Meet your tour hosts


	Dr. Raj Aluri, our tour director, is from India, where he studied political science. Raj came to the U.S. as an international student in 1976. He earned two more Master’s degrees (in Media Arts and International Studies) and a doctorate in Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Aluri founded International Friendship Ministries in 1981 to serve his fellow international students. He, his wife Kathy, and their six children live in Columbia, South Carolina.
	Mr. John Wenzel John has been on staff at International Friendship Ministries since 1999. He and his wife, Barbara have six grown children. They reside in Blythewood, SC
	Marilyn & Tom Bassett Marilyn servers with Bridges International and has been "on loan" to IFM for over ten years. She lived in Swaziland, Africa for many years before marrying Tom in 1998. Tom has home repair business and spent several years in Bolivia.