WHO WE ARE
International Friendships, Inc. (IFI) is a community organization that works in partnership with universities and Christian volunteers to promote friendship and hospitality for international students, scholars, and their families. IFI also partners with internationals through on-campus student organizations.
God Sought Me
Carmen’s interaction with IFI began when she arrived from China in 2011 to study Theoretical Mathematics and was hosted by IFI volunteers. She saw these strangers inconveniencing themselves to make her feel welcome. "I was amazed by what hospitality meant to them." When she first started attending IFI Bible discussion groups, Carmen’s questions were sometimes aggressive. “I never thought I would put my belief in God,” she says. Gradually, [...]
