Blog
Our experience sponsoring an asylum seeker.
Fernando has given us his permission to document this journey.
We are Tori and Andrew, a couple living in West Michigan in our 30s/40s, and we are currently hosting an asylum seeker.
The purpose of this website and blog is to educate and hopefully inspire others to sponsor as well.
The Future isn’t Bright
Date 9/22/21 These past few blogs have been pretty straight forward to write as I simply tell you everything that’s happened so far. Now, the blog has pretty much...
A Cultural Exchange
The homemade pupusa meal courtesy of Fernando. Date 8/14/21 Culture Shock A lot of things in the US are culture shock for Fernando, lawn mowing, dehumidifiers, vegetarians, etc. I’m...
New Everything
thinking design, creative solutions It was a day like this when we took Fernando to see Lake Michigan the first time. Date 8/01/21 Most of us don’t like change...
More About Fernando
Photo from Moody College of Communication Flickr. Unnamed gang members, originally from El Salvador. Date 7/22/21 There are 26 million refugees globally Half of the world’s refugees are children...
How We Began as Asylee Sponsors
Date 5/12/21 The Golden Rule is to treat others as you want to be treated. This principle was partially derived from the Bible where Jesus said that the greatest...