IFI's Special & Urgent Needs!

Thank you so much for your partnership with International Friendships! See our exciting giving opportunities below along with how to give to reaching the nations who have come to us. Click here to see our goals!

How to Give

Credit card: click hereCredit Cards

Personal Check: Payable to “IFI” to IFI, PO Box 82416, Columbus, OH 43202Checkbook


Easy Giving: Give automatically through your bank account - Click here to learn how!


In kind Gifts: Furniture/household donations to show God's love to international students.
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Interns to the Nations: Our 2010 funding goal...

  • Intern Program: IFI is committed to annually training 2-4 former international students for a 9-12 month program to prepare them for a lifetime of ministry wherever God leads them, maybe to their homeland.
    • We are looking to raise $4,000 per month make this important ministry happen! This is a great investment in the Great Commission...
    • Would you consider giving to this important need? Would you consider giving $30, $50, $100 or some other amount each month to bless the nations with trained missionaries?
    • See the giving options above to get started. We highly recommend giving through ourEasy Giving program. This way you don't have to remember to give each month and IFI will receive regular donations without missing a month!

Your old furniture or household goods can mean the world to an international!

ITEMS NEEDED: New students arrive with two suitcases. The things they need most are beds (twin, full or queen--no king size, please), desks and desk chairs, TVs (that accept VHS/DVD player), TV stands, microwave ovens and microwave carts, dining tables and chairs, lamps (both floor and table), bookcases, end tables, and coffee tables. Usually students do NOT need sheets, blankets and towels, clothing or small kitchen items.

Mattress Moving TruckHOW TO DONATE: When you call or email to donate, please tell us what you have, where it is now, your name and contact info, and when is the best time for someone to come to pick up your donation if you cannot deliver it yourself. IFI can provide a written receipt for tax purposes, if you wish.

IFI has no storage space for furniture donations. Usually we try to match donations with students' immediate needs so that storage isn't necessary. God is faithful! So far this approach is working!

When you donate, please consider making a donation to cover the cost of gas for IFI's long-bed pickup truck, especially if your pickup spot is far from the OSU campus.

We are praying for someone--retirees?--to take over the furniture ministry for IFI. Although the staff member currently responsible loves doing this, she has many other areas of responsibility, too. We are praying for someone who can devote 5 to 20 hours a week to this strategic ministry. The qualifications are: a) Person with a driver's license and physical strength and/or a network of physically strong friends; b) Someone who loves meeting new people and loving others in Jesus' name; c) Someone who's not ashamed to raid dumpsters for usable items; and, possibly, someone skilled in furniture cleaning and repair.

For more information, contact Karen Oliver.

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