The dates for the 2008 program will be December 20, 2008 - January 2, 2009.

Christmas is a time for sharing and Christmas International House (CIH) offers you just such an opportunity. Each Christmas Holiday about 40 international students from colleges and universities across the United States come to Atlanta to participate in the CIH program sponsored by AMIS.

Families and individuals are encouraged to share their homes for a one or two-week period with an international student. Your responsibility is to provide the student with bed and breakfast, take them to the CIH center at St. James United Methodist Church each morning and pick them up each evening and share weekends and holidays with them. Activities are provided for the student on most days so you may go about your normal activities. The two hosting periods begin the week before Christmas to the day after Christmas and from the day after Christmas to January 2.

This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know personally a student from another culture, with a different religious background and different political views. We learn that in the midst of our diversity everyone stands together as one human family.

CIH is a Christian ecumenical ministry that offers friendship to international students from around the country. Christmas International House is a peacemaking program that develops understanding among the students and among ourselves and cultivates lasting friendships.

If you are interested in hosting an international student, please fill out this form.