The dusty, dirty, breaking-down Glendale apartment complex holds refugee families from Central Africa and Afghanistan who do not get along. The kids get into fights, the teens are forbidden from dating each other and the adults glare at each other from their porches....

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, off of Camelback Road and 19th Ave., a special thing happens. People come together from all walks of life to serve each other, meet other’s physical needs, and talk about Jesus. Sometimes these conversations happen in Spanish, sometimes in English, and every once in a while, through Google Translate, but it’s consistent and genuine and life-giving to all involved...

Tan stucco walls, spices in the air, red rugs all over the ground, tarps underneath homemade bread and chicken while whole families sit around them, eating and talking. Brothers playing with their baby siblings, girls braiding each other’s hair, friends coming over unannounced just to take a break. This is the life of a refugee living in America.