14/08/2026
We spend much of our lives in “in between” times. We dream of a certain career, family life, or goal, and if we’re privileged enough to pursue them, we take steps to actualize our hopes. The journey is not linear, nor is it short. We get knocked off course, we pick up travel companions on the way, and sometimes the destination changes altogether. If life were a movie, the in between would be a montage. We’d be tempted to speed past it if we could because the inbetween can be uncomfortable, painful, or boring.
Mina has a gift for walking alongside families who are caught in between places. Thailand is full of refugees. With its proximity to at-risk countries and relatively accessible entry visa process, people flee from global poverty, persecution, and conflict to pursue safety. Refugees enter Thailand hoping to ultimately land in a country that will accept them. The wait for one’s refugee status to be accepted is long, complicated, expensive, and not guaranteed. It’s a risk. But as one of CLF’s taglines states, “Hope Takes Risks”… Read Full Story in our Blog— link in Bio, written by Jeanene Mutchler
