Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
It’s been a week and a half since I returned from Asia. As I shared with the team that was recruited to specifically pray for Asia, “life here is a lot slower and more orderly and there is so much space.” Except for the fact that we had a tornado (pray for friends who sustained …
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!”
We’ve had a couple of weeks of good ministry since our last post but also we feel some tiredness and spiritual warfare. But God, at just the right time, took me (Roy) to an ISI Regional retreat in Colorado. During this time, God has answered prayers for Roy, Lisa and the kids that you all …
Continue reading “Houston Trip Report, four days in Colorado, M28 is gaining traction”
Wow your prayers were huge this week. The Tarrant County Space Weekend trip went well. Many of the Spiritual Warfare skirmishes were dealt with and God opened up some doors with students in surprising ways. Also, Lisa was on fall break at her work and we had a lot of time together. Praise the Lord. The …
Continue reading “Houston Initial Results, Your Prayers were Awesome”
We leave for Houston at 6:30 AM Saturday morning taking over 70 international students from Tarrant County to visit NASA, to stay at homes, visit churches and enjoy great times together. I am writing this at 12:30 Saturday morning and so I want to keep this short. I wanted to make sure I got this …
Continue reading “Quick Hit: Houston trip and our need for you in spiritual battle”
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 …
The last couple of weeks have been about helping the students from 2010-2011 school year move forward and beginning the process of welcoming the students from the 2011-2012 school year. Between moving, helping student with airport things, having final coffee’s, lunches, meetings, going to graduations, welcoming new graduate students, etc. its been very interesting and …
Continue reading “Changing of the Guard, Saying goodbye, New opportunities. Getting Ready,”
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”
