Far from Home with Mabel Ninan

Latest Episodes
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.
Episode 20 – Meet Patrick Kizehe, A Congolese Canadian Refugee – Part 2
In this episode, Patrick expands on his faith journey, describing how his encounter with Jesus confirmed his calling to be a social worker and to help other refugees in the Ugandan camp.
Episode 19 – Meet Patrick Kizehe, A Congolese Canadian Refugee – Part 1
The Rwandan geocide of 1994 claimed the lives of about a million people, mostly from the Tutsi minority.
Episode 18 – Loving Neighbors, Strangers & Enemies with Catherine McNiel
We discussed the relationship between love and our Christian identity, and the various kinds of fears that keep us from loving others.
Episode 17 – Meet Sharon Edwards
Sharon's story is the perfect example of how divine appointments work in a believer's life.