{"id":74,"date":"2013-03-31T03:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waterforishmael.org\/?p=74"},"modified":"2013-03-31T03:41:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T03:41:52","slug":"march-2013-ministry-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.waterforishmael.org\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"March 2013 Ministry Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our board members likes to use the analogy that Water for Ishmael is the \u201chandshake\u201d between worlds.\u00a0 Often, internationals feel isolated from the community around them and they don\u2019t know how to join in.\u00a0 The church wants to help, but doesn\u2019t know how.<\/p>\n<p>The last day of February, the American School for Women and Children hosted our third annual International Dinner.\u00a0 Students at the school cooked their hearts out and treated us with homemade dishes from Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Korea, and Nigeria to name a few.\u00a0 It\u2019s always one of my favorite evenings, and this year was even more special as the school was celebrating our tenth anniversary.\u00a0 Students and alumni along with spouses, kids, parents and siblings joined our American guests who came to taste the dishes from around the world.\u00a0 By the end of the evening, phone numbers had been exchanged as friendships were born that will continue beyond the event.<\/p>\n<p>How beautiful to see Christians taking the risk to meet people very different from them while our international friends overcame shyness and limited language to reach back.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your part in helping WFI be the \u201chandshake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a foreigner lives with you in your land, don\u2019t take advantage of him. 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