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Eric and Melody Craven - Friendship Partner Coordinators
Eric and Melody have worked with ISI since 1992, when they helped run a conversational English school for international students in Buffalo, N.Y. They returned to Eric's hometown of Kansas City in 1998, and currently help coordinate the ISI Friendship Partner program. International students come to their home for International Student Fellowship (ISF) and Game Nights about every other week. Their children - Ashley, Nicholas and Sophie, have been interacting with international students all their lives.
Eric and Melody were international students themselves in China and Europe. Both attended the University of Buffalo and received their Masters degrees in education, teaching English to speakers of other languages. Eric currently works full time as an artist at The Kansas City Star and as a freelance illustrator and Melody works more than full time as a home-schooling mother of three.

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