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A Birthday of Bakers – C-5 is becoming C-6

ryabuki / February 23, 2009

(See All Pictures & Videos) Saturday, there was shift in dominant hormones in our house. Generally, in the Yabuki household, the men have the majority and while two ladies generally equal three guys, on Saturday, the guys were overwhelmed. C-5 celebrated her sixth birthday and our house was filled with kindergarten girls. It started innocently …

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“Spacing Out” at Houston Space Weekend 2009

ryabuki / February 11, 2009

“awesome trip!!!!!” – Student “I just want to thank you for the perfect weekend. We had a lot of fun this weekend and I am sure that none of us will ever forget this trip” – Another Space Weekend Student (see pictures & video) This last weekend was a very special weekend for me. Over …

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Cinderella and the Spring Big Howdy 2009

ryabuki / January 28, 2009

This Saturday was very special. We had our regular Spring Big Howdy Party. ISI’s Ron, BSM’s Gary, Breakthrough’s Christian, Cornerstone’s Steve (and many others) did a tremendous job this year with quite a few innovations that I thought really worked. Over 350 people, mostly international students came to the Bluebonnett Ball room in the UTA …

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Driving Home for the Holidays… Our Old Home… 4500 miles…

ryabuki / January 15, 2009

(pictures) 4500 miles… 18 days… many old and new friends… connection with family too… a better appreciation for each of our immediate family members… Watching the kids grow in front of us… five whole classic audio books… four times watching “Cars…” four National Parks, three Jr. Ranger swearing ins, the kids experiencing skiing for the …

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2008—What a Year It’s Been!

ryabuki / December 17, 2008

First off, can it really be Christmas time again? It seems like we just put away the decorations from last year, and now it is time to get them out once more. This Christmas, we are planning a cross-country trek to Northern and Southern California. We are looking forward to enjoying the mountains, seeing lots …

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California Trip – Hooray we have a house sitter

ryabuki / December 16, 2008

One of our dear student friends, Ken finally said yes. We were looking high and low for someone to watch our house while we take a 18 day 4000 mile road trip to California to visit friends, family, supporters, churches, see some world class sights with our kids, etc. the next couple of weeks. For …

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The Power of Prayer

ryabuki / December 15, 2008

Last Monday seemed like a bleak day. We were gathered for our monthly ISI DFW Staff meeting. Usually a good thing. But on this particular Monday, several things were weighing heavily over us. Little did we know that God was going to use this to grow our faith… Our colleague Derrah, spend the last couple …

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The Hardest Part but also the Most Gratifying

ryabuki / December 11, 2008

One of the hardest part of being a part of the lives of international students and ministry partners is that they have to eventually go home or at least move on. We have had so many examples where we invest heavily in a student or ministry partner and right after that training, or shortly after …

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A Tale of two Christmas Parties: A Study in Contrast

ryabuki / December 11, 2008

Two days, Friday & Saturday, two Christmas parties (more pictures) hosted at two different homes for international students two from different campuses having two totally different experiences. Still… there was one purpose and one common result, the students had a great time, feeling loved and appreciated for a day they will never forget. On Friday, …

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Joy to the World on Black Friday

ryabuki / November 29, 2008

(pictures)I spent my afternoon & evening evening on Black Friday with my daughter… Often a tag like that suggests long lines, loss of massive amounts of money, holding on to clothes, unhappy faces, people falling over each other to get stuff. I just got a update from an Indian student on Facebook that said, “had …

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