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Summer Book Drive

Our women’s English classes have been running for over 10 years now! It’s been beautiful to see our student body grow from just a handful in 2013 to having served 114 women in the past school year (and nearly 70 preschool aged children as well!). One of the ways we’d like to expand the program [...]

2023-06-26T16:40:15-05:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: Nashville|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Serving Afghan Refugees In Nashville

Afghan refugees are in Nashville, and they need our help!  Nearly 300 new arrivals have been or are being resettled mostly in Northern Nashville. Many groups are working together to meet the needs of our new neighbors. Our strength is education, so we're coordinating some English classes for these new arrivals. Women's English class opportunities [...]

2022-03-22T10:59:07-05:00January 11th, 2022|Categories: Nashville|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Studying for the Citizenship Test

So your friend has asked for your help with taking the citizenship test. But how do you begin studying for the citizenship test? What's even on this test? English Evaluation - Speaking, Reading, and Writing InterviewCivics Evaluation - 10 questions picked out of 100 preset questions There are books that you can buy online and [...]

2020-10-27T11:14:32-05:00April 24th, 2019|Categories: Nashville|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

My Syrian Baba

Here's a first-hand account from one of our team members one what it's like to serve refugees in Athens.  It's been a whirlwind this week. It's hard to reconcile the anxiety and hesitancy I had right before arriving to the joy that seems to course through my soul. It is not a sugar sweet happiness, [...]

Hagar and Dahlia

[Gen 21:16 ] Then Hagar went and sat down opposite Ishmael a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, "Let me not look on the death of the child." And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. This is the story I was pondering early [...]

2020-11-11T13:00:53-05:00February 10th, 2016|Categories: Nashville|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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