Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
(see pictures from the trip and other pictures from June including family pics) Pray for International Students Inc. There is a huge wildfire in Colorado Springs where I was a part of the ISI staff at a conference. At around 7 PM tonight, we were told that we had 15 minutes to evacuate the hotel. …
Sad story from this last week that hit me hard. I took a student to the airport to go home this week that I first picked up 6 months ago from an affluent country in Asia. He was an short term English student who happened to be a PhD student. We saw him occasionally at …
Continue reading “Sad story of a Asian student, New Jesus followers, A Joyful yet Sad Goodbye”
This is our favorite time of the year! The music, the lights, and the sense of celebration always lift our spirits. And people like hanging out with each other, talking and sharing, and also reflecting back on the year behind and the one ahead. It is a great time to connect with friends we love. …
Continue reading “Three Opportunities to Serve God through Giving – Winter 2011”
So many wonderful things to report. This last week we were able to be a witness to a baptism of a student who is a part of several of the UTA ISM ministries. It is a wonderful testimony of God’ working through many to reach those He has chosen. We are also in full swing …
Continue reading “Lots of Great Things God is Doing, PTO, Fall Festival and Many Lives Affected!”
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 …
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
The next two weeks are finals for most of our students and then for many graduation or at least a break. These are some of the more intense times for students. On of our friends was sharing that he was really worried about selling his car, turning off the electricity, turning off the telephone, planning …
Continue reading “Graduation is near, more health updates and prayer, Asia trip”
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 …
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 …
