06/16/2026
Diego was nine years old when he and his mother left Venezuela, not knowing where the journey would end. In Peru, he and his cousin were robbed at gunpoint just blocks from their home.
Still, his family kept believing something better was possible.
In 2024, World Relief Western Washington met the Hernandez family at the airport and walked alongside them from day one — connecting them to housing, school enrollment and medical care. Through that support, Diego's younger brother was also diagnosed with autism and received the care he needed for the first time.
Today, Diego is thriving in high school. He’s learning English, playing sports he never had access to before and doing something he couldn't do for years: just being a kid.
"It was God who brought us here," his mother Ana says.
That's what believing in more looks like.
Follow the link in bio to walk alongside families like Diego's this World Refugee Day.
*Names have been changed to protect privacy.
