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Special Times in SE Asia – Lisa and Roy’s summer Trip to Visit Students

ryabuki / August 1, 2017

Special Times in SE Asia In late June we had the special opportunity to travel to several Asian countries to visit former international students, including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan, and also to attend ISI’s National Staff Conference in Singapore. The conference was top-notch with speakers that talked about discipleship, Muslim evangelism, dealing with spiritual …

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Summer Happenings 2016

ryabuki / June 18, 2016

Well, it is sad that we haven’t updated our blog in almost 2 years. I guess life has been a little busy! But thank you for taking the time to come here and learn some of what has been going on with us lately. Here are some recent events: ISI’s Black Hills True Leadership Retreat (http://blackhillstrue.weebly.com/) – …

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End of an Era, Walking down the Aisle, Walking together

ryabuki / June 6, 2014

See some of our pictures I just got a notice yesterday from a dear friend that I grew up with. He and his wife had a baby. It was a long circuitous journey for them and I am so very happy for them. My prayers have been with them in this for years and God answered. …

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Baptism a coming, Lots of visitors, Awards & Tests

ryabuki / May 24, 2014

See some of our pictures. This week felt like a week with meeting after meeting after meeting. Still, it was a good week on may levels. God was present and working and for that we are thankful. You all have been praying for “Sylvan” from India for a long time for many things. Well, as Lisa …

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UTA graduation, Golf with an Old Friend, “best time in America”

ryabuki / May 17, 2014

A fair number of our students and others graduated from different universities last week and this. Among others were a key student leader from TCU, an ISI intern, and an Italian student friend. It was very bittersweet. We are excited that they could take the things that they learned here with them wherever they are …

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EQUIP training with people from all over, Fire at South Campus, Big Picnic

ryabuki / May 4, 2014

Last week was a great week of learning and service for the ISI North Texas team. We had the privilege of hosting 10 ISI staff from around the country the EQUIP conference. EQUIP is a week long seminar which serves as a “basic training” for national staff who come – exposing them to international student ministry fundamentals. Most of our North Texas team together with …

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Asia Trip Report Part 2 and New Discipleship Group, Easter, God is at work

ryabuki / April 25, 2014

(See pictures) It’s been a fair number of weeks from the Asia trip. I am still kind of living with the consequences in terms of catching up… but also the memories and the remembrance of what God did. Here are some more “journal/prayer” entries from the trip: ——————————————- From March 31:Howie was in Arlington for a …

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He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Happy Easter

ryabuki / April 20, 2014

Our family spent the day with a couple of international student friends – one from India and one from China. For the one from India, this is his first experience of Easter. It was fun watching it from his eyes experiencing new things. For the one from China, this is her third and as a …

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Asia Trip Report Part 1

ryabuki / April 19, 2014

(See pictures) It’s been a week since I returned from Asia. What a Trip! I believe God used it to help build things He has already been doing. For those of you who weren’t on the trip prayer e-mail, I’m going to put a few excerpts from those messages. The one below comes from and …

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Community/Valentines, The Great American Speedway, God is Touching Hearts

Roy / February 19, 2014

The last few week featured a slew of activities, highlighted by the North Texas ISI Staff retreat and the UTA ISI Starbucks Group Valentines Dinner. The Valentines dinner (see pictures) was a dinner hosted by the guys for the gals. They went all out and cooked a three course dinner with several menu items, served them …

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