almost didn't survive her own journey to Seattle.

Ida lived through 12 years of gun fire, bombs and total terror during civil war in Liberia.

Khalida is a Meskhetian Turk who knew what type of work she wanted. It was an aspiration that had little hope of coming true.

Dzhavad boarded a plane in Russia, fleeing generations of persecution encountered by his ethnic group.