Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
One of the special things about being a father of two boys is that we get to do some fun “guy” stuff. My guys are not sports guys, but they both have a great interest in chivalry, games and other things like that. This last weekend the three of us shared something very special. Back …
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It has been a while since my last post. There have been many very time consuming projects afoot. Anyway, I wanted to post some things that have been on my heart but I haven’t had time to post. I am going to bring in some tidbits from our most recent prayer letter that share what …
The last couple of days I have been feeling a bit weary and tired. So many things have been happening, God has been working, and its been non-stop. As is typical after so much activity, even God powered activity, it is common to be tired and weary. It reminds me of the show down between …
(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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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 …
(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 …
While Lisa and I were focused on the Thanksgiving Party for UTA international students with our church two others of our ministry teams hosted other “new” thanksgiving parties… Here’s what happened… Jeff Anthony, our ISI City Mobilizer and “blessing man”, helped kick off the first thanksgiving dinner for Collin College (formerly Collin County Community College), …
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Today I had the honor of sitting at church with some really cool people. Tillie Bergen, the iconic founder of Mission Arlington was there. Mission Arlington has become a model for outreach into a city of lost people who are struggling in life. Tilly shared that through their ministry of giving over 238 churches were …
Tonight a most remarkable thing happened in our house… Let me preface what I write with the following. I am generally not politically expressive… I generally don’t make a big deal about elections, who I will vote for, etc. I do have strong views on politics, economics, policy, etc… In college, I immensely enjoyed following …
(See all pictures) Giant Rocket inflatables, climbing walls, loud music, large turkey legs, tons and tons of candy and a climbing… coconut tree… what do all these things have to do with international students? On October 31, TCU team members Bennie & Patti, UTA team leader Ron and Lisa and I with T-8 & C-5 …
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