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The “Blessing Man” and the TCU & Collin College Thanksgiving Parties

ryabuki / November 28, 2008

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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Video from the UTA ISI/Fielder Thanksgiving Dinner

ryabuki / November 27, 2008

Jumping Around

ryabuki / November 19, 2008

Had a major blow out today at home with the home school thing. It was a situation that required discipline, patience, healing, etc. It was not a pretty sight. I think the hardest thing about home schooling is that one second we have to play the role of teacher: objective, disciplined, hard driving, inspiring, the …

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A Spirit of Touching Lives

ryabuki / November 10, 2008

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 …

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A Young Politico in the Making?

ryabuki / November 5, 2008

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 …

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Internationals Volunteer to Serve Thousands of Kids…

ryabuki / November 2, 2008

(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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Praise and Prayer

ryabuki / October 31, 2008

We are grateful for everyone who lifts up this ministry before the Lord and contributes their resources so students can be impacted. Recently we have seen the power of prayer in some key areas. Our colleague Ron was able to lead Alex, a newly arrived student from South Korea, to Christ within weeks of his …

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More Family and a Baptism

ryabuki / October 20, 2008

Last weekend was a full and exciting weekend as Lisa’s mom and aunt came and visited us. They were on their way to a weekend vacation together in Branson, Missouri. It was a wonderful time seeing them as we had many deep and insightful discussions about education, family, etc. It was really nice having family …

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A Week of Family… TCU Family Weekend and fixin things

ryabuki / October 10, 2008

The week of October 4-12 was truly a weekend for family around here. Roy’s parents arrived on the 3rd and came to visit us until the 12th. The had not been out here in over two years and so it was a real treat to have them around. The kids had a blast. Playing with …

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Welcome table at UTA and someone who could be a relative… maybe

ryabuki / August 21, 2008

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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