Here’s an excerpt from the Global Ministries mission bulletin insert for April 2010.  You can read the entire article here.

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9

Our historical secondary school in Izmir, Turkey began a new chapter in its long history. Founded by our missionary predecessors in 1878, the Izmir American Collegiate Institute has now opened a renovated building. In addition to the usual classrooms and school facilities, the new building has a girl’s dormitory. Thirty girls now live on the top floor enjoying modern, spacious living quarters with a magnificent view of Izmir and its bay. What’s more, these girls are from more distant parts of Turkey and this means greater diversity in the student body…

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