Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
One of the more interesting parts of my job in the international students ministry is the meetings that I have the privilege of being a part of. The last two weeks I took part in several very important meetings. Among the things we met about were: Charting the course of a new ministry initiative for …
The Big Howdy begins (www.utabighowdy.com) as we students are getting picked up from the airport by the Big Howdy team of volunteers, churches and ministries, others have been shuttled to Walmart. Some will be given a warm welcome at orientation, others will receive furniture and other things from the student Garage sale, most will enjoy …
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It’s hard to believe it… (I know I say that a lot) but we are near the end of the summer. The kids are getting ready for school and so are we. Let’s look over the summer as we haven’t posted in about a month… When we look back on the summer, the obvious HUGE …
http://yabukibreeze.isisites.net/yabuki-familys-mission-trip-to-asia-2011/ Asia Trip 2011 Pages What is it? Asia Trip Posts Daily Itinerary & Prayer Guide For The Trip Overview Map of Trip
Hi all! Here is a link to a condensed (300 pictures vs 900) photo album from the Asia trip. http://www.flickr.com/photos/yabukibreeze/sets/72157627156314972/ Below is a slide show of the 300 pictures & videos… Enjoy!
We are sitting in the plane with one hour to go before we arrive in Los Angeles. Then a long layover in LA and then the three hour flight home. We have travelled exactly a month already. It will be nice to be sleeping in our own beds tonight. In our last few hours in …
We are on our hopefully last train on this trip the Shinkansen bullet train from Fukushima Japan to Tokyo. Pardon how little we have posted the last few days. We have not had accessible wifi in Japan. Our time in Fukushima was very nice. The people in Fukushima and in the region are working hard …
Continue reading “Japan, family, the earthquake, and traveling home”
Japan is not China. I guess we all knew that but it didn’t hit me as hard as the last couple days. Certainly there are similarities and both are incredible cultures and people’s but if one goes into one expecting the other, one will be in for a rude awakening. Still we loved China and …
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Today was the last day of the ISI conference in Hong Kong. This time together was very sweet for us. To be able to share with friends who have a passion and love for the same things, for the same people, it was as if we were suddenly put in the presence of over 200 …
Continue reading “Leaving Hong Kong for Japan and a grieving brother”
Since arriving in Southern China, our trip has been a whirlwind. We met in Guangzhou with the first Chinese student that we were friendship partners with Jack with his friend Phillip. Jack has a daughter the same age as our little girl and they were friends when he was a student at UTA in 2005. …
