Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
Wow its aleady the end of March. The weather is changing in Texas and students are coming up on the stretch run in their academic year. The last few weeks have been tumultuous and exciting but in the end the thing we best saw was God working out his will in all of it. Our …
Continue reading “ISI Nebraska, Six Flags and Spiritual Warfare”
I am so sorry all. I have been out of pockets with this blog the last couple of months. I am ever so sorry. My hope is that we can get back on track. I’ll try to “catch you all up” on what has been going on the last couple of months. Truthfully, it has …
There is no doubt in my mind that many had been praying for the Tejas retreat (http://isitejas.com – for Tejas retreat website with pictures, videos, etc. You can also visit our facebook group page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50327357388). No doubt at all. This was honestly the best retreat in terms of Spiritual fruit and in terms of introducing Jesus through words and …
Continue reading “Tejas 2010 – The best to Date – Who is Jesus? and Why does this matter?”
It was a week of unexpected surprises from God. Our water heater stopped working last Friday. The plumber came over on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday to first try to fix our old one but in the end we had to replace it. It was little inconvenient having to take baths by dumping water from a …
Continue reading “Divine Plumber Appointment, Space Miracles and Kamal’s Prayer”
Every year, Our small group at Fielder Road Baptist church works with ISI and the BSM at UTA to host an international student thanksgiving dinner the Saturday before Thanksgiving. This year was no exception. Nearly 100 students feasted on turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, potatoes, etc. It was a cornucopia of things to eat. they …
Continue reading “Thanksgiving Coffeehouse for Internationals and the “Special Turkey””
The other day, I was able to share something that I am passionate about with my kids. Ever since I was in Junior High I have loved aircraft, specifically World War II aircraft. When the cub scouts were given the opportunity to visit and tour a B-17, I passionately had T-9 jump at the opportunity. …
One of the cultural fixtures in Texas is football in the fall. Finally, the Yabukis were able to become a part of that cultural rite through flag football. T-9 decided he wanted to play flag football this year. He didn’t feel he was ready for the full blown tackle thing which they play in the …
Today was a special day for Jonathan, C-6 and myself. We were able to do something a little different and I think we all came away with a smile. Andrea, a member of our church small group, has been a part of the ministry of Mission Arlington for many years, since she was 19. In …
The forecast called for heavy rain with a 50-70% probability. Derrah, our team’s point man for the Fall camp out, picked up the phone on Friday to confirm with me that we were still going to go forward with the camping trip we had planned for international students from the area. We both sensed God’s …
Continue reading “God held back the Rain: International Students in The Cowboy Capital”
“I was planning on staying for only a half an hour or so to be with my friends, but the music was so engaging, I decided to stay the whole time.” – Indian Student at the UTA Aradhna Concert Nearly a year ago, as our ISI DFW team was considering how to touch the large …
Continue reading “A Gift to the South Asian Community: Aradhna Concert Series”
