Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
Thanks all of you who are praying specially for this week. It has made a difference. Good relationship is happening. Today, I had the privelege of taking a Thai couple, James & Jin who I picked up from the airport late Friday night to lunch & then shopping. They were feeling very homesick and so …
This was a good day of ministry. Our team of many ministries and partners were allowed to have a table a UTA orientation today and it was a real blessing. We were able to invite many of them to the Big Howdy party and other events to welcome them. Over 100 of 500 new students …
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One of the most important roles we have in ministering to students is to help them with their needs. Through these genuine acts of kindness, they are able to see Christ. We find that to do this the most effectively to impact the most students, we mobilize other Christ followers to do the same. Such …
With the new semester coming, J-12 and C-5 are starting new experiences and T-8 is coming upon a milestone point in his school experience. J-12 will be starting Jr. high and he will be doing it in an unusual way. He will be starting up in a “Virtual Academy” (check out video clip about Virtual …
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of preparing for school, both with international students but also with OUR new students (J-12, & C5 are going to new schools & T-8 is going to 3rd grade). It has been incredibly fun to meet new students at the various different campuses. This year I …
“We don’t have any tables to set up to meet students.” That was the message I received on Monday from our TCU team after I dropped off some flyers and signage. On Monday, our TCU team was organized to meet on campus to man a welcome table for new students in the brand new University …
Our oldest son, J-11 turned 12 in August. We all celebrated with a trip to the fun center and a party with his best friend Jacob. He also completed his first class rank for scouts at his Court of Honor and we featured in his summer camp video. Good job son!
This was a hard day today. I should have recognized that it would be… but I didn’t. One of the hard parts of ministry is that the day after the big sermon or the big meetings is often very hard. The more you feel you are moved by the Spirit at an event or speaking …
Back in the Spring, we helped one of our local ministry partners to reach out to some MBA students they were involved with by making our team in Houston available to help them plan a trip to NASA to meet an astronaut and stay with local host families. Here is a testimony from the team …
Here is a quick update on some things that have happened to J-10, T-6 and C-4 the last couple of months. To see more family pictures from the last few years click here.
