Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
(pictures) Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG’s), Mission Statements, Time Management, Catalysts, etc. These are not illnesses you can get… At the beginning of August, Roy and the rest of the ISI DFW Team met for a Vision Retreat at the home of Jim Beckett. Every year, our team meets together for a time of sequestered …
(pictures) Lisa and C-4 had a wonderful week in Oregon. Lisa was able to visit both of her parents, two of her brothers and one of her sisters, plus several of C-4’s cousins. They even got to meet one cousin for the first time, baby Graham (8 months). C-4 really enjoyed picking swiss chard from …
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“You are like like a father to me since I came to America…” a young Taiwanese student shared to Roy at the Summer Party the UTA ISI team hosted in Colleyville in cooperation with Mid Cities Bible church (pictures). We really connected with several students. The food was great and so was the swimming/yard play time. The …
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July 2007 – (pictures) Every summer, a group of young Korean scholars descend upon Arlington for a one month program of English study and American cultural exposure. This year we had the priveledge of hosting almost all of these scholars at several of our events including our Friday night group. In fact, one night all …
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Luke’s Speeder, Obi Wan’s Light Saber, R2D2’s suit, these were just some of the things Roy, J-10 and two TCU students experienced at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Star War’s exhibition. Purple Cow milk shakes were also on tap for this trip. Also, just a week later, on July 4, Roy, these …
Arlington Park Baptist Church had people who had a heart for international students. Many of them had much experience but they wanted to partner with ISI to more strategically reach students. Thus came the partnership that resulted in a special July 4 party for UTA ELI students. Ron Bunyard coordinated ISI’s involvment with APBC Missions …
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The glamor of a photo shoot… there is nothing like it… Last month Esther a Chinese American student volunteer who just graduated gave us a special gift. She  did a photoshoot of the family (photos). It was not the easiest thing in the world to do to get the kids to cooperate but She did …
As you know, Japanese are deep in the hearts of the Yabukis. While we must focus on all international students in our ministry, Japanese are still special to us. God is working in the metroplex with japanese. Here are two examples… Roy received a call from a woman who wanted to start a equipping conference …
July 2007 – (pictures) “International Students want to serve the community…” the conversation Ron had with the new UTA ICF president kind of went. Ron took that to heart and was able to set up a situation for them to work with Habitat for Humanity to help build a house for a low income family. Just that week, …
It has rained, and rained… and rained much of this summer. It has been very unusual in that way. In others ways its been fairly typical… Here are some of the exciting things the family has been doing this summer. The kids are out of school and enjoying time with mom… playing games… going outside, etc. J-10 …
