Kim and Marc Wyatt
Research Triangle, North Carolina
Kim and Marc Wyatt serve in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, where they help connect resources and mobilize churches to welcome and love their international neighbors. In October 2015, they established Welcome House Raleigh, shaped after their previous ministries to refugees in Canada. Similar refugee ministries are now underway in Wilmington and Durham, N.C.
Welcome House Raleigh is a temporary reception home for refugees who are being resettled in the area who do not have a place to live upon arrival. Welcome House provides a safe home, settlement assistance and bridges into the community.
The main goal at Welcome House is to share the love of God in Christ Jesus through the ministries of hospitality and friendship. When permanent housing becomes available, the Wyatts and local partners and volunteers furnish it — even providing culturally appropriate groceries—and help their new friends discover their new American neighborhood.