Thanks to all the Americans who decided to befriend an international! We hope you are having some great conversations! Click on any of the topics below to help you think of new things to talk about. Body Language Conflict Creativity Dreams Encouragement Have you...
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“Haidar” was embedded with American troops as a translator when threats forced him and his family to flee. Little by little, Lucas County is becoming “home” for them. Everyone is learning English and “Haidar” is now enrolled at Owens College. We are excited to...
You can donate 5% of all that you spend at Kroger just by signing up Water for Ishmael as your Kroger Rewards recipient. It's free to you and it benefits our refugee and immigrant students! So here's how you do it: If you don't have a card, go to Kroger and pick one...
Dear Friend of WFI: Recently, our staff spent some time reflecting on the 24 hours before Christ's death. Everything about it was dark and void of any hope. How could anyone in that moment have known that God was in complete control, achieving victory over death and...
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From a distance, we Americans can look horrible. Many international students come to the United States with a less than fantastic view of what Americans are like. Many have only seen what Americans are like through what their news highlights and the movies that come...
Water for Ishmael is co-sponsoring the film, Dancing in Jaffa, at the Toledo International Film Festival on Saturday, January 23rd, 7pm at The Ohio Theatre (3112 Lagrange St, Toledo) Come join us for a family friendly event! Learn more about Dancing in Jaffa. Order...
Syrian Refugee FeatureFor our students, kindness crosses cultural borders. Watch how these two senior engineering students are helping a Syrian refugee. Posted by The University of Toledo on Thursday, December 10, 2015
Very sweet envelope I received in the mail last night. Almost 5 years ago when I was newcomer to the US,hadn't started school yet nor working I registered for summer classes in American School for Women and Children(ASFWC). Only three weeks were enough to be in love...
God, we pray for the people of Paris. Give comfort to the injured, the terrified, and the families who are going through deep and senseless loss. Restore safety. God, these acts are evil. Guard our hearts from hate and a desire for revenge. Give us the mind of Christ,...
Why we are doing a better job with immigration: Unlike the Belgian community from which the mastermind of last week’s attacks on Paris emerged, the Toledo community is proactively working on one of the most important elements of detecting and preventing terrorism:...
in-ti-grey-shuh n (Integration) - Noun: behavior, as of an individual, that is in harmony with the environment Images of refugees and migrants are filling the news. Solutions to this humanitarian crisis are complicated and divisive. The reality is that refugees and...
“Thank you.” It’s probably the one sentence we hear most often these days at Water For Ishmael. Rafi’s two teenage boys had been coming home from school every day with that “deer in headlights” look. Since they arrived in the US in June, they had managed to learn...
Right behind two new Syrian refugee families that came to our school was NPR! They have been focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis and learning more about refugee resettlement in the US. The host of "All Things Considered", Air Shapiro and a few others spent a week in...
“The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ ”...
There's a common thread that runs within the refugees and internationals that we work with. They want to give back! They want to help others the way that they have been helped. In the picture, we have Ted and Jeremy, our American School Evening instructors working...