Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
As we celebrate the incredible time of our Savior’s death, burial and resurrection. I just wanted to thank you for helping us to take that gift the the Father gave us in Jesus to the world by means of international students through your prayers. As I share later, even as we pray, (and do other …
This was a difficult week on many fronts for us. There have been many challenges for us and many of those around us: family, friends, co-workers, etc. I have been told that often when one undertakes a spiritual challenge like a prayer emphasis on a campus or trying to spark a spiritual movement in a …
The last couple of weeks have been very emotional for me(Roy). Here are some things that happened and are happening. Tejas Spring Break Retreat (see pictures and video) – Last week began very frantically as we prepared for the Tejas Spring Break retreat. Between the threat of rain, over 100 people signing up on …
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This week was relatively uneventful… cold… but uneventful. While school was closed again one day because of a proported heavy ice storm (it ended up being a nice snow dusting) and sub-freezing temperatures (that part was true) we adapted and were able to do the things we normally do. I was able to go to …
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(See feb pictures including stuff from this post) This has been a weird couple of weeks for us. It started last week with me having to be in Phoenix for some important meetings for the National ISI ministry about discipleship and preparing students for returning home as leaders in Christ and it ends with our …
The key word for this week was “graduation.” Several of our stronger students and dear friends graduated from TCU this week. In addition, Timothy graduated by receiving the Arrow of Light, marking the end of his Cub Scout journey and sadly also marking the end of our pack and den and my opportunity to lead …
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last message. A ton has happened in the mean time. I will jump directly to the praise and prayer reports. I hope this message finds all of you well. The Austin trip to the Vibrant Dance of Faith and Science was challenging in many ways. I think most important …
Continue reading “Vibrant Dancing in Christ, T4T and Thanksgiving is Coming”
One of the things we lead our Discovery Bible study is the question, “What is stressing you out? and what are you thankful for?” It is a proto prayer for our non-believers and a prompt for prayer for our believers. Well this is a week where there are a few things stressing me out. I’m …
Sitting here, thinking about what to put in this prayer update, I realize I could tell you about many events, such as the Big Howdy party that drew more than 500 international students, the annual Stephenville campout, where students got to stay on a real cowboy ranch and get a real Texas experience as well …
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for me, our team and our family. At TCU we had family weekend where parents of freshmen come on out to visit. We had a special tailgate party for the international students who did not have parents come all the way out. The following week, I had …
