From An English Friends Participant

“English Friends has provided a great opportunity for me to continue to reach the world while living in my home country. I’ve been an immigrant to other nations and know what a huge difference a warm welcome and hospitable people make to the process of learning culture and language and feeling ‘at home’. It is great to think that I might help someone else not feel so isolated or lonely. I’ve only been meeting with my friend a short while, and though communication can sometimes be a struggle, we get there with the help of Google translate or, if her children are around, they act as translators. My friend tells me that since living in the USA for 6 years, I’m her first American friend. I understand that her experience is shared by many international students and immigrants alike and it is a huge missed opportunity to enjoy relating with and understanding a person from another culture.” K.B.