People Group Profiles on people groups that primarily came to North America as refugees. Kurds in North America [https://upgnorthamerica.com/project/kurds-in-north-america/] Afghans in North America [https://upgnorthamerica.com/project/afghans-in-north-america/] Bosniaks in North America [https://upgnorthamerica.com/project/bosniaks-in-north-america/] Somali in North America [https://upgnorthamerica.com/project/somalis-in-north-america/] A recent NPR article on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/28/1160009081/rohingya-refugees-whove-been-in-camps-for-years-say-theyve-been-forgotten] Trauma Healing Resources: https://www.multiplyinghope.org/ https://traumahealinginstitute.org/ International Professional Workers Top 100 H1B Visa employers  [https://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2021-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx] International Students Stats and figures for International Students in the US [https://www.boundless.com/research/international-students-studying-in-the-united-states-trends-and-impacts/] Listing of the top 500 largest international student populations by school [https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/data-Top500F-1Schools_21.pdf]

Learn more about Afghans in North America [https://upgnorthamerica.com/project/afghans-in-north-america/] Link to books mentioned: Wind in the House of Islam by David Garrison [https://windinthehouse.org/] When Helping Hurts by Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett [https://www.amazon.com/When-Helping-Hurts-Alleviate-Yourself/dp/0802409989] How to pray for "Paul" * Pray for his wife to become a dentist. (again) * Online courses and license for employment opportunity. * Wisdom Want to connect to Paul and support the work among Afghans in DFW? Email Bud at [email protected]

Scriptures referenced: * Gen 1 * Gen 3 * Gen 4 * Gen 9 * Gen 11 * Gen 12 * Ruth * John 1 * Matthew 2:13–23 * James 1:1 * Acts 8:1 * Acts 11:19-30 * 2 Timothy 1:7 * Acts 13:1-2 * Ephesians 1:10 Resources for additional Study 1. Discovery study - What is God's will? 2. Discovery study - Multiplying God's Glory throughout the EarthNotes

/daɪˈæs.pɚ.ə/ - How we learned how to pronounce Diaspora [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/diaspora] What does Diaspora Mean? * People that are living outside their country or area of origin. What are Unreached People Groups? * Less than 2% Evangelical * Less than 5% Christian Adherent Resources * UPGNorthAmerica.com [https://upgnorthamerica.com/] * Joshuaproject.net [https://joshuaproject.net/] * https://etnopedia.org [https://etnopedia.org/] * Peoplegroups.info [https://peoplegroups.info/] Take a virtual prayerwalk among an unreached people group. [https://upgnorthamerica.com/virtual-prayerwalks/] Quotable: "We often think in a way that is ethnocentric, meaning our ethnicity is at the center of things, but God is at the center." - Bud "Why is there diaspora? God is still filling the earth with His glory." - Bud "I feel like God is telling us, we need to be sharing with those different than us." - Rebecca "The movement of people weaves all through biblical history." "God has brought the unreached, the ends of the earth to our cities. Our job is to pray for them and share with them how they may know the hope of Christ." _______ Passages of scripture mentioned in the podcast * Genesis 1-3 * Genesis 4 * Genesis 9 * Genesis 11 * Genesis 12 * Ruth 1-4 * Matthew 2 * John 13:3 * John 1:14 * Acts 8:1 * James 1:1 * Acts 11 * Philippians 3:20

Learn more about the general diaspora phenomena at International Diaspora 2020 Highlights from the UN [https://www.un.org/en/desa/international-migration-2020-highlights]. Quotable: "It is the character of our God to move people for His glory and so that people may know the truth." - Bud "When you see people on the move, God is at work" - Bud "I like to encourage those that are out there in some small Podunk town of North America. That God can use you. I grew up on a ranch in Texas in the middle of nowhere." - Rebecca This season is brought to you by UPG North America. Visit UPGNorthAmerica.com [https://upgnorthamerica.com/] to learn more.