“Please, teacher, tell me – why are you and these other teachers so different? What is it about this center that makes me feel at peace?” These were the comments of one of our center’s Kurdish students, B, nearly 4 years ago! These comments were not unusual – many...
*Baran works hard on his schooling. He has already learned Russian, is working on English, and of course, since his first language is Kurmanji (Kurdish), he has learned Turkish. He has earned a masters in Russian literature from Kyrgyzstan. He is constantly telling me...
I hosted a reconciliation tea for the mothers of my 3rd grade daughter’s classmates. A couple of the moms, who were once friends, had hurt one another (mostly by gossiping) and were not speaking to one another anymore. At the tea, I shared the story of Jesus...
