Imagine you have to leave your home country. You’re going to a place totally unfamiliar. You won’t have a home there yet. What do you know for sure? Only one thing: God will take care of you.

That’s what has happened to Tani’s family and many other Nigerians. Right now, Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places to be a Christian. Islamic extremist groups kill Christians and take their land. No one brings these wrongdoers to justice.

Over 2.1 million Nigerians have been driven from their homes. More than 778,000 are living out of place in nearby Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. People have a name for this gigantic problem: refugee crisis. (A refugee is anyone who escapes his or her home country because of disaster, persecution, or war. A crisis is an emergency.) The Nigerian refugee crisis has been going on for more than six years. These displaced people need food, education, and—of course—homes! Thousands of families have been separated while running from danger. Many parents are searching for their children.

Some Nigerians find safety in the United States. That happened for the Adewumi family. Is life easy for them now? Probably not!

Have you ever moved? That can be a sad experience if you have to leave friends behind. That’s just the beginning of the challenge for someone fleeing from another nation. When Tani moved to New York City, his family was safe. That was a good different! But he and his family probably still feel homesick for the customs, land, and neighbors they had to leave behind.

Does someone in your neighborhood come from another country? Do you hear a family on the playground speaking another language? God loves sojourners. You can show His heart by welcoming foreigners into your life.

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. — Leviticus 19:34