Far from Home with Mabel Ninan

Latest Episodes
Episode 29 – Meet Pirkko Rytkonen, A Finnish Canadian Immigrant, Part 1
Pirrko Rytkonen emigrated from Finland to Canada when she was a little girl. Raised in a Christian home, her immigrant experience intersected not only with her faith journey but also her unique love s
Episode 28 – Lessons from an Untold Story in History
On todays episode, I talk with author Marie Chan about her book, Mamie Takes a Stand: The True Story of Mamie Tape, a Chinese American Girl's Fight for School Rights.
Episode 27 – Migration, God, and the Bible – With Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
On todays episode I talk with Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, about their latest Bible study, Migration: Experiencing God's Care for Immigrants. This conversation is timely and relevant. Its
Relaunching Far from Home on Setember 9th, 2025
The podcast is officially relaunching on Tuesday, September 9th. Thank you for sticking with me.
Episode 26 – A Conversation about Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma, Part 2
Prasanta discusses the role of her personal faith journey in shaping her identity and helping hernavigate life as an ethnic minority.
Episode 25 – A Conversation About Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma, Part 1
Prasanta and I chat about the meaning of ethnic loneliness as it pertains to immigrants, assimilation, code switching, and identity negotiation.
Episode 24 – Meet Josephine Smits – A Sierra Leonean Dutch Refugee
In this episode, Josephine talks about how God helped her every step of the way, miraculously supplying the needs of the people of Sierra Leone through the Wanda Foundation.
Episode 23 – A Conversation about Hospitality – With Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young
A former missionary to Haiti, Dorina talks about what it was like to host a refugee family in her home for nearly a month and how practicing hospitality can be spiritually beneficial for your family.
Episode 22 – Visas, Faith, and the Immigrant Life – With Bronwyn Lea
In this episode, Bronwyn Lea and I discuss the impact of visas and the process of becoming permanent residents and ultimately citizens on immigrants.
Episode 21 – Serving Immigrants with a Kingdom Mindset -Brittani Farrington
Brittani reminds us that a believers call to love the foreigner is not a new biblical revelation. Its a truth found all over Scripture.