Episode 88

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Published on:

1st Jul 2020

Jesus was a Refugee with Jami Austing

This episode’s inspirational guest has worked with refugees and immigrants for nearly a decade, including a stint as a medical case manager for World Relief serving newly-arrived refugees.  Her life with refugees spread into a 5-year journey of being a single foster mom, starting with four refugee children who needed a safe place to live. You don’t want to miss her inspirational, adventurous story filled with hope and conviction.

Jami shares these resources in the episode:

Books:

Seeking Refuge- Bauman, Sorens

Foreign to Familiar- Lanier

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down- Fadiman

The Girl Who Smiled Beads- Wamariya

City of Thorns- Rawlence

What is the What- Eggers

 

Website:

https://worldrelief.org/

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About the Podcast

The Collide Podcast
Welcome to the Collide podcast. We are so glad you’re here! We’re excited for you to join us every week as Collide’s Founder and Director, Willow Weston interviews incredible humans who are experiencing God doing amazing things in their lives. We love sharing stories of leaders, counselors, pastors, business owners, moms, artists, authors, and everyday heroes who are making a difference in the world. We invite our guests to share from an authentic and vulnerable place the ways that Jesus is showing up and colliding with them in the mess, the pain, the beauty, and the joy. We know you will be inspired, refreshed, and encouraged and leave each episode knowing God meets you where you’re at and is doing something beautiful right there.