Home: a familiar or usual setting (Merriam Webster dictionary)

After a 10 month stay in our women’s shelter Elim House, Brenda received the good news that she finally had a place that she could call home. Because of your generous support, Crossing Borders was able to house Brenda this year and help her apply for government sponsored housing. We had the privilege of listening to her heartbreaking stories about her journey to freedom from North Korea, weeping with her as she continued to mourn the loss of her two missing sons, and walking alongside her through her ongoing battles with the daily effects of her trauma.

A few weeks after moving into her new home, Brenda invited our Elim House staff and current residents over for a housewarming party, where she warmly prepared a small table with treats for her guests who she called her only family. She told us about her hope that she would be reunited with her sons soon and live with them in her new home.

During Brenda’s stay at Elim House, we had many opportunities to pray and open the Bible together, knowing that the power of the gospel would be her ultimate source of lasting peace.

Read about when Brenda first arrived at Elim House.

Brenda shared more about her own upbringing in North Korea

Before she left Elim House, Brenda brought us in closer to the trauma of losing both of her sons

It is our great privilege and joy to journey together alongside the North Korean women who temporarily take up residence at Elim House and to love and support them as God allows.

As we enter this holiday and giving season, would you consider supporting us so that we can continue to help and share the good news of the gospel with North Korean refugees like Brenda?