ryabuki, Author at Yabuki Breeze Blog

Yabukis & Friends Welcome New Japanese Students

ryabuki / June 30, 2007

Roy & Lisa had the priviledge of welcoming three new NCN students to UTA’s language program. These Japanese students are entrusted by their parents to the NCN corportation to navigate through the university experience and NCN working with Ron asked us to make sure the students get off on the right foot. We picked them …

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Roy Attends ISI Advanced Leadership Conference

ryabuki / June 30, 2007

We were going to Colorado to learn how to be better leaders! In June Roy attended ISI’s Advanced Leadership Conference (see video) with most of the local staff. This is a very important conference as we work this year to work on tuning up our strategic plan for the DFW area and as we invest …

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Chicago and Charis’ Friends from China

ryabuki / June 30, 2007

In Late June we went on aÂ 2200 trip to Chicago (our pictures & friends pictures) and back. It was a great time of fun and fellowship. We enjoyed seeing some of C-4’s old friends from the orphanage for this reunion three years after we returned from China. They have all grown up so much. God …

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Welcoming Summer Students

ryabuki / June 20, 2007

“In my first day in America, I have a warm feeling…” one Taiwanese student commented. Unlike domestic students, international students typically stay during the summer. Many also arrive for the first time during this quiet time on campus. It is a perfect opportunity to really shower Christ’s love on them and give them our full …

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Dallas Mavericks Founder Shares with Chinese EMBA Students

ryabuki / April 13, 2007

April, 2007 – Norm Sonju, founder of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, headlined a banquet (see pictures and video)Â that ISI and several other organizations in Arlington hosted for the thirty Executive MBA students who are at UTA from China. There are 30 Chinese executives from the top companies in China who who are studying at …

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Chinese EMBA Students & Golf

ryabuki / April 13, 2007

In western business golf has played an important part in developing relationships and sealing deals. The executive MBA student/executives from China who are studying at UTA got a sense of this and asked ISI volunteer/partner, Steve Schimer if he knew how to play golf. They wanted to learn. He arranged for ISI staff, and golf …

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Internationals at Northlake

ryabuki / April 13, 2007

There are over 900 international students each at two of the community colleges in the area. At one campus over half are from the little reached country of Nepal. We donâ€™t have anyone working there? Why? Without the manpower and the difficulty in reaching community colleges because of their commuter nature, we have not been …

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Tim Scores Run – Jon the Canoe Explorer

ryabuki / April 1, 2007

April 2007 – T-6’s season started up again after many rain cancellations and he went out and scored a run!! Good job T-6. (Check out Pics) The same weekend, J-10 went on his second camping trip with his scout troop, this time with dad. They went canoeing. It was windy but really fun!!! (Check out …

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A Surprise Call One Night

ryabuki / April 1, 2007

Apr 2007 – Late Saturday night the phone rang. I(Roy) didnt’t recognize the number on the caller ID. A young lady identified herself as the president of the Fine Arts Society of India(FSI) at UTA. They were having a special cultural performance, SangamÂ with the India Musical Arts and Culture Society(IMACS) and they wanted to personally …

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ISI DFW Tejas 07 Spring Break Retreat

ryabuki / March 23, 2007

Mar 2007 – PICS & VIDEO & AUDIO – This year’s Tejas Spring Break retreat (www.isitejas.com) was probably the best we have ever had. As we were sitting and watching it happen, God did some good work. In meteorology, there is something called the “perfect storm” when all the right ingredients from all over the …

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