UTO – United Thank Offering

This testimony recounts one young man’s journey from a comfortable, educated life in Afghanistan to becoming a refugee after surviving extreme violence. Rakin describes being kidnapped and held for several months by a criminal group seeking ransom from his family, escaping through a small window during a moment when his captors failed to properly restrain…

St. Paul’s Homecoming Center began life as the Katrina Recovery Center in New Orleans’ Lakeview neighborhood, helping seniors who had lost nearly everything in the storm. After running successfully there for two years, it relocated to the Gentilly neighborhood as recovery needs shifted from disaster response toward broader community outreach. What started as a place…