While Lutheran Social Services offers lots of services, it really comes down to how it makes one person's life better. I was privileged to be at the celebration of a woman who was moving to her own apartment after being in our shelter program in Mesa for three years.

From the Episcopal News Service – Tucson, Arizona: Peace and security that let them close their eyes and sleep at night; the ability to work and provide for their families: These are the things that female refugees – most of them single mothers – say changed most dramatically in their lives after they were resettled in Tucson.